Showing posts with label stop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stop. Show all posts
Saturday, December 31, 2016
Stop
Stop
My face is washed, Im sipping on tea, coffee and smoothie stations are set up for easy access tomorrow and my precious boy is screaming his head off.
shepherd selfie - take 1
"Momma!"
"Momma!"
"Dada!"
(Cries)
"Dada!"
We have officially entered the terrible twos. Hes refusing meals. He says, "No." and "I dont like it." all the time. Even to pancakes! He loves pancakes. Thats how I know we are in a stage. The boy loves him some pancakes. Hes not fooling anyone with his "I dont like it."s.
Last night we had class. Luckily it was a topic that I was somewhat familiar with, even though it can be somewhat confusing. As I was listening, I was organizing all my paperwork, punching holes and filing it in a binder. I separated everything by quarter and by topic. I plan to print out the assignments and put what grade I received on it so I can go back and figure out what I missed.
shepherd selfie - take 2
Shepherd is asleep now. Thankfully. I keep reminding myself that this is just a phase. Just a phase. Well get through it.
The problem is that I dont know how to parent through this. Im asking other mom friends and I dont know the best way to wade through these waters. The baby phase is fairly easy. Eat Sleep Poop. Boom. Then teething. Yikes. Now the defiance.
You know what else he says? "Stop!" Every time he says it, I wince. He got it from me. You know how kids often say No! No! because they go through a season where parents are always saying No! "No, dont touch that." "No, dont pull the cats tail." Everything is no.
Apparently, I say "stop." and now so does he. I replay it in my head and I hear myself saying it. Stop getting in the cupboards, stop throwing a fit. Stop Shepherd. Stop. Stop.
Ill work on that. Along with everything else.
I feel distant this week from everything. Do you ever have those moments? Where you are just on the peripheral? I feel distant from Bryan, from Shepherd, school, family, friends, work, school. Sometimes I just have these periods of time when I just feel... outside. There are so many things going on and I just feel aloof. I sure hope someone out there has felt the same at times.
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Friday, December 16, 2016
This Shepards Purse an emergency food and to stop Bleeding
This Shepards Purse an emergency food and to stop Bleeding
This ‘weed’ can be used in an emergency for food AND to stop bleeding
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By: usafeaturesmedia
Date: June 17, 2016
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( Homesteading.news ) Although often dismissed as a weed, one of the most widespread flowering plants in the world is actually a highly useful plant both medicinally and nutritionally. This “weed,” commonly known as shepherd’s purse, can be eaten raw or cooked, and is particularly prized for its ability to stop both external and internal bleeding.
Native to Europe, shepherd’s purse ( Capsella bursa-pastoris ) has now become nativized in temperate zones worldwide, and can be found wild in almost any temperate region where humans live. It can also be found in high-elevation tropical regions. Shepherd’s purse commonly grows as a weed in lawns and gardens, along roadsides, and in pastures or agricultural fields.
Powerful medicine and nutrient-rich food
Shepherd’s purse is a member of the mustard family ( Brassicaceae ), also known as the cruciferous vegetable family. This diverse and nutritious plant family contains many of the world’s most widely eaten food crops, such as broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, turnips and kale.
Like many crucifers, nearly every part of shepherd’s purse is edible, both raw and cooked. Indeed, many cultures still use shepherd’s purse as a common wild food source. Shepherd’s purse is rich in vitamin C, vitamin K, beta-carotene, protein, sodium, sulfur, potassium and calcium.
The leaves can be eaten raw in salads or sandwiches, or can be added raw or cooked to soups. They are said to have a zesty, peppery taste similar to watercress (also a crucifer). The flowers are commonly eaten raw, while the stalk is eaten both raw and cooked. The seeds or young seed pods are used as a seasoning, said to be peppery in flavor (like mustard seeds). The roots make a good ginger substitute (fresh or dried) and can also be candied into a syrup.
It is its medicinal properties that have brought shepherd’s purse the most fame, however, particularly its ability to stop bleeding. Indeed, it has been used as a medicinal plant in southern Europe and southwestern Asia since ancient days.
To stop external bleeding, a poultice may be made of the crushed fresh or dried leaves, then applied directly to the wound. For internal of systemic bleeding, the plant is usually taken internally as a tea. In fact, shepherd’s purse tea was regularly used during World War I to stop internal hemorrhaging of the stomach and lungs. Midwives also use a tea or tincture of the plant to stop bleeding after childbirth (although the plant should not be taken during pregnancy, as it can stimulate contractions).
Plant it or pick it wild
Perhaps the best thing about shepherd’s purse is that it can be found growing nearly everywhere in many parts of the world in the winter and spring months. Although it lives only a year and rarely grows in the same place two consecutive years in a row, the seeds remain viable for as long as 20 years. This viability has played a major part in helping the plant colonize diverse corners of the globe.
Shepherd’s purse can most easily be identified by its heart-shaped seed pods, which are said to resemble the pouches formerly carried by European peasants and are responsible for its most common name. The leaves are similar to those of other plants in the mustard family, deeply lobed and most resembling the leaves of a dandelion plant. Another distinctive (though not unique) feature of shepherd’s purse is the way the leaves spread flat along the ground in a striking rosette pattern.
Shepherd’s purse may grow to anywhere between three and 18 inches in height. Its flowers are small and white, and cluster at the top of the stem.
Other common names for shepherd’s purse include shepherd’s heart, lady’s purse, witch’s pouches, rattle pouches, pickpurse, pickpocket, case-weed, clapped-pouch, joy wort, mother’s heart, St. James’ weed and pepper plant.
Reporting by David Gutierrez, NaturalNews.com .
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016
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