E-bay is less helpful at the moment (though it may become more helpful soon), and most mistletoe items I found there were things like tinctures for ingestion.
Er, yeah.
But I'm going to try nurseries and flower shops, as that's the widest bit of advice on the net so far.
I've also found a couple of places that sell mistletoe for fundraisers (kinda like Christmas tree sales or wreath sales). Those might be more useful further into the year.
You're at the top of the list of people I might want to chat through this with :) Your ideas on COoR flexibility and my own seem fairly similar (if still different, I think), and so I'd be really interested to see what you think of it.
So, yeah, don't worry: your interest does not go unnoticed :)
There are 2 plants, completely unrelated, that share the name "mistletoe", unfortunately. They have nada to do with each other - purely a quirk.
One is a powerfully healing tonic, the other is toxic. Ack!
VISCUM ALBUM is what you want. Its commonly used in OBOD ritual, consumed regularly by many, is a clinically proven anti-tumeric (used in cancer treatment in europe) and very beneficial immune stimulant. its non-toxic in every way, drinking it as tea is *great* for you.
American "mistletoe" is poisonous. the stuff you see in little boxes at christmas. Do not use this!
Preparation of the tea, for beneficial use, is not like making regular tea. Infuse for 24 hours before drinking, to get a proper extract.
Have any naturalists around, to help with the infusion?
Maybe you could get a gold-plated sickle; that would probably be a lot cheaper. And you could use it to cut open 2 cans of Red Bull; I imagine it looks something like blood. ;)
To ensure freshness, holiday mistletoe will not be harvested until the end of November. Therefore all orders will be shipped fresh between Dec 4 and Dec 9, 2006.
Unfortunately, since we want to start doing these in mid-August, it won't work well for us.
Feel free to drive on out to Arizona. Our mesquite tree are at times filled with Phoradendron californicum 'Desert Mistletoe". Nasty parasitic thing it is. Might be a bit of a drive for you though.
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Er, yeah.
But I'm going to try nurseries and flower shops, as that's the widest bit of advice on the net so far.
I've also found a couple of places that sell mistletoe for fundraisers (kinda like Christmas tree sales or wreath sales). Those might be more useful further into the year.
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So, yeah, don't worry: your interest does not go unnoticed :)
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There are 2 plants, completely unrelated, that share the name "mistletoe", unfortunately. They have nada to do with each other - purely a quirk.
One is a powerfully healing tonic, the other is toxic. Ack!
VISCUM ALBUM is what you want. Its commonly used in OBOD ritual, consumed regularly by many, is a clinically proven anti-tumeric (used in cancer treatment in europe) and very beneficial immune stimulant. its non-toxic in every way, drinking it as tea is *great* for you.
American "mistletoe" is poisonous. the stuff you see in little boxes at christmas. Do not use this!
Preparation of the tea, for beneficial use, is not like making regular tea. Infuse for 24 hours before drinking, to get a proper extract.
Have any naturalists around, to help with the infusion?
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But Pliny's pretty particular: I need to white bulls. I wonder if they have a sister company?
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To ensure freshness, holiday mistletoe will not be harvested until the end of November. Therefore all orders will be shipped fresh between Dec 4 and Dec 9, 2006.
Unfortunately, since we want to start doing these in mid-August, it won't work well for us.
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