Sharing Medicines: Balsam Bark, Poplar Bark, Sage, Sweetgrass, and Wihkes.
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- Join local Knowledge Keepers from the community of Pine Creek in the harvesting of medicines such as wihkes, sweetgrass and sage. As well as balsam and poplar bark or “kidney medicine”!
Stanford and his family carry a rich history and knowledge of over 40 plants and medicines. They share about the preliminary and preparatory stages, protocols associated with the medicines, the seasons, as well as the uses of the medicines in an extensive network of sharing and trading.
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Research & Development
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I'm not Indigenous at all...but I used some sweet grass to pray for a family. Three years later I have a husband, an adopted son, and a little daughter and son of my own. The daughter came to me and spoke to me in many dreams before she came into physical reality. I believe the prayers and sweetgrass really worked!!
Where can I get sweet grass ?
This is for sharing 🙏
Your people are indigenous to somewhere...our ancestors from all over the world utilized plant medicine.
@@ICantEvenImagine so true,for me its more the Celtic ways,and we recall the Local herbs here,i have always have a good feeling with every indigenous people no matter which country
We're all indigenous to somewhere. Every culture has used natural medicines and cleansing rituals, including whatever culture you came from.
I always believe that each plant has a spirit and feelings .
Plants are very sensitive .
Plants are aware of your presence .
I love cannabus
Yes the plants are aware. Mother earth is aware.
We are their nurishment
Indeed! I've spent a lot of time in the woods. The trees have spoken to me. Such stories I can tell! Plants are conscious beings.
@@LittleOrla 🤔of, what stories can you speak of? Im intrigued.. have you ever had a vision quest? Spiritual journey? 🌸🧘♂️
@@user-vl2zh6bj6x Nothing earth shaking really. One story: it was late winter in Colorado. I was snowshoeing along an unfamiliar back road. The snow was deep. I became aware of deep grief. I felt deeply sad there. It was odd. I went back in summer and saw that the area had been logged, and not just logged. It looked like a slaughter. And then I knew. They were still grieving about this useless slaughter. But the list is long. Sometimes I can hear voices, unintelligible, muffled by the trees and streams. More more more. Once I was warned to leave. I heard a gruff voice say *Go away. We don't want you here* I left. Just go to nature alone. Spend days alone. And if you're listening and watching you'll know.
I love how there's gratitude at every step. Even thanking his children for learning, there's a man to look up to 👌
Yeah, I noted that part too, thanking the children who will receive the teachings. It is beautiful and puts everything into right perspective I think.
It's more than a man to look up to it's a culture too ! Native Americans lived here for thousands of years without disrupting the natural resources and keeping the resources available for you're a great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandchildren the same availability as you had.... Native American culture should be taught in every elementary School in every grade until you graduate high school along with government class (that by the way is taught the wrong way it's obvious the government class should educate Us and how we can interact and be part of our government system).....
We've managed to deplete and destroy over 66.66% of our resources within our air, Earth, soil, lakes , rivers and streams, in about 300 years. We should be appalled ashamed and doing everything in our ability to make things right!!!
It starts with being grateful ;)
He used to be an alcoholic as well. Wow what a redemption story! LOVE SO MUCH.
Yes, giving thanks is always good
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. My husband is Eastern Band Cherokee and has the gift of healing, but didn't grow up on the reservation. His knowledge is coming from his ancestors and he is getting stronger as a healer and carries the ways of jis ancestors in his heart and executes everyday his beliefs and desires. His soul is beautiful and his heart is true. The world is so in need of the philosophies and guidance of the First Nations healers and You are setting a beautiful example. Thank you and my husband from my heart. May we all have the opportunity to seek qnd find our purpose that we can live the rest of our lives the way we were meant to live. ..as good people.
Thank You & Give thanks to the Creator .!
Amen.
Thank you...
When my Potawatomie stepfather and his sisters were small, back in the 1920's they traveled with his mother selling these Native medicines until they were forced to stop. I am glad to see you are continuing the traditional medicine. It was very meaningful for me to watch this and learn from it. God bless you.
Now they forcing all of us to take the White Men Medicine?
@@donnysath9084 No one is forcing you to do anything..
@@whitestride6707 So what do you mean when they say, "either you get the jab or lose your job?" Work is natural forcing people to comply by taking a jab against their will is forcing - my definition.
@@donnysath9084 When they gave me an ultimatum I quit. I totally understand what you mean and it is not right, but the choice is yours.
"Forced to stop".Good ol' government. It's not white,it's not black,it's not Native...the nation-state is the problem.We would do well to imitate the natives of the recent past,by forming tribes,thereby truly governing ourselves.Screw big gubmint.
Fantastic video of nature medicines, i truly believe this should be taught in schools all over Canada. Amazing culture we know little of. You make All Canadians proud, Thanks
Yes it should be but the Gov doesn't want ppl to be self-sufficient because then we won't rely on Gov. We ALL NEED to learn this all on our own. It's so special and important!💓
I agree
I agree. I believe that this way of medicine and respect for nature should be taught around the world
I agree and yes your 100% right. BUT they don't want to teach our children how to survive and certainly not how to be self sufficient. They want them to learn how to follow directions, go against the morals and values taught at home and how to be intitled and dependant. I'm sorry I'm not being sarcastic. This is totally true, at least down here in the states its true. Can't speak for Canada. Just don't be part of any medical experiment!! Prayers and love to all!
The government doesn't want anyone to be self sufficient.
Bravo! Medicine culture has been long lost to many races. This is important knowledge! 🙏
I was born in Africa from european parents. When I was 8, 9, 10 years old I used to feel this urge to runaway from the city and go into the wild everytime I could to be with the people, to eat their foods with them, to learn from them what was a unique way of life so different of what I was used to. I remember they had all these ways of healing, traditions and ceremonies that used to fascinate me. My three siblings thought I was nuts but I never really cared about that. I lived in Canada for a few years - Ontario - and watching this video reminded me of those times. It's really important that these natural traditional ways of living our lifes respecting and benefiting from nature kepp being passed on to young generations so they won't be lost.
I loved the video, it was trully relaxing and made me go back to my younger days when I was happier and the world was better.
You can still live like that dude. Just move to one of the Central American countries, the Indians and locals still live from earth and the cost of living is fairly cheap. Good luck. Always follow your Spirits’ desire, life is too short.
Thank you for this! In a world where we're always talking about toxic masculinity this kind and gentle man is a perfect example of what it means to be a man, a leader, a healer, a father and one day a grandfather. I love that he has been transplanting sage closer to home so when he's old he doesn't have far to go to teach his grandchildren how to gather sage. This brought tears to my eyes. Peace, love and blessings to all!
Having lived 11 yrs in remote western BC working with & beside First Nations I found all First Nations men to be so NOT like the machismo, white male positions. They've a wholesomeness & manliness that's profound to me when compared to Whitemen; and that's quite wonderful considering the plethora of abuses, deep poverty & facing often, daily racist attacks by Whites.
Even those deeply harmed by RS & generational impacts were, in their hearts & essence gentle loving & respectful humans that will never impose themselves or feelings, unless their post traumatic stress response engages, where the executive mind is not engaged. They are united with their women culturally with equal respect however tinged by White racism, and the white men married to Indigenous women too often are violent abusers that spew racism with a drink or less in them. As the Haida say-Howaa, and the NuuChahNulth say- Choo. Forever indebted to the 5 nations that accepted my ways & being during those lonely yet culturally
inspiring. Haida elder, Haida Linguist & medicine woman shared her story of being a medicine woman at 3 yrs of age. Her mom took her out when gathering medicines but when her mom was ill she, at 3 had to go to the woods on her own to find the right medicine to make her mom the life saving tea. Well she did it and she's still alive & teaching so much & if you are respectful she'll share a legend or two that will blow your minds. I am tremendously grateful to all who worked with me, befriended the "counsellor" & so, so privileged!
@@ledacedar6253 ~ The Peace Maker taught the understanding of the truth and bloodline roots of the Wheat and the tares long ago. This is imperative knowledge w/ given wisdom to be able to see deeper and not repeat cycles of taught beliefs that pit one against the other, with no accountability put upon whom it belongs.
All the while, the true instigators and destroyers of all real mankind and The Creator's Earth stay hidden and continue the destruction.
That Time is almost up~
Masculinity is not toxic - the idea that to be a man means that we shouldn't have feelings of deep sensitivity and compassion is what is toxic... masculinity is a necessary and healthy part of being born a man and raising our children in a healthy way alongside our female companions...the idea that a man should be feminine is toxic - the idea that men are stronger than women and should dominate and control them is toxic...it's simply these falsehoods that are toxic - not masculinity itself.
@@robertcronin6603 I think you are in agreement with the comment you are responding to... You have described exactly the definition of "toxic masculinity" - the phrase refers to all the myths about masculinity that confuse and mislead men about how to be healthy emotionally and socially.
@@robertcronin6603 As stated above, you seem to agree with my original comment. Masculinity in and of itself is not toxic. It becomes toxic when men are made to believe they shouldn't have or express certain emotions or when they believe masculinity is superior to femininity.
As a queer person, I have to say that no one is advocating for all men to be feminine, however, if someone is born male and happens to be feminine by nature, that should be accepted and respected. A close friend of mine is First Nation, and in my early years of being openly queer, I loved hearing her Grandmother explaining her people's spiritual take on queer people as being "2 Spirit!" As a Canadian, I always include it in the acronym LGBTQ2+
Thank you for all you do. I am 65 years old and after turning to organic and Native American Medicine I have not been to a doctor in 2 years. I love this Channel and thank you for sharing your knowledge.
it very good thing to know about these plants It can saves lives and stay away from those fast food and GMO food
This is a disgrace. He is not harvesting that medicine correctly at all. Most of those trees will die and the rest will be diseased. There is a proper way to harvest bark for medicine and this is not it!!!!
You should head over to the website for the "medicinal forest garden trust" and learn more about what you're talking about.
Nobody is saying don't harvest bark for medicine but do it correctly or you're a problem. Here is little piece from their website.
"Tree bark damage can be catastrophic although minor damage can repair in time. Removal of bark from all around a tree trunk will kill the tree as it prevents the phloem from working, and the tree cannot recover. The best ways to obtain fresh young bark without damaging a plant involve coppicing, pollarding or pruning."
Harvesting medicinal bark
Bark can be harvested sustainably at most times of the year. Ideally use young coppiced or pollarded stems cut from the base or stem in winter/spring which then allows the tree to later resprout. Another way is to prune larger branches leaving the main trunk of the tree to continue to grow. Alternatively remove a strip of bark downwards with a width less than a third of the tree circumference which can then gradually repair (this is best only for emergency use of bark). Bark can be collected in the winter during dormancy but is easiest to peel in spring when new growth starts, usually before leaves fully develop. Select pencil-size or larger branches and remove from the tree. Work with sections up to 2-4 feet long for ease of handling. Brush off any dirt or insects. Remove smaller side shoots close to the branch with a sharp knife - these can be chopped up to make a tea, or added to garden compost. For medicinal uses it is often the whole bark that is used, although sometimes just the inner parts of the bark are specified. If only inner bark is wanted then scrape off the thin outer bark first. Make a shallow cut through the bark right along the length of the branch section. The bark should then lift off readily if harvesting in spring, forming quills of curved bark. Cut up larger pieces of bark or twigs into smaller pieces of 2 to 3 cm. For longer-term storage, pieces can be laid out on a try to dry in a cool, dark and airy location. Ensure that the bark is fully dried, crisply cracking with no flexibility at all, before attempting storage in an airtight container.
"selling these Native medicines until they were forced to stop." What a bleeding loss. So glad to have the privilege of this man's knowledge, sourced from his E
lders. Thank you.
God bless you and your family for sharing this wonderful knowledge with the people.
The same happened all over Europe where the catholic church hunted down all the natural healers, called them witches and burned them at the stake.
@@dietlindvonhohenwald448 Are you in need of Tobacco? I have an unused tin can of American Spirit if you are interested.
Balsam fir is an amazing tree. The resin of this tree is also a very effective field band-aid / cleaning / disinfecting treatment. The resin, is a runny liquid that can be found in those little buldges or pockets on the tree bark. If you pop them with the edge of your knife an amber resin will come out, you can use this resin directly on a fresh wound in order to seal it. You really can't find anything better for a wound treatment.
It also tastes great, make your breath fresh, helps with infections in the mouth, throat....
Thanks! That’s good to know! Love to Smell it!!✌️
I hope you all still do videos, because those of us in the lost tribes with no access to the elders and refusal of tribe entrance, we appreciate you so very very very much. Thank you and your family for this video. Thank you creator for bringing it to me.
I know that our family is very thankful for the information you have shared, we practice the belief of the creator.
Are there many masons in native trubes?
@Vinlago let me calm down incase you were genuinely asking. I'm sorry for being rude at first, I'm used to rude replies. Idk how many native tribal ppl become masons, but any of them can. Considering I'm a lost tribe person with no tribe affiliations I can't speak for that. I'm not a Mason either. I'm the daughter of a master Mason and former president. My father is native and white. But I'm sure there are many native masons. Just like there are native soldiers, police officers, teacher, etc. Again I'm sorry for my emotional response, it is an emotional time for me, as my father is very ill and this coin is very precious to me, I felt you were asking sarcastically.
@Vinlago I'm really sorry for being so mean when you just asked a simple question. I hope you can overlook that. If you are native and want to be a Mason please know you absolutely can do that and will be a brother like anyone else. They help their communities, kids with cancer, and many other amazing selfless services to help those around them. That illuminati nonsense is just that, nonsense.
@@operationlivefree4536 wow
I'd never seen anything native affiliated with masons.
It was just a question purely spurred by the image you chose for your avatar. I made no other inferences or suggestions.
You might want to ponder why it is you get so emotional about this. For those who make the suggestions you mentioned you must understand with any group shrouded in any level of secrecy there will be those who speculate and in the absence of sunlight the results are the "nonsense" you mentioned. There are religious groups and governmental bodies which also deal with such conceptions. It's the nature of the decision to be secretive.
Be well and have a great day.
I am glad this man and his son are healing people with their knowledge of the land by curing the sick. In a high school I worked in Abbotsford BC Canada the first nations teacher teaches the students about things like this.
That's a huge blessing to be taught the right ways to live among and with the land. The old ways where the right ways today's ways are backwards it hurts my heart and soul. This man and the teachings he is passing down mean a lot and are proper I feel it in soul. Blessings
@@SMA1mommy Bless you and yours 🤗🙌🌾🌸🌿🌺🍁🍂
Christian 🙋♂️metatron....Your wisdom passed on ,will repeat, the given process and be fruitful for future generations 💆♂️🌿🧘♂️💢💚🙏
God heals they gather and prepare and apply to direction and guidance of the Great HolySpirit
yes thanks to god who made all around us
I'm not native. But I am very happy that you and yours are willing to share this knowledge and gift for those who thirst for such knowledge to help others
I could cry watching this. Humans have lost their way, rather eat Macdonald’s and factory farming. This should be taught in school everywhere. What inspiration
Peace on earth will come when all peoples can respect, love and learn from nature like these wonderful men 🌿❤
What a sacred, honorable way to live.
This is a disgrace. He is not harvesting that medicine correctly at all. Most of those trees will die and the rest will be diseased. There is a proper way to harvest bark for medicine and this is not it!!!!
You should head over to the website for the "medicinal forest garden trust" and learn more about what you're talking about.
Nobody is saying don't harvest bark for medicine but do it correctly or you're a problem. Here is little piece from their website.
"Tree bark damage can be catastrophic although minor damage can repair in time. Removal of bark from all around a tree trunk will kill the tree as it prevents the phloem from working, and the tree cannot recover. The best ways to obtain fresh young bark without damaging a plant involve coppicing, pollarding or pruning."
Harvesting medicinal bark
Bark can be harvested sustainably at most times of the year. Ideally use young coppiced or pollarded stems cut from the base or stem in winter/spring which then allows the tree to later resprout. Another way is to prune larger branches leaving the main trunk of the tree to continue to grow. Alternatively remove a strip of bark downwards with a width less than a third of the tree circumference which can then gradually repair (this is best only for emergency use of bark). Bark can be collected in the winter during dormancy but is easiest to peel in spring when new growth starts, usually before leaves fully develop. Select pencil-size or larger branches and remove from the tree. Work with sections up to 2-4 feet long for ease of handling. Brush off any dirt or insects. Remove smaller side shoots close to the branch with a sharp knife - these can be chopped up to make a tea, or added to garden compost. For medicinal uses it is often the whole bark that is used, although sometimes just the inner parts of the bark are specified. If only inner bark is wanted then scrape off the thin outer bark first. Make a shallow cut through the bark right along the length of the branch section. The bark should then lift off readily if harvesting in spring, forming quills of curved bark. Cut up larger pieces of bark or twigs into smaller pieces of 2 to 3 cm. For longer-term storage, pieces can be laid out on a try to dry in a cool, dark and airy location. Ensure that the bark is fully dried, crisply cracking with no flexibility at all, before attempting storage in an airtight container.
You're raising one hell of a young man. Beautiful family and I wish you the best.
You are the voice of your ancestors. You continue on through time. This is so very beautiful!
We all need to listen to the native people around the world for they have so much knowledge and respect of mother earth, great video.
and Jews as well because they know the true God.
@@binderdundit228here we go
@@binderdundit228quiet!
Stanford Parenteau thankyou for this , you and your son Jericho are an inspiration and I welcome this knowledge you pass on. My hope is for many more men to go deeper into who they really are and to pass the temptations of ego and vices so they can give the true gifts they possess to others. You have showed this in how you live. You are making this world a much better place for our children. And thats what is the most important of all. Creator has chosen wisely in you. Blessings to you and all those you influence.
This is a disgrace. He is not harvesting that medicine correctly at all. Most of those trees will die and the rest will be diseased. There is a proper way to harvest bark for medicine and this is not it!!!!
You should head over to the website for the "medicinal forest garden trust" and learn more about what you're talking about.
Nobody is saying don't harvest bark for medicine but do it correctly or you're a problem. Here is little piece from their website.
"Tree bark damage can be catastrophic although minor damage can repair in time. Removal of bark from all around a tree trunk will kill the tree as it prevents the phloem from working, and the tree cannot recover. The best ways to obtain fresh young bark without damaging a plant involve coppicing, pollarding or pruning."
Harvesting medicinal bark
Bark can be harvested sustainably at most times of the year. Ideally use young coppiced or pollarded stems cut from the base or stem in winter/spring which then allows the tree to later resprout. Another way is to prune larger branches leaving the main trunk of the tree to continue to grow. Alternatively remove a strip of bark downwards with a width less than a third of the tree circumference which can then gradually repair (this is best only for emergency use of bark). Bark can be collected in the winter during dormancy but is easiest to peel in spring when new growth starts, usually before leaves fully develop. Select pencil-size or larger branches and remove from the tree. Work with sections up to 2-4 feet long for ease of handling. Brush off any dirt or insects. Remove smaller side shoots close to the branch with a sharp knife - these can be chopped up to make a tea, or added to garden compost. For medicinal uses it is often the whole bark that is used, although sometimes just the inner parts of the bark are specified. If only inner bark is wanted then scrape off the thin outer bark first. Make a shallow cut through the bark right along the length of the branch section. The bark should then lift off readily if harvesting in spring, forming quills of curved bark. Cut up larger pieces of bark or twigs into smaller pieces of 2 to 3 cm. For longer-term storage, pieces can be laid out on a try to dry in a cool, dark and airy location. Ensure that the bark is fully dried, crisply cracking with no flexibility at all, before attempting storage in an airtight container.
Sweetgrass is what my dog seeks out to eat in my garden all the time. I even had a cat who loved it.
@Elaine My kitties *love* Lemongrass and Wheatgrass. I will have to try Sweetgrass for them, and for me as well. Thank you!
Animals know instinctively
ugh. It smells soooooo delicious!! I'm in a euphoric state just thinking about it lol
Mine too. My gramma said dogs eatin grass means it’s gonna rain! (Or maybe they just got a bellyache) ✌️
@@blossom1643 Tell gramma it doesn't make it rain but if dogs have an upset stomach and it makes them vomit.
We(the world) need more of this! It was very refreshing and beautiful to watch you folks work together as a family and the love for one another is impossible not to feel thanx for sharing God bless
We appreciate you and your knowledge of the wonderful plants that you are teaching us about and the way you honor and respect plants and the way you are handing down the knowledge to your son and anyone who shows a deep interest in Mother Nature’s plants. We will follow you and your videos. Thank you so much. ♥️♥️♥️
This is so beautiful! You give us hope, our world need more leaders and teachers like you. 🙏
This guy is a hundred times better than any regular doctor in the states!!!
I'd love for him to be my doctor!!! God is very real and he's given us everything that we need to live great on earth and we should all live to be 120 and more!!!
One of the best presentation I've ever seen. Great to have be present to know that the old ways still exist & carried on. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from Australia.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and wisdom. Watching your video, I learned a few things. Thank you for adding to my knowledge. I'm over here in B.C., living alone in my small cabin in this small mountain village where I've been for well over thirty years now. I started studying plants and herbs, practicing natural medicine, just over fifty years ago now when I was a teenager. Plant medicine keeps me going as I use the plants I gather all the time to stay well and healthy. I also share my knowledge and plants (for medicine) with those people living here when they are asking for plant medicines. It makes me glad to know there are other people that continue to depend on plant medicine as well as sharing knowledge and wisdom. I feel certain the Creator gave us all the plants we need to stay well and healthy throughout our lives on Mother Earth. I enjoyed watching how you do things as well as listening to your thoughts and words. Thanks for sharing with us here.
This is a disgrace. He is not harvesting that medicine correctly at all. Most of those trees will die and the rest will be diseased. There is a proper way to harvest bark for medicine and this is not it!!!!
You should head over to the website for the "medicinal forest garden trust" and learn more about what you're talking about.
Nobody is saying don't harvest bark for medicine but do it correctly or you're a problem. Here is little piece from their website.
"Tree bark damage can be catastrophic although minor damage can repair in time. Removal of bark from all around a tree trunk will kill the tree as it prevents the phloem from working, and the tree cannot recover. The best ways to obtain fresh young bark without damaging a plant involve coppicing, pollarding or pruning."
Harvesting medicinal bark
Bark can be harvested sustainably at most times of the year. Ideally use young coppiced or pollarded stems cut from the base or stem in winter/spring which then allows the tree to later resprout. Another way is to prune larger branches leaving the main trunk of the tree to continue to grow. Alternatively remove a strip of bark downwards with a width less than a third of the tree circumference which can then gradually repair (this is best only for emergency use of bark). Bark can be collected in the winter during dormancy but is easiest to peel in spring when new growth starts, usually before leaves fully develop. Select pencil-size or larger branches and remove from the tree. Work with sections up to 2-4 feet long for ease of handling. Brush off any dirt or insects. Remove smaller side shoots close to the branch with a sharp knife - these can be chopped up to make a tea, or added to garden compost. For medicinal uses it is often the whole bark that is used, although sometimes just the inner parts of the bark are specified. If only inner bark is wanted then scrape off the thin outer bark first. Make a shallow cut through the bark right along the length of the branch section. The bark should then lift off readily if harvesting in spring, forming quills of curved bark. Cut up larger pieces of bark or twigs into smaller pieces of 2 to 3 cm. For longer-term storage, pieces can be laid out on a try to dry in a cool, dark and airy location. Ensure that the bark is fully dried, crisply cracking with no flexibility at all, before attempting storage in an airtight container.
SO uplifting for dozens of reasons. And i THOT i'd seen pretty much ALL the great videos on these medicines. But your Amazing Family w you puts it in a class by itself. Lol. Pilamaya TY 🍃🌲 Wakan Tanan Kici Un. 💚 May the Great Spirit Bless You
I love how gentle they are with all these plants. They give each plant lots of respect.
Thank you for this education. My great grandma was a Mexican Curandera. She traded healing practices and herbal medicines in our community. So many people sent flowers when she passed in 1955 the priest was mad that money spent could have been donated to the church. She didn’t teach anyone and my mom was only 9 when great grandma passed so her knowledge was lost in our family.
Native people: "All plants are sacred to us for they are given to us by our creator to feed ourselves, to heal ourselves, to provide for our children, to pass on as knowledge."
White man: "That land filled with nasty thick weeds will be turned into a goldmine once we sell it to that developer who wants to build a mega shopping center on it."
Thank you to your teachers and to you and your children for preserving knowledge and sharing it. My great grandmother was an herbalist, sadly no one was interested in her knowledge and she crossed over before I was born; so I have had to learn from other herbalists, books and computer. Gratitude for discovering your video. Blessings.
🙏🌱 thank you very much, i grew up in Manitoba, Seven Sisters, and today i am 60, and live abroad, i am as deeply connected to Mother Earth and the Creator as when i was a youngster living wild in the Forest, i harvest Organic Medicines where ever i am, and this has kept me sane on this long bumpy journey we call life...passing on the knowledge is a gift, i am grateful 🌿🌻🍀
Brother, thank you so much for sharing this knowledge. I learned from my grandmother and mother. I am from a long ancestral family of healers. It gives me joy and privilege to teach my children and grandchildren. Let us keep the knowledge growing. It please our ancestors and the Creator.
Best way to not kill the tree is to not carve all the way around the tree trunk in a full ring that is bad. I'm glad you show the proper way because most ppl don't know this. Thank you for all your teachings that u share.💓
Thank you brother, this is important! We can't lose what you know. If this is lost, it might take thousand of years to relearn and do we have thousands of years? What you are doing on line is a gift to us all.
This is a disgrace. He is not harvesting that medicine correctly at all. Most of those trees will die and the rest will be diseased. There is a proper way to harvest bark for medicine and this is not it!!!!
You should head over to the website for the "medicinal forest garden trust" and learn more about what you're talking about.
Nobody is saying don't harvest bark for medicine but do it correctly or you're a problem. Here is little piece from their website.
"Tree bark damage can be catastrophic although minor damage can repair in time. Removal of bark from all around a tree trunk will kill the tree as it prevents the phloem from working, and the tree cannot recover. The best ways to obtain fresh young bark without damaging a plant involve coppicing, pollarding or pruning."
Harvesting medicinal bark
Bark can be harvested sustainably at most times of the year. Ideally use young coppiced or pollarded stems cut from the base or stem in winter/spring which then allows the tree to later resprout. Another way is to prune larger branches leaving the main trunk of the tree to continue to grow. Alternatively remove a strip of bark downwards with a width less than a third of the tree circumference which can then gradually repair (this is best only for emergency use of bark). Bark can be collected in the winter during dormancy but is easiest to peel in spring when new growth starts, usually before leaves fully develop. Select pencil-size or larger branches and remove from the tree. Work with sections up to 2-4 feet long for ease of handling. Brush off any dirt or insects. Remove smaller side shoots close to the branch with a sharp knife - these can be chopped up to make a tea, or added to garden compost. For medicinal uses it is often the whole bark that is used, although sometimes just the inner parts of the bark are specified. If only inner bark is wanted then scrape off the thin outer bark first. Make a shallow cut through the bark right along the length of the branch section. The bark should then lift off readily if harvesting in spring, forming quills of curved bark. Cut up larger pieces of bark or twigs into smaller pieces of 2 to 3 cm. For longer-term storage, pieces can be laid out on a try to dry in a cool, dark and airy location. Ensure that the bark is fully dried, crisply cracking with no flexibility at all, before attempting storage in an airtight container.
What a sweet life! I used to grow my own herbs in Ohio. My family did not support me. I am alone now. Wishing I could learn about Native ways. Bliss to you all!
Thank you for keeping native medicines alive. I have always believed God gave us everything we need to live and stay healthy. It is all growing around us in nature. I trust natural remedies versus medicines made by man in factories somewhere around the world. Keep up the good work. Maybe you could share with us medicines available, where they can be purchased and which medicines to use for different ailments. Thanks again.
Yes, mother nature provided plants to eat. Let food be thy medicine....
Thank you for sharing, I've always wanted to learn Native American Medicine, as it is pure and what our Creator Meant for us! I am grateful to learn!
I am very proud of you my friend i wish that we all can give respect mother earth and use nature for once
Thank you.You have a beautiful family.I feel privileged and honored to find you.I want to learn all I can in this way.people seem to throw their hands up at me and turn their heads away.They don't understand.They are not willing to entertain this knowledge.I feel that If I don't learn these things I might disapear.That if I happen to forget our mother then she to will forget me.Like I never was born.I want to remember.I want to know her.She asks me to join in these knowings.I found you and You helped me breathe.I am once again so very honored.Thank you from my very core ......Becky jean
I love how so much great care, love and respect goes into every detail of this beautiful process..
everything is so meticulous and sacred.
This tradition should never end.
My parents were immigrants from a small town in Italy and my dad taught me similar but mostly about growing herbs and plants as medicine, i didn't learn as much about the harvesting.
This has ALWAYS been fascinating to me since I was a little kid.
This is a disgrace. He is not harvesting that medicine correctly at all. Most of those trees will die and the rest will be diseased. There is a proper way to harvest bark for medicine and this is not it!!!!
You should head over to the website for the "medicinal forest garden trust" and learn more about what you're talking about.
Nobody is saying don't harvest bark for medicine but do it correctly or you're a problem. Here is little piece from their website.
"Tree bark damage can be catastrophic although minor damage can repair in time. Removal of bark from all around a tree trunk will kill the tree as it prevents the phloem from working, and the tree cannot recover. The best ways to obtain fresh young bark without damaging a plant involve coppicing, pollarding or pruning."
Harvesting medicinal bark
Bark can be harvested sustainably at most times of the year. Ideally use young coppiced or pollarded stems cut from the base or stem in winter/spring which then allows the tree to later resprout. Another way is to prune larger branches leaving the main trunk of the tree to continue to grow. Alternatively remove a strip of bark downwards with a width less than a third of the tree circumference which can then gradually repair (this is best only for emergency use of bark). Bark can be collected in the winter during dormancy but is easiest to peel in spring when new growth starts, usually before leaves fully develop. Select pencil-size or larger branches and remove from the tree. Work with sections up to 2-4 feet long for ease of handling. Brush off any dirt or insects. Remove smaller side shoots close to the branch with a sharp knife - these can be chopped up to make a tea, or added to garden compost. For medicinal uses it is often the whole bark that is used, although sometimes just the inner parts of the bark are specified. If only inner bark is wanted then scrape off the thin outer bark first. Make a shallow cut through the bark right along the length of the branch section. The bark should then lift off readily if harvesting in spring, forming quills of curved bark. Cut up larger pieces of bark or twigs into smaller pieces of 2 to 3 cm. For longer-term storage, pieces can be laid out on a try to dry in a cool, dark and airy location. Ensure that the bark is fully dried, crisply cracking with no flexibility at all, before attempting storage in an airtight container.
Thank you teacher and all the teachers that came before you. I am blessed, Blessings to you and all your family
Being Alaska native, specifically Dena'ina, traditional medicine is forgotten for the most part. Many of these plants are v familiar and I hope to be able to identify them on my own soon.
That is the way, wish you all the best at this time. Mother Earth and traditional medicine is where it is at.
I'm currently prepping for the amazing and possibly shocking changes coming soon.... Absolutely wonderful to find this video and learn from you!! Thank you for taking the time to do this And share the knowledge!!!
Thank you SO much for including Wihkes! I was gifted some by a coworker who told me how to use it for colds or fever. Its like a natural form of Buckleys. "Tastes terrible..but it works". Thanks for doing what you do. I really wish more people were aware of this type of medicine. Greetings from Canada🙂👍🇨🇦
Your medicines are important for the entire world. God bless you for teaching your grandchildren.
Thank you and blessings from the Creator, our elders and mother earth to your ancestors, you and your family for passing on of this wisdom of healing to the young and old. The greatest goal of one is to help others and eliminate suffering. This is selflessness or without regard or benefit for one's self. The medicine of your ancestor's knowledge and now your knowledge and your children's knowledge will help to teach and heal others for the three times.
This is a disgrace. He is not harvesting that medicine correctly at all. Most of those trees will die and the rest will be diseased. There is a proper way to harvest bark for medicine and this is not it!!!!
You should head over to the website for the "medicinal forest garden trust" and learn more about what you're talking about.
Nobody is saying don't harvest bark for medicine but do it correctly or you're a problem. Here is little piece from their website.
"Tree bark damage can be catastrophic although minor damage can repair in time. Removal of bark from all around a tree trunk will kill the tree as it prevents the phloem from working, and the tree cannot recover. The best ways to obtain fresh young bark without damaging a plant involve coppicing, pollarding or pruning."
Harvesting medicinal bark
Bark can be harvested sustainably at most times of the year. Ideally use young coppiced or pollarded stems cut from the base or stem in winter/spring which then allows the tree to later resprout. Another way is to prune larger branches leaving the main trunk of the tree to continue to grow. Alternatively remove a strip of bark downwards with a width less than a third of the tree circumference which can then gradually repair (this is best only for emergency use of bark). Bark can be collected in the winter during dormancy but is easiest to peel in spring when new growth starts, usually before leaves fully develop. Select pencil-size or larger branches and remove from the tree. Work with sections up to 2-4 feet long for ease of handling. Brush off any dirt or insects. Remove smaller side shoots close to the branch with a sharp knife - these can be chopped up to make a tea, or added to garden compost. For medicinal uses it is often the whole bark that is used, although sometimes just the inner parts of the bark are specified. If only inner bark is wanted then scrape off the thin outer bark first. Make a shallow cut through the bark right along the length of the branch section. The bark should then lift off readily if harvesting in spring, forming quills of curved bark. Cut up larger pieces of bark or twigs into smaller pieces of 2 to 3 cm. For longer-term storage, pieces can be laid out on a try to dry in a cool, dark and airy location. Ensure that the bark is fully dried, crisply cracking with no flexibility at all, before attempting storage in an airtight container.
you are so fortunate to have and practice this still. It's so wonderful you're keeping these teachings alive in your kids. Your community is lucky to have you.
In the quest for so called ..progress.. We have forgotten that nature provides.....if we let it! I just hope more people start to go back to the old ways! This is wonderful...to see the younger people carrying on with traditional medicine. As well as teaching the next generation about it! Thank you!
I love this vid, it's message. I love plants and forage and learn from my elders in my culture and outside it too.
Thank you. I wish I could learn more of your medicine. Please share it, the world needs it. Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you for sharing this whole sacred process. I could smell the sage and sweetgrass just by seeing them.
Wow, I am so grateful to have found this channel. Thank you for creating it 😊
The idea that every living thing has consciousness is exactly how we all should be living.
A note I was taught by the Arborist. If the bark is taken around the whole tree girth the tree it can kill the tree. Noticed you guys did not.
It's all to educate. For the tree is home for birds and other life that have no words .
Thank you again for your wisdom and Way.
Thank you for sharing this knowledge. I feel honored to be learning the healing practices of your people!
Thank you for helping me get closer to nature! 🥬
Thank you! More of this man, please! He really does a great job explaining and demonstrating proper harvesting techniques as well as processing the materials into medicines.
This is a disgrace. He is not harvesting that medicine correctly at all. Most of those trees will die and the rest will be diseased. There is a proper way to harvest bark for medicine and this is not it!!!!
You should head over to the website for the "medicinal forest garden trust" and learn more about what you're talking about.
Nobody is saying don't harvest bark for medicine but do it correctly or you're a problem. Here is little piece from their website.
"Tree bark damage can be catastrophic although minor damage can repair in time. Removal of bark from all around a tree trunk will kill the tree as it prevents the phloem from working, and the tree cannot recover. The best ways to obtain fresh young bark without damaging a plant involve coppicing, pollarding or pruning."
Harvesting medicinal bark
Bark can be harvested sustainably at most times of the year. Ideally use young coppiced or pollarded stems cut from the base or stem in winter/spring which then allows the tree to later resprout. Another way is to prune larger branches leaving the main trunk of the tree to continue to grow. Alternatively remove a strip of bark downwards with a width less than a third of the tree circumference which can then gradually repair (this is best only for emergency use of bark). Bark can be collected in the winter during dormancy but is easiest to peel in spring when new growth starts, usually before leaves fully develop. Select pencil-size or larger branches and remove from the tree. Work with sections up to 2-4 feet long for ease of handling. Brush off any dirt or insects. Remove smaller side shoots close to the branch with a sharp knife - these can be chopped up to make a tea, or added to garden compost. For medicinal uses it is often the whole bark that is used, although sometimes just the inner parts of the bark are specified. If only inner bark is wanted then scrape off the thin outer bark first. Make a shallow cut through the bark right along the length of the branch section. The bark should then lift off readily if harvesting in spring, forming quills of curved bark. Cut up larger pieces of bark or twigs into smaller pieces of 2 to 3 cm. For longer-term storage, pieces can be laid out on a try to dry in a cool, dark and airy location. Ensure that the bark is fully dried, crisply cracking with no flexibility at all, before attempting storage in an airtight container.
How much healthier all of us would be if this were a part of our Life.
Thank you for your knowledge and respect for nature, the calmness in their voices is so soothing, I could listen to them for hours and feel peace in my spirit.
InstaBlaster...
Me too,the same.
Thank you for the respect you show to nature. A very humble way.
These are the tutorials that should be shown in schools,so these medicines never die out,
Yes these wild medicines are a great gift and we shouldn’t forget people who learned by trial and error and proved time and again the effectivement. I also feel instinct and animals probably showed the way to some of the cures too.
I grew up with knowledge of only one strain of my heritage,,,my other heritage was denied me but I feel their spirit in me,, and as I wrote a tribute to a friend who loved and lived close to the land, the creator gave me these words; '"To speak to the land, and all living things with words from the heart,,in their own native tongue that bring forth good life and sing life's great song",,,, and so it went, as my sacred ancestors spoke that day, with words from their spirit, whispered from time long past. Thank you, my brother, you took me home for a time.
Thank you for sharing with us your story and what has been passed down to you from your elders and ancestors 🙏 This is truly a guide to harmony, one of the greatest medicines I know...May you continue to be blessed in all you do. Peace and blessings
God Bless this beautiful family. Thank you for your knowledge. My daughter is Ojibwa from the Fort William reserve . Her father was full blooded. I happily shared this video with her and other friends and family. Thank you again, beautiful relaxing video.🙏❤️Your teachings are invaluable and the way our world is going, life saving.
I would like to learn the ancient medicines too. The propaganda of big corporations is just too much to handle for me as I know they are deceiving the people in the long run. I am from the USA, born in San Francisco, CA when my father was in the Navy, grew up in the Midwest (Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois), and have German, English, and some American Indian heritage. I have traveled to Germany, Mexico and a good majority of the USA. Thank you for this video.
Yes, children are our life...many thanks for continuing your knowledge through them..
I am proud of you i come from mountain in Bosnia my father knows a lot about herbs medicine but he died before he can teach me you are blessed mother earth give us everything what we need and we have to respect mother earth for that
I just found your channel. It's a wonderful thing that you give gratitude to the universe for providing you the trees for medicine purposes and also teaching your kids to love and respect the land. Passing the torch. Wishing I could live on your land to work and learn at the same time. Thanking for sharing. Love and peace.
Please make more videos on medicine gathering! Would love to learn about the rest of the plant gathering and medicines. The number of views of this video speaks volumes.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I know this is not taken lightly .. much respect to you
I wish I was fortunate enough to have an older person teach me the medicines of where I live. I get told of all the ones found in my grandparents home country but you can only find so much of it as "roadside weeds" and they're only good for incense or foot soaks since they're by the road and you shouldn't eat them. All the other plants I know, learned myself, but I only ever take "dead and down" if its wood, or near a path since I don't want to trample through the nature preserve.
This was a very calming video and I hope more youth will continue to learn and carry on the tradition.
What is your grandparents home country?
@@2degucitas They are from rural China.
Although the skin is a protective barrier as I get older I don't want to put anything on my skin that is not edible because the skin also absorbs.
@@tic857 cool!
Shouldn't soak them in water then either. Ever hear of ""Osmosis?"
Stanford Parenteau, Thank you for sharing and passing on the old knowledge of nature's medicine , I pray that our creator of mother earth and the heavens bless you and your family.
To me, your a beautiful example of living correctly upon the land. I enjoy learning what's good and right. Watching you I learn.
I don't know how to Express how good this feels.
Thank you for sharing your teachings🙏🏼 may the ancestors continue to bless you.
I just keep imagining someone asking for "elbow grease" and where they can find it. 😄
I enjoyed this video. It would be neat to have some longer videos more often even if they are just of an elder speaking for an hour about what they know or believe. I think there would be a lot of interest in longer uncut truth similar to one like this.
@Daniel Woolman Yes there absolutely is! Thank you for your comment!
God Bless all of us who work to make this world a *better* and *more loving* place, IJHN Amen.
I mixed blood from the Cherokee nation. Talaquah Oklahoma. For years I have been very drawn to balsam essential oils. Of all of the essential oils that's the one I love the most even though i use peppermint oil more than anything but i love balsam and it makes me feel very grounded and at peace. I very much appreciate you showing us how to harvest balsam bark. I feel a great connection with this plant. I hope everyone watching this will show much respect to the plant world and never exploit the teachings of native people.
Congratulations on changing your journey and finding your true gift and purpose. It truly warmed my heart hearing you saying that you stopped drinking and became a medicine gatherer to give your children a better life. You are a courageous heart! Thank you for your services.
Great teachings‼️ I to forage for herbal medicines just in a different way. It’s so interesting to me to see different ways of foraging the same medicines I know..
Thank you. I appreciate your making this public so even an outsider like me learn also. Thank you Sir for your knowledge . I dont know how else to thank you you or show respect , but I hope you receive many blessings. Thank you Sir.
Also scientists test sage and found it has antimicrobial properties so it proves to my family that it really is good to burn throughout the house to prevent sickness ...
Sincerely Sara
From GA USA
And your son for passing down your guys's knowledge and the respect and love you got for the Earth
Gratitude for the old ways!!!! May they never be forgotten!!!
I was to young and didn’t listen all that good but my grandfather never stopped teaching me know I’m picking up where he left off thanks for giving the knowledge
I also dry green ponderosa pineneedles for basket making. I dry in a shade so it does not lose its color. I use birchbark for making baskets.
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This is the good stuff. I have Utmost respect for the native people and their ways of keeping their culture alive.
My grandmother tried to teach medicine walks. I had no idea the gift she was given me.
Just wanted to work with grandpa at saw mill.
Your show will help me remember.
Thankful for the information, his voice is also calming.
Thank you for the wisdom you are sharing. You all are fantastic examples of how sustainable foraging can be accomplished in a community.
The sacred knowledge you give so humbly is so beautiful! Brings me back to my native roots. You remind me of my father teaching me the songs of our people. I long for those days being on the land in his sweat lodge singing songs after giving tobacco ties as an offering. You stirred my soul tonight. Thank you!!
Thank you for remembering to cherish the nature ! Thank you for keeping traditions alive! Thank you for being special ! The times are changing - stay strong, stay connected to The Great Creator ! He sees everything !
Thank you so much for showing this my grandmother was Blackfoot and I wish I could of spent more time with her to learn what she knew
This is a wonderfully inspirational video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and wisdom, So lovely to see men so respectful and connected with Mother Earth..
I would love to spend time with you and your people to learn the ancient of ways of medicine.
I have know one to take me out in the forrest and teach me these ways but I have a deep desire to learn.
Creators medicine is the only way to truly heal the people.
Medicine has so many levels.. teaching your sons to carry themselves is Medicine, to work with Mother earth is Medicine.. Sharing the attributes of plants, animals, and seasons are Medicine.
My tribe is the Ugly-headed, or hard/armor headed one's. My Grandfather taught me the ways, and I commend you for teaching us. Thank you! You are a Goodman ah-ho!
Thank you so much for sharing this knowledge of natural medicine for years i have used what ever natural herbal medicine available for detoxing. I would like to learn more about harvesting and the use of herbal medicine. I appreciate your concerns to pass this knowledge on to others like my self Blessings to you and your family.
Excellent video, very informative. These are far better and safer medicines than anything manufactured today. Would really like to learn how to do this....
I see a phone number enclosed and CD available
I love how you spread these medicines closer to home. I myself are planting berry bushes on land my family uses many are very healthy. Aronia berries were my first berry bushes. It makes me very happy to see them produce so many berries ascap will be next. Garlic chives. Mulberries black walnuts ,Balsom. White spruce duglas for red oak shagbark hickory ,bald Cypress all are not present on this land planting is the easy part protecting them to maturity takes lots of time
My mom needed your medicine before she died. She was on kidney dialysis and waiting for somebody else's kidneys. Had she learned bout your alternative medicine, she didn't need somebody else's kidneys like a vampire for blood. I could've still enjoy her today.