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To: woodbutcher1963

True. And many other remedies discovered over the millennia. I’m amazed at some of the discoveries. I started taking psyllium husk powder for gut health. Whoever would have thought of taking the husks from a seed and asking “I wonder what happens if we eat this sludge that forms after we mix the husks with water?”


38 posted on 01/13/2026 12:29:56 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
I always wonder the same about alcoholic drinks. A lot of things probably began with happy accidents.

'Come quickly, I am tasting the stars!” - purported to have been said by Dom Pérignon, on the discovery of Champagne...
39 posted on 01/13/2026 12:40:58 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Yes, the Native Americans would take Purple Cone flower to help with the common cold. Also known as Echinacea.
Which is its Latin name.


42 posted on 01/13/2026 12:59:18 PM PST by woodbutcher1963
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