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Scientists Identify Contents of Ancient Maya Drug Containers
https://scitechdaily.com ^ | By WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY | JANUARY 15, 2021

Posted on 01/15/2021 8:59:43 AM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 01/15/2021 8:59:44 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv

PinGGG!........................


2 posted on 01/15/2021 9:00:03 AM PST by Red Badger (TREASON is the REASON for the SLEAZIN'.................................)
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To: Red Badger

I wonder if they licked frogs.


3 posted on 01/15/2021 9:29:48 AM PST by alternatives? (If our borders are not secure, why fund an army?)
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To: alternatives?

That was the Fukawi Tribe...............


4 posted on 01/15/2021 9:31:03 AM PST by Red Badger (TREASON is the REASON for the SLEAZIN'.................................)
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Huh. So some of the ancient Mayans that survived the selections for human sacrifice might have died of cancer.

Who knew?

5 posted on 01/15/2021 9:41:38 AM PST by Chainmail (Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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My guess is this was some kind of ‘medicine’, quite possibly a ‘purgative’.....................


6 posted on 01/15/2021 9:43:59 AM PST by Red Badger (TREASON is the REASON for the SLEAZIN'.................................)
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To: Red Badger

Damn the CIA has been around for a long time.


7 posted on 01/15/2021 10:17:26 AM PST by pas
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To: Red Badger
I bet if I clean out my medicine cabinet I'll find a whole lot of ancient drug containers.


8 posted on 01/15/2021 10:33:39 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Larry Lucido

I actually remember some of that!..............................


9 posted on 01/15/2021 10:41:42 AM PST by Red Badger (TREASON is the REASON for the SLEAZIN'.................................)
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To: Red Badger; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; ...
Thanks Red Badger.

10 posted on 01/17/2021 8:03:44 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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the Mexican marigold was mixed with the tobacco to make smoking more enjoyable.

Menthol...

11 posted on 01/17/2021 8:12:22 AM PST by null and void (Trump is just the appetizer, We the People are the main course.)
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I grow Mexican Marigold and other herbs alongside my veggies-it is not menthol-it has a Tarragon flavor-Tarragon does not grow all that well here-the Mexican Marigold does-I use it fresh fresh in any dish that calls for Tarragon-especially good with fresh green beans...


12 posted on 01/17/2021 12:42:42 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Red Badger

Mexican Marigold is grown and used by just about everyone around here as a culinary herb and ornamental plant-it adds the same flavor as Tarragon to dishes...


13 posted on 01/17/2021 12:46:47 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

Not menthol-menthol (to paraphrase Whoopi-Whoopi) but the same function as menthol, to lower the harshness of the tobacco smoke.

Still, good to know, I may try growing some here in the high desert.


14 posted on 01/17/2021 1:01:41 PM PST by null and void (Trump is just the appetizer, We the People are the main course.)
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I don’t know how well it will do in that environment-but if you plant it in good soil away from a Western exposure-but plenty of sunshine-and water it every day a bit in Summer, it will probably do okay-it does freeze as soon as the temp goes into the high 20’s, so if you want to have it to use in food all year, put it in a really big pot and greenhouse it in Winter. It blooms in September here-pretty little orange flowers...


15 posted on 01/17/2021 1:51:31 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Red Badger

As an amateur ethnobotanist, I have been convinced for
many years that the many flowers and plants worn and carved on Mayan stele are not there just because they were pretty
but because of their use and effects.


16 posted on 01/17/2021 2:00:02 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Texan5

Thanks!


17 posted on 01/17/2021 2:00:14 PM PST by null and void (Trump is just the appetizer, We the People are the main course.)
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To: tet68

The blue lotus is a popular motif in Egyptian texts and architecture.

It was used to treat erectile disfunction.

Which may have something to do with why the ‘little blue pill’ is blue!


18 posted on 01/17/2021 2:05:24 PM PST by null and void (Trump is just the appetizer, We the People are the main course.)
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To: null and void

Used in other lands as well.


19 posted on 01/17/2021 2:08:25 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: null and void

You’re welcome-buena suerte...


20 posted on 01/17/2021 2:38:43 PM PST by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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