I’m a week behind so I’ll have to play some catch up but I finally got a fresh notebook to do the 52 plant challenge. I’m really excited for this journey into really understanding the local community.

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I’m a week behind so I’ll have to play some catch up but I finally got a fresh notebook to do the 52 plant challenge. I’m really excited for this journey into really understanding the local community.
Note: If you suspect poisoning call poison control and eat plain yogurt to stabilize the stomach. Some people will still have toxic reactions to poke even after parboiling, do not eat in excess your first time trying it. All parts of this plant have poisonous alkaloids and should be handled with care and used for food and medicine with great attention to detail and reverence.
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52Plants - Week 1. Cedrus deodara
Common names: Deodar Cedar, Himalayan cedar, Deodar/Devdar/Devadaru
Usage: Lumber is rot-resistant and fine grain, great for construction. Aromatic oil has antifungal properties and repels insect pests. Used extensively in Ayurvedic medicine. Popular as an ornamental tree in Europe and North America.
Identification: Tall pyramidal canopy, graceful pendulous branches of 1-2in slender silver-green needles, upright barrel-shaped cones which disintegrate when mature.
Metaphysical Usage: Deodar is a sacred tree, called "tree/wood of the gods" in Sanskrit, dedicated to Shiva. Attributes are similar to other cedars. Meditate with the living tree, make ritual objects (eg wands or drums) with its wood, or use as incense or oil.
Wisdom, guidance and clarity
Healing & purification
Protection and longevity
Divine connection
Strength & confidence
Fact: The disintegrating female cones drop their tips as these neat rosettes!
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Note: Tests done on isolated compound safrole oil show a slight carcinogenic property and evidence of affecting bacterial immunology. Based on decades of folk use and subsequent testing that puts the risk at the same level as municipal water or recirculating air and saffrole oil is especially not a concern when in concert with the rest of the plant's compounds (as is the convention of herbalism's whole plant mindset). Use with caution and sparingly if the liver is already compromised, while pregnant, or if you have high blood pressure (affects less than caffeine though). May interact with sedatives.
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