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MERCURY TERMINATOR HERBS
Cilantro, a prolific self-seeding herb can be a wonderful aid to pull mercury from your body. Especially when combined with Chlorella as a supplement or adding lots of garden fresh greens to your diet. Together they work to expel mercury from the brain. I have often wondered why some people absolutely detest cilantro and will detect even the tiniest of amount in a salad or soup. My imagination sees pictures of the mighty cilantro warrior chasing mercury gremlins from the brain landscape much like garlic scares the living daylight out of evil vampires. A Chinese saying rests on the philosophy that strong dislikes for a particular food might be rooted in its ability to provoke an unpleasant healing crisis.
You can make a broth or tea from fresh cilantro and drink the infusion or just chop and add to salads or fresh salsa. I have been using cilantro by the bunch, stem and all in my morning green smoothie with delicious and mind blowing results this past month. I feel exceptionally smart this week and am patiently waiting for my husband to comment on my improved mental acuity any day now! The news on mercury in dental amalgams is all bad. However, I really like my dentist. He has replaced almost all my mercury fillings over the past years and my pocket book and I have decided to leave my gold and silver teeth as they area and keep up a little detox everyday.
I’d like to offer a few more uses for my favorite herbs in addition to the following recipe. Make a sachet of parsley and tie this on your tap and run your bath water through the greens. I don’t know if the water will be green, and if you’ll come out looking like an alien, but you will smell like an eco conscious farm endorsed perfume that Mr. Suzuki will approve of. You can wear a wreath of parsley while hanging out with your friends at your favorite watering hole. A parsley wreath will delay inebriation. You can fill your socks with a mix of parsley and garlic at the end of a workday for eight hours of restful purification. Use herbs for fun, flavour and expect to keep environmental contaminant vampires at bay.
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ORANGE CILANTRO DRESSING
1 cup cilantro, chopped
1 cup orange juice, freshly squeezed. About 3 oranges
1 tsp ginger, freshly grated
4 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp light miso
4 oz. extra virgin olive oil
pinch of hot pepper flakes
¼ cup almonds, soaked 8 hrs and peeled (opt.)
Place all ingredients in blender and process until smooth. Adding almonds adds protein and makes the dressing creamy. I will make this dressing with fresh strawberries once the local ones are in season. Add some nuts to your salad along with radishes and newly harvested cucumber from Kristensen’s Greenhouses in Armstrong. They are not certified organic but follow very good growing principals.