Wouldn’t let me cut it down and still won’t. The second one died but I kept it around because one of the larger branches had a rope swing my kids had enjoyed when they were little and they had sentimental attachment to it. The 20 foot log is still in the back yard, bugs don’t seem to be bothering it. The one closest to the street died within a couple years and I took it out. Unfortunately I’m pretty sure this began their long slow decline. During a visit my father-in-law took a saw and trimmed enough branches off each one so you could walk underneath. When I moved into my house 24 years ago there were three of what I assumed were “cedar trees” spaced along the south property line. Not long now and antibiotics simply won’t work. In my case two doses (see above) over 24 hours! Given the rise of superbugs due to our own hubris and stupidity I suggest people wake up quickly and start looking for alternatives. The amounts used medicinally are very small and for short periods of time.
#Juniper bank free
Drug companies have a vested interest in steering people away from free stuff that works better! The only research on the kidney story comes from tests on rats and they were given excessive amounts. add boiling water, strain and drink when cool) which might explain the constant old wives tale on web sites that it’s bad for your kidneys. I’ve used communis berries before for UTI and it worked almost instantly (ground up tablespoon of berries in a tot of vodka, leave for a few hours. The obvious question therefore is whether chinensis berries are as edible as communis. The problem with communis is most people would have died of old age before it’s grown a meter. drupacea (Europe and Middle East) and in Asia J. monosperma berries, roasted them, added water, and made the mixture into a gravy.Įlsewhere the berries of these junipers have been use: J. Or, they stored them in a grass-lined holes in the ground for winter use. occidentals and mixed them with mashed deer liver for food. But the Kawaiisu Indians deseeded the same berries, pounded the berries into a meal, moistened, molded the meal into cakes, dried them then ate them. The Diegueno considered the previous species berries as famine food only. They also ground the berries into flour and used them to make mush or bread. californica in the sun or ate them fresh. deppeana, soaked them in water, put them in the mouth, sucked all the juice out, then spat out the solid matter. The Yavapai pulverized the berries of the J. monosperma with chopped meat, put it into a clean deer stomach, then roasted it all. How the berries were used varied from tribe to tribe and species to species. On the left is the bark of the red cedar (a Juniper) and on the right the bark of a white cedar, a Chamaecyparis thyoides They used it to treat cold symptoms, swollen joints, stiff neck or back, swollen legs, eye diseases, fever, headache, dizziness and diarrhea. Florida’s Seminole Indians had many medical uses for the Easter Red Cedar. They irritate the kidneys and are diuretic. (Some berries are as much as 30% sugar.)Īs with many herbs used medicinally or as a spice juniper berries should be used sparingly. In the southern Alps a dark syrup is made from the berries and is traditionally eaten as a dessert with cream or hot milk.
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In Europe one cannot make authentic sauerbraten or sauerkraut without juniper berries.
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They are also used to flavor stuffing, marinades and stews. Mature blue berries are used to flavor game. Mature but still green berries are used to flavor gin. It takes the “berries” two to three years to ripen. sabina, often planted in North America as an ornamental, cannot be used either berries or leaves.īesides medicinal uses, which includes treating diabetes, the berries are employed for flavoring, most notably in gin and the French liqueur Chartreuse. Small junipers used in landscaping might be of European origin and not useable in any way. sabina is often planted as an ornamental in the United States. Also while the foliage of many junipers can be used the foliage of the J. One can use the “berries” of those two “cedars” like juniper berries because they are junipers. The Southern Cedar, Juniperus silicicola, left, joo-NIP-er-us sill-liss-sih-KOLE-uh, also is not a cedar being a subspecies of the J. Unfortunately this particular juniper is call the Eastern Red Cedar. It is also the species most ornamental cultivars are bred from. Common in the eastern United States - officially east of the 100th meridian - is Juniperus virginiana, top photo, joo-NIP-er-us ver-jin-ee-AY- nuh.