I've seen recipes for #ChamisaAsh (#CulinaryAsh) that involve wood chips, mountain sage, #juniper, and epazote herbs, burned to fine white ashes. I also found this from a #Navajo recipe for Corn Ice (Da’yis tiin).

"A Note on Culinary Ash

Culinary ash dates back thousands of years and has been used by Native communities throughout the Americas for millennia. It is primarily made from shrubs and trees growing near or around the Native communities that use it. The Navajo primarily use juniper ash. Chef Walter Whitewater and his family have been using juniper ash in their traditional dishes since he was a little boy.

"Juanita Tiger Kavena, author of Hopi Cookery, who has since passed, talks in her cookbook about the #Hopi using the ash from #corncobs, #CornSilk, and #CornHusks, as well as the #FourWingSaltbush (#AtriplexCanescens), which is also called #chamisa. Her son, Wilmer Kavena Jr., whom I know as Chibbon (which is Creek for 'little boy'), says that the four-wing saltbush is the preferred bush for the Hopi but that ash can be made from burning any bushes. He prefers to make ash from the four-wing saltbush since these bushes are more #alkaline and work better with the #corn. And Brandon Baugh from San Felipe Pueblo, my student from the Indigenous Concepts of Native American Food class at the Institute of American Indian Arts, researched the use of ash in his community and at San Felipe Pueblo for his final paper and presentation, and found that in his community they use juniper, four-wing saltbush, and onion ash. Other Native communities all over the United States use various materials, including the ash from certain types of #wood.

Culinary ash can be sourced from Shimà of Navajoland and Blue Corn Custom Designs, among others."

https://www.ediblenm.com/graces-corn-ice-dayis-tiin/

#SolarPunkSunday #TraditionalFoods
#TraditionalRecipes #HopiRecipes
#NavajoRecipes #PlantAshes

Râu ngô – bộ phận thường bị bỏ đi khi ăn bắp – lại là vị thuốc quý trong y học cổ truyền, được dùng phổ biến để hỗ trợ điều trị sỏi thận. Với tính bình, vị ngọt, râu ngô có tác dụng lợi tiểu, làm giãn mạch máu, giảm huyết áp và giúp đào thải sỏi qua đường tiểu. Có thể dùng râu ngô tươi hoặc khô sắc nước uống hàng ngày để tăng hiệu quả. Đừng vứt bỏ râu ngô nếu bạn đang quan tâm đến sức khỏe thận!

#CornSilk #RauNgo #ThuocNam #ChuaSoiThan #KidneyHealth #YHocCoTruyen #SứcKhỏe #DưỡngSinh #NaturalR

Corn silk for treatment of swelling

Corn silk is a mild diuretic.
This may be due to the increased potassium content. Add 1 tsp. dried corn stigmas in cold water. Boil for 2-3 minutes and strain. Drink one cup several times a day.

#swelling #cornsilk #edema #Cornsilkbenefits

From yesterday. Leaving you all with this #VidShort of a #cute little #frog made from #cornsilk on my friend's truck dashboard. She got it from #SaltspringIsland. The frog has movable legs 🐸

I'm off to work & will catch up more, later today. Only 6 hours of work outside home today.