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Post by liveoak on Sept 18, 2024 12:48:36 GMT -5
Night blooming cereus is a great herb for the heart. It is a mild cardiac glycoside source, so it lowers blood pressure, slows the heart and strengthens the contractions. Great for arrhythmias of weak heart contractions. Interesting, James, but can you tell me what part of the plant ?
I do know that smelling the plant, when it blooms at night, makes my heart happy
Patty
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Post by vegasjames on Sept 18, 2024 12:55:11 GMT -5
Interesting, James, but can you tell me what part of the plant ?
I do know that smelling the plant, when it blooms at night, makes my heart happy
Patty
The stem.
I rarely use or recommend tinctures, mainly due to stability issues, but in this case it is easiest to dry or freeze the herb to crack the cell walls, then tincture it.
Here is some more info on its uses.
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Post by liveoak on Sept 18, 2024 13:00:42 GMT -5
Thank you, vegasjames that was an interesting article. Patty
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Post by liveoak on Sept 18, 2024 13:04:40 GMT -5
Photo of the night - Night-blooming Cereus I think it only happens once a year, that we actually remember to go back out before bed & actually see the bloom.
They only bloom for one night and it smells wonderful. The bloom is 4-5" across.
Patty
Our dragonfruits bloom at night, also a strong pleasant flower remindful of honeysuckle. we had half bloom one night, the other half the next night. Elizabeth stayed up till the pollen turned to powder to make sure to pollunate them the first night, second night she was up at dawn and the flowers were covered with bees, so now we know no worries, and we'll see if we get our first crop. Edit: more likely birds will get them... That's cool Lee. Having just looked it up, I never realized that dragon fruit had a very similar flower & was related to a night blooming cereus.
Hmmm, maybe I should be also growing dragon fruits.
Thanks for the idea.
Patty
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Post by jamesp on Sept 18, 2024 22:35:31 GMT -5
Sisters, the 3 year old climbs on the sleepy 1 year old. The 1 year old prefers her to get off. 3 year old says "I don't think so". 3 year old shows her confidence in securing position. 1 year old gives in but has an attitude.
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