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Post by Yoris on Apr 10, 2019 23:21:53 GMT -7
Here's a picture of my wild basil after I harvested it. I originally planted it in 2018 (seeds purchased from superseeds.com). It's got a very mild taste and smell. I just used it as a salad green.  aluminum element symbol |
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Post by Yoris on May 24, 2019 18:31:05 GMT -7
I've eaten wild basil a few times before with no problems. Today, I started to eat some (bigger leaves than I've eaten previously) and it instantly started burning my throat! I think my throat swelled some, too. That feels like it may be an [HASH]allergy. If it's not an allergy, I'd say it's highly toxic. I really don't think I'll be eating this again. In fact, I may pull it up. The stems are fibrous now, and the leaves are tougher to pick than they were. Here's are a couple pictures of it (from right before I picked, washed, and started eating the leaves):   |
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Post by Yoris on May 24, 2019 19:15:32 GMT -7
Yeah, I think it was an allergy. The burning wouldn't go away; so, I ate some fresh [HASH]yarrow from the garden (yarrow is said to be an [HASH]antihistamine herb) and it immediately felt mostly better. We've got a *lot* of yarrow. I've used it before (but this is the best effect I've noticed on something that seemed to be allergy-related, notwithstanding it did help some the other times). My eyes feel more keen when I eat yarrow (I'm not saying whether or not it helps improve vision; it's a feeling I get is what I mean).
I should eat yarrow more. I think it's a good herb. If you're wondering how it tastes, it tastes just like menthol.
I pulled up the wild basil plant and threw it away (poor plant). I don't want a repeat of that (nor anything worse). I might have kept the plant for ornamental purposes, but then someone might have used it, or the flowers might have bloomed and I might have had a reaction to those.
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Post by Yoris on Jun 7, 2019 3:10:16 GMT -7
Hmm, since this experience, my mint toothpaste has been hurting my tongue more than before. I used to think that mint toothpaste just made everyone's mouths sting considerably (or does it?), but now I'm beginning to think maybe I've had a mint allergy of sorts all along. I don't seem to tolerate rosemary very well (which is probably why most soup people make around here seems to make me feel sick); rosemary isn't mint, of course, but it's in the mint family as is wild basil (and it's common for multiple allergies in a family to exist). I do seem to tolerate a lot of things in the mint family well, though (as far as I can tell).
Rosemary doesn't sting like mint, nor cause my throat to burn or my tongue to swell like wild basil, but soup I eat with rosemary in just makes me feel malnourished, fatigued, and almost nauseous (it's hard to describe how it makes me feel; it drains me). It's been worse lately.
Anyway, if mint does make everyone's mouths sting, why is it practically the only option? There are less painful flavors out there. You might as well make hot chile or fresh horseradish toothpaste if you enjoy the sting of mint. True, mint tastes and smells good and fresh/clean, but yeah, so does fruit punch (granted it doesn't make your taste buds dance as much).
I've had other mint allergy symptoms, too, but they're not consistent.
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