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Scurvy – Historical Background and Prevention - CharlesHarris - 24 September 2013
RE: Scurvy – Historical Background and Prevention - Jonas - 28 September 2013
A large bottle of 500mg Vitamin C tablets should be part of everyone's preps...
RE: Scurvy – Historical Background and Prevention - Scythe13 - 29 September 2013
Pine needle tea, and lots of it. Yummy and anti-scurvy.
RE: Scurvy – Historical Background and Prevention - Highlander - 29 September 2013
No excuse for Scurvy in this day and age,..... but both the Pine needle tea, and the vitamins are good
RE: Scurvy – Historical Background and Prevention - David075 - 29 September 2013
If I recall right this was the reason lime cordial was invented , the sailors could have the benefits of lime in there diet long after the fruit had gone off.
RE: Scurvy – Historical Background and Prevention - Sunna - 29 September 2013
do the needles from all uk pine trees work ? , even the common one in almost every back garden .
good read thanks
RE: Scurvy – Historical Background and Prevention - Highlander - 29 September 2013
(29 September 2013, 11:17)Sunna Wrote: do the needles from all uk pine trees work ? , even the common one in almost every back garden .
good read thanks
yes
RE: Scurvy – Historical Background and Prevention - CharlesHarris - 29 September 2013
RE: Scurvy – Historical Background and Prevention - Scythe13 - 8 October 2013
Got back earlier from walking the dogs with the wife. Today's tree that she learned about, and I learned more about was the good old Elm. While walking we saw a beast of a Hawthor! I commented that mum used to say the red fruits were poisonous. She seemed to agree with my mum on this. When we got home, I got one of my books out and gloated over my correctness. But then felt embarrassed that I'd forgotten something so well worth knowing! As you've already figured out this is a lovely story, it's in the scurvy section, so there must be a connection.
Hawthorn fruit has 7x the Vitamin C of oranges. So that pretty much means having 3-5 berries a day will stop scurvy.
RE: Scurvy – Historical Background and Prevention - MaryN - 8 October 2013
Hawthorn certainly is not poisonous - eating a few too many berries might give you an upset stomach - but it can be used in jams and jellies (great to go with cold meats). Did you know it has uses for the treatment of certain heart conditions?