The Principal of Similarity

  

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Many of us have read old Herbals and glowing claims for simple natural treatments. Yet we seem to fail to get these wondrous results today.

Were they wrong, Lying or could it be other things? Our World today is complex, filled with massive amounts of Electromagnetic Pollutions, Unheard in the past complex man made chemicals and poisons.

Our large commercial farm's soils are worn-out, burned-out and poisoned-out both of natural trace elements, micro nutrients, and active helpful biological lifeforms.

So often what we get today only perhaps looks like foods and medicinal herbs of a few score or hundreds of years ago. There is little most of us can do about this. Yet I want to propose a simple thing we can do. And using one well-known example, extrapolate one or two other ideas to easily try.

But first, let us look at what I call the PoS  "Principal of Similarity" in Nature. Those of us that do Conjure, know well the principles of "Sympathetic  Magick" and while not like this, it is still a good working model to help us with the PoS.
Nature, like us, is often lazy, why invent something new when the old proven way will work.

As our modern Society with the help of technology has moved us further and further away from our foods in their natural forms our ancestors knew and used. When were the last time you got and veggies or roots with real dirt on them? And if you did how hard did you try and remove it? With water filled with antibacterial chemical, soaps etc.

Today most root products like Turemic and Ginger have a sprouting inhibitor applied to them, stopping the natural growth chemistry of this living plant. Of course, examples like this are almost endless.   But I want to focus on the common Orange and Garlic Clove for my theory.

While I am sure this is well known to all here, please bear with me as it essential to my case. The white lining of an Orange is called pith, while it too has a great deal of vitamin C in it that goes to waste in Orange juice. It has something even more important that you need to get the best (useful vitamin C) from eating the Orange.

>>Rutin is a bioflavonoid in citrus peels that can chelate heavy metals like iron and is an ideal accompaniment to your vitamin C supplement because it enhances absorption of the vitamin.<<

Yet today we ever neat and eat ever more refined cleaned and stripped foods. I believe our ancestors were no this way. Along with a good bit of dirt and all its micro nutrients. I believe they ate a good bit of skin, peel etc with everything.

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And now here is where my theory of PoS comes in. Garlic has been a well-known herb for villagers to eat every day while living into their 90's and still working hard each day. And as we all know besides the bulb each clove has a peelable layer or few of a white skin protecting the clove.

Based on the Principle of Similiary I feel that this skin also must play an important part in the absorption of the garlic to get the most benefits from it like those noted in old Herbals. Yet to my knowledge there are no studies on this.

Why not also look at all your Foods and Herbs with the PoS in mind, also how our ancestors used, ate and prepared them. I expect there are other gems to find.

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Copyright George King July 28, 2017.
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