Sea Buckthorn: the “ Holy Fruit of the Himalayas” Comes to the Prairies
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FALL 2011 Volume 19 Issue 3 www.aquarianonline.com INSIDE FEATURES Sea Buckthorn .......................1 Toxic Sound ............................1 School Daze ...........................2 Sundragon Studios ...............3 PLANT-BASED Vesanto: Kid’s Cook ..............4 View Veg: Cooking School ...5 COMMUNITY Green Show ...............................2 Body, Mind & Spirit Show .......2 Garlic Festival ............................2 Wellness Expo ...........................2 Largo Organics ..........................2 COLUMNS Secrets of the Subconscious: Hypnotherapy Stories...........7 Starry Skies: Top Healers of the Zodiac ..........................8 Kristi’s Kaleidoscope: Tea ..12 From the Heart: The Tailor’s Secret....................................13 Perspectives: Brain Waves 14 Pet Family:Wild Encounters15 Book Reviews Soul Currency .....................17 Seeds...of Germination...or Termination ..........................17 Downward Dog, Upward Fog ..........................18 The Tao of Bow Wow .........18 Movies Cinema Libre .......................18 And more! Sea Buckthorn: The Ò Holy Fruit of the How Toxic is Himalayas Ê Comes to the Prairies the Sound By ANNA OLSON Closer to home, our sea buckthorn was spearheading the processing plant Around You? champion is Mila Maximets, a died prematurely. By SHARON CARNE EA BUCKTHORN IS a large shrub Winnipegger who is investing her time Maximets has stepped into the Sof mythical renown. Used in Europe and money to bring the berry to the breach by utilizing the Manitoba Food OUND IS A STRONG physical force. and Asia for centuries, the leaves, people of Manitoba. A native of Russia, Development Centre at Portage la Prairie SNot only can the physical effects of branches and bright-orange berries have Maximets grew up with sea buckthorn as to produce a sea buckthorn puree – which sound be measured on a human being, provided exceptional food and medicine a staple in her diet. After she immigrated is now available under her Solberry label. so can the psychological, emotional and for both people and animals. Reflecting Once the puree mental effects. the reverence they felt, Chinese, Tibetan is established, Not all sound is good for you. and Mongolian people used words like other products Most people know that very loud God-sent medicine, liquid gold, and life will follow. She sounds, especially when they are oil to describe this sea buckthorn “holy is planning to sustained, can damage their hearing – fruit.” introduce a skin but they don’t always pay attention to The Latin name for sea buckthorn, care line (she this because they can’t tell when their Hippophae rhamnoides L., means already has a soap hearing has been damaged. The only “shining horse.” Legend has it that the and lip balm out symptom may be a buzzing in their ears ancient Greeks fed the leaves and small in stores), tea, and after a loud occurrence such as a concert. branches to their horses, giving them a health drink. Because the buzzing goes away after a a shiny coat in the process. Rumour The benefitsfew hours, they think there’s no harm also has it that Ghengis Khan fed claimed for sea done. The truth is that every time loud sea buckthorn to his army as it swept buckthorn are noise makes their ears buzz, a small triumphantly across Central Asia in the wide ranging. It amount of hearing is lost. early 1200s. has been found More recently, sea buckthorn juice to reduce the risk and skin cream were used by Soviet of cardiovascular cosmonauts to reduce the stress of disease; it extended space missions. Adding to its Mila processing sea buckthorn at the Manitoba Food rejuvenates skin, high credentials, sea buckthorn juice Development Centre in Portage la Prairie. hair and nails; became the official drink of Chinese helps to heal burns athletes at the Beijing Olympics in 1982. to Winnipeg, she realized there was a and wounds; improves liver health; and And now, Dr. Oz of TV talk-show production vacuum for the berry. Several can be used topically for acne, eczema fame, has added his considerable weight farmers were growing it with the intention and rosacea. behind sea buckthorn, calling it the of processing the berry for the consumer “miracle berry and super fruit.” market but they hit a snag. The man who See BUCKTHORN on page 10 See TOXIC on page 19 2 FALL 2011 www.aquarianonline.com Ethics in Motion, knows what I’m talking about. He was a SCHOOL DAZE fine student, star athlete and all 16 Victoria Row, Winnipeg, MB R2M 1Y2 A curriculum of compliance and round good guy. He always did Editorial & Advertising: what he was told, even when ph: (204) 255-4884 fax: (204) 255-5057 conformity hurts children and us [email protected] his boss told him to commit www.aquarianonline.com By MARGARET HEFFERNAN fraud. Publisher – Janet Whitley “Jail is full of pleasers,” Editors – Anna Olson & Syd Baumel MY CHUA’S BOOK on Paperny told me. “The other The Aquarian is a forum for shedding light on the path to Aparenting, Battle Hymn of the day I was doing a talk at the personal fulfillment and the common good. It is published Tiger Mother, has many parents University of Southern California and I asked: “How quarterly the first week of March, June, September, and wound up. Chua argues that many of you are pleasers?” Three-quarters of the hands December. Annual subscriptions to anywhere in Canada or the North American parents are too go up. 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