Meet Japanese knotweed, a highly invasive speciese that years ago my grandmother was told was bamboo and allowed to grow in a section of the yard.
Since then its taken over a lot of space so we began yo try to reduce it to one specific area of the garden. Trying our best to remove it at the roots and clear it out.
(It broke my shovel in the process)
As always my curious mind began to wonder "what could the health benefits if the plant be and does it have any other uses?"
So we began a google study that led us down a whole new adventure in apothecary and culinary exploration. Its been used as a healing herb in asian culture for centuries, and has the same component in it that red wine does that makes it so highly praised for heart health.
Much of it appears to be able to help stimulate neurological healing for people who are having symptoms of alzeimers , as well as help treat Lyme discease.
A reminder that the old system of medicine didin't ask for money, it asked for us to learn about our planet a d discover that everything has its uses.
One persons vicious weed, is anothers healing herb. It just depends how we look at it all, and if we can see the positive amongst the negatives.