TOTAL HEALTH Newsletter  November/December 1999 Vol. 2 No. 9
NATURAL EMERGENCY NUTRITION: Part 3 - Wilderness Survival Foods
Compiled & Edited by Tom Harrelson
(Revised 7/28/13)

NOTE: I can VOUCH PERSONALLY for MOST of the NATURAL Foods and Water Purification Techniques in this NATURAL EMERGENCY NUTRITION Series! A few of which I wasn't aware, have been HIGHLY recommended to me! This List is by NO means COMPLETE and may CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE, being Additions, Deletions and Modifications! If interested in MORE DETAILS on the information below, then CLICK ON ANY LINK (Blue Underlined Words or Phrases), that is AVAILABLE.


SPECIFIC HINTS: Study Animal Habits and droppings to identify Wild EDIBLE Plants. AVOID Bitter Fruit and Bitter/sour Leaves. ALL Grasses and their Seeds, Clovers, Alfalfa, Pulpy Cacti, Lichens are EDIBLE. AVOID ANY Grasses/Seeds with Black Fungus (Ergot POISON).

FRUITS
Apples
Wild Crab Apple
Berries
Wild Red Raspberry, Black Raspberry, Blackberry, Loganberry, Strawberry, Elderberry, and Gooseberry.

HERBS
Slippery Elm Inner Bark

Therapeutic Action: SLIPPERY ELM is a Demulcent and Nutritive, plus it promotes Tissue REGENERATION! Slippery Elm Gruel is a soothing and HEALING Herbal Food for the Digestive System. Slippery Elm is as nutritious as Oatmeal and can be eaten as a Food frequently. It is especially GOOD for Children or Elderly, if they are having difficulty digesting Foods, while recuperating from an illness. The Native Americans ate Slippery Elm as a Survival Food, especially in the Winter, when Food was SCARCE! George Washington and his men also ate Slippery Elm at Valley Forge and SURVIVED a VERY COLD Winter!

Formula: Slippery Elm Gruel is made by the following Method:
1. Put 1 tablespoon of Slippery Elm Powder in a small bowl.
2. Slowly stir in Three-Fourths of a Cup of Boiling Water.
3. ADD Honey or Maple Syrup to sweeten and/or Cinnamon to enhance flavor, when the Gruel becomes THICK like Cream of Wheat.

BARKS
Sassafras
Slippery Elm
BULBS
Wild Garlic
Wild Onion
FLOWERS
Daisy
Day Lillies
Wild Violet
FRUITS
Paw Paw
Persimmon
GRASSES
Wild Rice
Cattail Shoots
GREENS
Dandelion
Stinging Nettles
LEAVES
Sumac
NUTS
Acorns
Shagbark Hickory
ROOTS
Ginger
Burdock
Jerusalem Artichoke
Wapato (Indian Potato)
SEEDS
Chia
Millet
Amaranth
Sunflower


REFERENCES/RESOURCES -
Books:

· A Vagabond's Handbook - Mountain John/pgs. 56-66/1999
· Universal Survival Card - Don McLean/Practical Survival/'91
· Edible Wild - Martin P. Waterman/American Survival Guide/pgs. 74 - 77/April '96
· A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE - Knowledge Key Ingredient in Plant Use - David Knotts/Pract. Survival/pgs. 68 - 73/Aug./Sept. '91
· Field Guide To North American Edible Wild Plants
· Edible Wild Plants - Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate
· Guide To Wild Foods And Useful Plants - Christopher Nyerges
· Disaster Survival Guide - Survivors Nutritional Pharmacy - Dr. Cass Igram
· Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide - Thomas S. Elias, Peter A. Dykeman
· A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and Central North America - Lee Allen Peterson, Roger Tory Peterson

Internet/World Wide Web:
Ohio's Wild Edibles
Edible "Wild" Plants of Southeastern Ohio
Seasonal Schedule Of Edible Wild Plants In Southeastern Ohio
Wild Food Adventures - Institute for the Study of Edible Wild Plants and Other Foragables

Newsletter:
Wild Food Adventurer Newsletter


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