Chifukwa Chomwe Botanicals Ali Mwadzidzidzi Muzinthu Zanu Zosamalira Khungu

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• Kuwonjezeka kwa Wildcrafting
• Pambuyo pa Famu
• The Sustainability Factor
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Kwa Kendra Kolb Butler, sizinayambe kwenikweni ndi masomphenya koma ndi malingaliro. Msirikali wakale wamakampani okongola, yemwe adasamukira ku Jackson Hole, Wyoming, wochokera ku New York City, anali ndi mphindi ya eureka atakhala pakhonde lake tsiku lina. Amaganizira chifukwa chake azimayi ambiri omwe amagula m'boutique yake, Alpyn Beauty Bar, anali ndi vuto la khungu - kuchepa kwa madzi m'thupi, hyperpigmentation, komanso kumva - zomwe sizingathetsedwe ndi chilichonse mwazinthu zomwe amagulitsa.

"Ndimayang'ana kunja maluwa ofiirira omwe akumera m'mapiri, ndipo ndidadzifunsa, Kodi akwanitsa bwanji kusintha kuzinthu zolimba ngati chinyezi chotsika, kutalika kwambiri, ndi dzuwa lowopsa? Kodi pali china chake chomwe chimapangitsa kuti mbewuzo zikhale zolimba zomwe zingathe kulimbitsanso khungu?" (Zogwirizana: Kodi Khungu Lanu Liyenera Kukawona Katswiri Wazamisala?)

Pofunafuna mayankho a mafunso awa, adayamba kusonkhanitsa arnica ndi chamomile kuchokera ku nkhalango zosalimidwa ndi madambo ozungulira Jackson Hole - chizolowezi chotchedwa wildcrafting kapena kusaka chakudya-ndikuwapanga kukhala malo osamalira khungu, Alpyn Beauty.

"Pomwe tidatumiza zitsanzo zathu ku labu kuti zikayesedwe, zidalibe pamndandanda, potengera omegas ndi mafuta ofunikira-othandizira omwe amadziwika kuti athandize khungu," akutero a Kolb Butler. "Ndimakhulupiriradi kuti yankho la zinthu zachilengedwe zogwira mtima kwambiri - komanso khungu labwino - lingapezeke m'nkhalango zakutchire." Momwe zimakhalira, iye ndi gawo lakukula kwa chisamaliro cha khungu.

Kuwonjezeka kwa Wildcrafting

Mofananamo ndi terroir pakupanga win, lingaliro loti dothi la chomera ndi momwe zimakulira zingakhudzire momwe zimakondera, kununkhira, kapena momwe zimakhalira pakupanga sizatsopano konse kwa maluwa okongola omwe amalimidwa ku Grasse, France, amawerengedwa kuti ndiye chimake cha zonunkhira , ndi tiyi wobiriwira wonyezimira wochokera ku Jeju Island, South Korea, ndiye msuzi wachinsinsi m'makina ambiri a anti-a-K.

Koma makampani akunyamuka mopitilira muyeso kukafunafuna botanicals zakutchire. Osamalira khungu doyenne Tata Harper, Alchemist Wamkulu, ndi Loli Kukongola ndi ena mwa omwe amaphatikizira mbewu zodzikongoletsera, akukhulupirira kuti akhoza kukhala ndi chiyero ndi mphamvu zomwe ngakhale kulima kwachilengedwe, biodynamic sikungapereke. Kafukufuku akuwonetsa kuti zomerazo zimakonda kukhala ndi ma antioxidants, flavonoids, mavitamini, ndi omega-3 fatty acids kuposa anzawo omwe amalimidwa - osati kokha chifukwa amakhala m'nthaka yolemera mchere yopanda mankhwala koma chifukwa akuyenera kuwonjezera kupanga kwawo mankhwala oteteza phytochemicals kuti azikhala bwino ndi chilala, kuzizira, mphepo yamkuntho, ndi dzuwa losatha. Zida zosamalira khungu zimapatsa mphamvu zazikuluzi pakhungu lathu ngati hydration, kukonza ma DNA, ndi kutetezedwa kwaulere. (Zinthu zonse zothandiza kwambiri zoletsa kukalamba khungu lanu.)

"Zomera zazitali kwambiri zimakhala ndi mankhwala kuposa mankhwala otsika chifukwa amakhala ndi moyo wovuta," atero a Justine Kahn, omwe anayambitsa makina osamalira khungu lachilengedwe Botnia, yemwe posachedwapa anatulutsa mlombwa wa hydrosol wopangidwa ndi masamba a mitengo pa famu ya amayi ake ku New Mexico.

"Pamene tinayesa mayeso pa hydrosol yathu, tinapeza kuti inali ndi flavonoids yochuluka kwambiri yomwe imathandiza kutulutsa khungu. Tinayenera kukolola tokha mlombwa ndikuubweretsanso m'masutikesi akuluakulu ku labu yathu ku Sausalito, [California], koma zinali zoyenera. "

Pambuyo pa Famu

Si makampani ang'onoang'ono okongola omwe amapeza chakudya. Dr. Hauschka, cholowa chachilengedwe cha ku Germany chomwe chidakhazikitsidwa ku 1967, adagwiritsa ntchito zopangira zachilengedwe kwanthawi yayitali. Izi zili choncho chifukwa chakuti zomera zambiri zokhala ndi ubwino wokongoletsa khungu zimakana kulima arnica, yomwe imakula bwino m'malo okwera kwambiri koma imakonda kufooka ikalimidwa, anatero Edwin Batista, mkulu wa maphunziro a Dr. Hauschka.

Zosakaniza zofunikira mu mankhwala a Dr. Hauschka omwe amasonkhanitsidwa motere: diso lowala, zitsamba zotsutsana ndi zotupa zomwe zimapezeka kum'mwera kwa mapiri a Vosges ku France; Wild horsetail, yomwe imakhala yopweteka komanso yolimba pakhungu ndi pamutu koma imatengedwa ngati udzu wosokoneza ndi alimi wamba; ndi pH-balancing, collagen-stimulating chicory extract, yomwe imamera m'nthaka yadothi m'mbali mwa mitsinje ndi misewu yakumidzi. (Zogwirizana: Zakudya 10 Zomwe Ndizofunika Khungu Lanu)

The Sustainability Factor

Kupanga zakutchire kumatha kukhala kosangalatsa kwambiri: Ndi maluwa ochepa okha, makungwa, kapena nthambi zomwe zimachotsedwa, motero chomeracho sichimaphedwa.

"Timagwira ntchito ndi oyang'anira zachilengedwe kuti tipeze chilolezo, kukolola zomwe tikufuna, komanso osasankha malo amodzi kawiri munthawi yomwe wapatsidwa," akutero Batista. "Izi zimatsimikizira kuti malowa atha kudzikonzanso." Komabe, pali mbewu zomwe zidakololedwa mopitirira muyeso, makamaka zamankhwala ndi zitsamba, kuphatikiza goldenseal ndi arnica. (Chotsatirachi mutha kuchizindikira ngati chophatikizira m'miyeso ndi ma balm.)

Kusaka zopangira zogwiritsa ntchito zachilengedwe kumathandizanso kuteteza zachilengedwe zosiyanasiyana poulula zabwino kuchokera kuzomera zomwe sizinawonekere posamalira khungu. Kolb Butler posachedwapa adakolola chokecherry zakutchire, zomwe akuti "amakhulupirira kuti ali ndi anthocyanin [antioxidant wamphamvu kwambiri] kuposa mafuta a buckthorn," ndipo Kahn akuwunika mphamvu zotsutsana ndi zotupa za redwood singano.

Panthawi yomwe ziwerengero zowopsa zikuwonetsa kuti ndi 23% yokha ya malo Padziko Lapansi omwe sanakhudzidwe ndi zochita za anthu, sitiyenera kufuna chifukwa china chotetezera malo athu achilengedwe ndi zozizwitsa zomwe zilimo. Ndani akudziwa zomwe zikuchitika kunjaku, kukulira m'malire akumbuyo?

Mmawu a katswiri wachilengedwe wamkulu wa m'zaka za zana la 19 John Muir, "Pakati pa mapini awiri aliwonse pali khomo lolowera m'dziko latsopano."

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