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unstableasatable
09-09-2009, 10:14 PM
i need your guys help, i figured this was the correct section but im not really sure (could be nfhc)

ages ago on a tv program there was a clip about a man who knew about the effect of nearly every single plant in britain on the human body. he knew how much of nearly every living plant life in the british isles would do. i remember he described himself as somekind of oldage apothecary or somthing.

he described the effect of one little flower that he spotted at his feat, i think it looked a bit like a blue clover flower but i really cant remember, (the next bit is the only bit i am certain of details of)anyway he said the flower used to be eaten so people could go without food and water for a week, he had once tried it himself and didnt eat or drink for two days.

i call or your help to help me find this program ( i seem to recolect it was on the bbc but agen im not entirely sure) or detail of the man or his company so i can maybe contact them and learn from them, or read up on their knoledge. this would be a great help.
as a starting point if anyone also knows the name of the described flower please post it, or any information/detail you know if possible. thanks:clover:

ShutMeUp
09-09-2009, 11:23 PM
Lobelia?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Lobelia_close-up_(aka).jpg http://medplant.nmsu.edu/Diseases/multiplesclerosis/MS_lobelia.jpg

unstableasatable
09-11-2009, 08:21 PM
thanks for this, but unfortunaltley i cannot make anything of it. were you recalling on your knoledge of the narcotic effecs of this plant or were you giving a plant that matched the description...ect?

after ploughing through lots of web pages, the program may have been a episode of bbc's countryfile in 2006 with a man called marcus harrison. searches on this man only take me to sites which explain edible wild foods, but i would like to know the various effects of many plants on humans.
dees anyone know where i would be able to veiw a 2006 showing of this countryfile??? or anyone know more on this marcus harrison? (still not 100% on these leads but its worth a try)
the bbc site only got episodes from 2007 and later
and anyone know more of this Lobelia flower or the flower i talked about in the original post???? thanks