birds in the elderberry

A poem

This morning

I saw

A robin red breast

Press its beak around a whole elderberry

In vitro it can treat birdflu and clinically in double blind studies, it can treat other kinds of cold an flu too

So heard the robin red breast

Who was not a fan of the inaccurate PCR test

I saw a group of young one peckers bouncing on the same bush

And wondered if they had heard

How many millions were injected to fund a vaccine for a crisis that hasn’t occurred

And hopefully never will

While those flooded aren’t flooded with funds

Because they were already spent on injectables and guns

I’m not interested in those pushing the stick or the pill

While these may occasionally have their place

There are other ways to nurture our health

The will produce fewer harmful consequences

That could make our future ill

And I thought the woodpeckers

Might more closely inspect

Things suspect

While trying their luck with something nature has tested

Instead of that which

Was ordered at the behesteth

Of God knows who

At the WHO

Hoot Hoot

Said the Owl

A candle shaped like owl candle my husband gave me

Bought from the the co-op

I was delighted to meet the owl and its twin, and the mushroom candle too

Since my intuition was to ask for them

Even though last time he shopped the selection was not my taste of array

And a cardinal mama stared at me

From inside the elderberry bush’s fray

Wondering

Can we be kind

And also have open thrivologues

Where everyone is welcome to the Elder

And unco-opted science, along with women’s wisdom not subjected to the centrifugal forces of the lab

Can be felt and heard and honored

And not coerced or shamed or bribed or lied to in order to push the jab?

Can we move beyond the fray of divisive of those who fear monger

And savor the joy of listening to our own knowing and learning from one another - both from science and our intuition - where truths beyond the mainstay don’t have to bushwhack through censorship to get a say?

The antiviral effects of elderberries extract were confirmed against several human strains of type A (H₃N₂, H₁N₁, H₃N₂, H₁N₁) and influenza virus type B (Zakay-Rones et al. 1995). Elderberry extract inhibited the Human influenza A (H₁N₁) with IC₅₀ of 252 ± 34 μg/mL (Roschek et al. 2009)

The results of four clinical studies were the subject of a meta-analysis (n = 180), which administration of elderberry extract (n = 89) in comparison with control group (n = 91) significantly reduced the clinical respiratory symptoms in patients with influenza, and common cold and the efficacy of elderberry extract against influenza viral infections was higher than that of common cold. Elderberry extract had no overall effect on flu vaccination and the effects of elderberry extract on upper respiratory symptoms of patients with and without flu vaccination were the same. No adverse or sedative effects were reported for elderberry extract during the study