Hi 👋, I am searching for some knotweed to eat and make tea with for medical purposes. I have persistent Lymes disease. Does anyone have some they want gone?

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fusion260 t1_itqld0y wrote on October 25, 2022 at 4:10 PM

Please be very careful with this.

If you must have the plant, keep it potted in a container well away from ground soil; Japanese knotweed is highly invasive, threatens native species, quickly spreads underground well beyond the actual visible portion of the plant, and is hard to control.

From USDA APHIS, emphasis is mine:

>Invasive knotweeds were introduced into North America from Japan during the late 19th century. Japanese, giant, and bohemian knotweeds are large herbaceous perennials, which have spread throughout much of North America. The greatest infestations are located in the Pacific Northwest, the Northeastern United States, and eastern Canada. Knotweeds have become especially problematic along the banks and floodplains of rivers and streams, where they crowd out native plants and potentially affect stream nutrients and disrupt local ecosystems.

Basically, if you plant it at the edge of your property, it will be crossing that border into neighbors' yards or unmanaged/unmonitored woodlands and will continue to spread.

You do you, obviously, but if I were you, I'd look to get capsules or tinctures through a medicinal or holistic supplier.

moonpeachburritofunk OP t1_itr9emr wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:44 PM

Well what’s the point of paying for it when it is growing all over the place. I understand it’s invasive and that’s all the more reason not to pay for it. I may grow it in a container but first I want to try and consume the plant and see how it t makes me feel.

Effective_Mud8348 t1_itq6od4 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 2:33 PM

I actually do! I'm not sure it's green right now tho. Send me a dm and we can look into it

AONYXDO262 t1_itx8rvx wrote on October 26, 2022 at 11:38 PM

Please don't grow that. It does nothing medicinally. Lyme disease is a very specific thing causes by a specific spirochete. Chronic Lyme disease is not an organic disease. If you think you're sick, go see a doctor. If a doctor recommends Knot Weed for anything, then go see a real doctor.

moonpeachburritofunk OP t1_itxp0p4 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:40 AM

I don’t have to grow it. It’s everywhere and I can get a lot of it. It’s a win win. Removing an invasive and gaining a medicinal herb to consume. Many plants are the sources of modern medicines and there are studies that show knot weed helps lymes disease. It’s not harming me to take it I am not harming anyone else if I grow it in a container, which I probably won’t do unless I feel better taking it. It’s never going to be eradicated in America. Invasive species are here to stay. Chronic lymes disease is controversial and it is not settled science. The new Yorker has a lot of coverage on it and there are studies.

geekitude t1_itz4bdh wrote on October 27, 2022 at 11:20 AM

I don't, but I see it all over the place, and am down with your search. I know farmers that would love the help, that seems win-win. If you're out hunting, I've seen it on the southside at the bottom of the Lee bridge. There's a lot of foot traffic through the park trails that cross there, and along the Flood Wall, as well as the area around the T-Pot bridge. If you're interested in finding a farmer for a mutually beneficial partnership, LMK and I'll be happy to find one for you.