Snow lotus marches on

Shirley Lam

I can't add much to the subject besides what KY has gotten from the  Internet ; except that I had grown and used it for a while. Received it  from a friend in Bay area, she also discontinued, but she said that the  old lady that gave her the fungus looks very young and healthy . It  does need dedication and a strong belief to go on natural way of healing.

Going through KY's description, I have some thoughts:

- It grows in milk at room temperature. Doesn't have to be 2%; even  non-fat milk is OK. Tibet mountains probably did not have 4%, 2%, 1% fat   designations way back then. They probably used goat milk, FRESH RAW milk. Goat milk is closer to human milk than cow milk; raw milk has live  enzyme to help digest the milk to be readily absorbed by the body. The  professor had the advantage of better quality milk to start with than us  using only pasteurized milk.

- If you need to go out of town and don't want to bring your pet LOTUS  with you, add enough milk and stick it in the refrigerator. It'll grow  in a much slower rate and welcome your home with no problem.

- It taste a little bit sour but not as sour as buttermilk, or the 'Red  Tea Fungus'. It is almost like homemade yogurt and you can control the  sourness with volume of milk and temperature; experiment yourself. It   does need a bath before putting in a new batch of milk. My sister found  it much easier to use Kefir culture. She used non-fat, no rbs milk, grew from a Kefir starter, to a very mild cultured milk; no washing, just  pour out and drink, and fill up with fresh milk. For Goodlife Kefir Kit, (GKK) $15.95 please contact Omega Nutrition 1-800-661-3529

- Some Thought on Why Does it Help:

PREDIGESTED FOOD, whole food. It breaks down the long chain protein into  shorter chain peptides, essential proteins, nucleic acid, easier for your body to use right away and bypass some digestion process.

SOURED. As we get older, a lot of us has less acid digestive juice to process our food, especially protein. This help. Raw apple cider vinegar from health food store is good too.

FRIENDLY FLORA for your colon to balance and control the bad bacteria or yeast overgrown. (May be somebody else can put in some thought too).

Anything that helps your body to control low grade infection, inflammation, bacteria, or yeast overgrown would relieve your immunity system's work load, thus your immunity system can have stronger  firepower towards whatever disease you might have. I do believe that  our body heal itself if we give it proper raw material, nutrition, exercise, rest and a HEALTHY MIND SET.

Shirley (C22, Lam, Sau-Ling)

P.S. KY, can you e-mail me a copy of the pamphlet on Snow Lotus. Didn't know it was called the name. I had a Chinese description once but can't find it anymore.