The Heartbreak of Pigweed Allergy
First off, as almost everyone knows, if you have identical twins, and one of those twins has allergies, then the allergy free twin or sibling is in every way superior to the sickly twin or sibling. That’s just a fact of life. The allergy free twin shall be smarter, better looking, have superior sex organs, everything. That’s how debilitating allergies are.
Yet what has modern medicine done to combat allergies. Well, not much. But modern medicine does identify pigweed pollen as a source of allergies. Yes. Perhaps the dopiest list of plants in the whole world is the list of plants that the Austink medical community puts about as the bad pollen producers plant list. Everybody needs to get tested for the pollen those plants produce if everyone, including allergy sufferers, is to survive in these parts. Yes. The same list that includes mountain cedar also includes pigweed.
I wonder how many know just how rare pigweed is? I mean pigweed is not in the same category of rarity as tiny bug bottoms, but pretty dang rare nonetheless. Pigweed is in fact so rare that many more people have been tested for pigweed allergy than could identify a pigweed by themselves for a hundred dollars. Many could go all their lives and never knowingly espy a pigweed. Many could go all their lives and never espy a pigweed, knowingly or not.
Nevertheless, a Druid Ovate like Crumby is liable to know just about everything including where to find pigweed. As a public service, here is provided a photograph of a pigweed community. Characteristically, this pigweed is surrounded by farm machinery.
Here is another photograph, a closeup of a pigweed flower spike, Amaranthus hybridus. Yes. The family name in Latin for pigweed is Amaranthaceae. So when you go get tested to see if you are allergic to pigweed, be sure to show your doctor these photographs and be sure to demand exposure to pollen from a genuine local Amaranthus like Amaranthus hybridus. If you don’t stick up for yourself, who will?
Yet what has modern medicine done to combat allergies. Well, not much. But modern medicine does identify pigweed pollen as a source of allergies. Yes. Perhaps the dopiest list of plants in the whole world is the list of plants that the Austink medical community puts about as the bad pollen producers plant list. Everybody needs to get tested for the pollen those plants produce if everyone, including allergy sufferers, is to survive in these parts. Yes. The same list that includes mountain cedar also includes pigweed.
I wonder how many know just how rare pigweed is? I mean pigweed is not in the same category of rarity as tiny bug bottoms, but pretty dang rare nonetheless. Pigweed is in fact so rare that many more people have been tested for pigweed allergy than could identify a pigweed by themselves for a hundred dollars. Many could go all their lives and never knowingly espy a pigweed. Many could go all their lives and never espy a pigweed, knowingly or not.
Nevertheless, a Druid Ovate like Crumby is liable to know just about everything including where to find pigweed. As a public service, here is provided a photograph of a pigweed community. Characteristically, this pigweed is surrounded by farm machinery. 
Here is another photograph, a closeup of a pigweed flower spike, Amaranthus hybridus. Yes. The family name in Latin for pigweed is Amaranthaceae. So when you go get tested to see if you are allergic to pigweed, be sure to show your doctor these photographs and be sure to demand exposure to pollen from a genuine local Amaranthus like Amaranthus hybridus. If you don’t stick up for yourself, who will?
posted by ray pistrum at Sunday, October 18, 2009
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