Dear Stephen,
I have found several sets of instructions to make fermented wheat germ extract. Have you heard of anyone else making their own or is it worth paying $130 for 30 packets?
Stephen’s response:
I have not heard of people making their own. Most people don’t want to pay for it, too expensive, but it does seem to help some people.
Sambla has some låne penger options for Norway if you need a hand financially.
Stephen
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Stephen Harrod Buhner was an Earth poet and an award-winning author of twenty-four books on nature, indigenous cultures, the environment, and herbal medicine including the acclaimed book Healing Lyme: Natural Healing & Prevention of Lyme Borreliosis & Its Co-infections.
Stephen came from a long line of healers including Leroy Burney, Surgeon General of the United States under Eisenhower and Kennedy, and Elizabeth Lusterheide, a midwife and herbalist who worked in rural Indiana in the early nineteenth century. The greatest influence on his work, however, was his great-grandfather C.G. Harrod who primarily used botanical medicines, also in rural Indiana, when he began his work as a physician in 1911.
Stephen’s work has appeared or been profiled in publications throughout North America and Europe including Common Boundary, Apotheosis, Shaman’s Drum, The New York Times, CNN, and Good Morning America. Stephen lectured yearly throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, the intelligence of Nature, and the states of mind necessary for successful habitation of Earth.
He was a tireless advocate for the reincorporation of the exploratory artist, independent scholar, amateur naturalist, and citizen scientist in American society – especially as a counterweight to the influence of corporate science and technology.
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Where can you find non-GMO wheat germ?
While I’m not familiar with fermented wheat germ I am familiar with making my own fermented foods and home made is typically loaded with more benefit’s than commercially produced so I can’t imagine why it would be any different with wheat germ. Sounds like an ideal way to try it!
Hello, I was also wondering how to make my own fermented wheat germ. I found this: http://www.denvernaturopathic.com/poolishwheatgermbread.htm
but that seems to be in order to make bread –once you make the Avemar, as it’s called, how do you eat it? Do you have to put it in bread or can you consume it as an active yeast substance? I’m guessing it’s like eating raw dough, (yuck). Any thoughts on this?
By the way, Dr. Buhner, I’ve bought your book for Lyme co-infections –babesia specifically, and listened to countless interviews with you. So I have made a point to find the answers before coming here. : ) One thing I’ve also never found an answer to is whether to take these herbs with food or not. Thanks in advance.
Hi Virginia,
Please search our archives if you ever have a question about the protocol. Here is the answer to your question: https://buhnerhealinglyme.com/basics/herbs-with-food-or-without/ Best, Julie
Is he a doctor?
Can you list the recipes you have found on making fermented wheat germ?
Thanks, have some biochemists I would like to run them past.
I will forward their results to you.
You would want to freshly grind organic wheat, preferably einkorn and then physically separate the husk out. You can then ferment this with with a wild sourdough starter or Bakers yeast (S. Cerevisiae). The Avemar uses the bakers yeast, but some people have problems with it.
You might want to do some research on GMO. Wheat is not Genetically modified and wheat germ comes from wheat.
Thanks Natasha, how long do you leave it fermenting (the wheat germ)
Kind regards
Bob’s Red Mill has non GMO Wheat Germ. I just bought some today from Sprouts.