Kab ntsab,

I have a caucasian colleague that had actually got disoriented after
consuming zaub iab. Here are, though had yet confirmed, sources that
may explain the origin of the plant (zaub iab) and its deadly venoms:

If it is this plant, (from Wikipedia:)
"Pharmacologically, they are the most powerful known anticholinergics
in existence, meaning they inhibit the neurological signals transmitted
by the endogenous neurotransmitter...

Txiab,

Puas tau muaj ib tug caucasian tuag vim noj zaub iab li mas? My
favorite drink, especially this hot and humid time of the year is haus
kua zaub iab tsuag thiab noj zaub iab kib ua cas ho tsis ua li cas. Yog
tias muaj tseeb, zaub iab yog poison rau caucasian no hais paub tsam
tej thaum muaj tej phooj ywg caucasian tuaj saib yus yus tsis paub ho
lam muab rau lawv noj ces lawv ho liam tias yus lom lawv no nawb. Es
koj tus colleague ntawd noj zaub iab nyoos los siav nws ho tsis feeb
meej li lawm?

yhmonology@hotmail.com wrote:

quite true....from what i heard....the fact is....hmong yeej noj zaub
iab los ntev lawm...over time, our bodies are immune to it.
the native americans are the same way..they are immuned...usually,
people
of "backward civilizations (as hher lao would call it)" are immune
to the plant.

but it is not lethal enough to kill a man

yaweh

Tsujsua,

If it is true that our bodies are immune to it then how about our young
kids? I have a child not quite two years old and I fed him with some
zaub iab almost every time we have it at super but we haven't noticed
any thing rare. Tej zag ntshai yuav yog peb cov tuab neeg Asian roj
ntshaa yeej tolerate zaub iab paub. Yog le ntawd nua yuav tau cev faaj
tsis txhob muab zaub iab rua tej phooj ywg caucasian noj tsam lam tau
plaub tas yog yug lom nwg no hab ov.

I don't believe it is true unless it is proven. My own kids as well as
many of the Hmong kids today eat zaub iab everyday. Nothing happens to
them. I don't know if you know this, but when you go to the Hmong
farmers market these days if you get there a little late, you will can
barely find zaub iab because everything is taken by the African Amercan
people. They really like it and they buy it in huge quantity. I am
mean they carry it in a 50 plus pounds trash bag. No report of
anything happen to them.

Now according to the FDA, every kind of food (zaub/plant) has some kind
of chemical that affects certain person in many ways. This white guy
could just be one of those persons who is affected by the chemical of
zaub iab. My guess is that he is allergic to zaub iab.

-Cha.

Cov Phooj ywg,
Kuv lam share ib qho story no ntxiv rau nej thiab. Thaum kuv tsev neeg
nyuam qhuav tuaj txog teb chaws no, peb mus xyuas peb tus sponsor lub
tsev (Our sponsor is a White). Peb de tej zaub iab ntawm nws tog vaj
tog tsev lo hau noj. Nws hais rau peb hais tias cov nroj no noj tsis
tau. Lawv ib txwm tsis noj hlo li, vim nws yog ib hom kuab lom. Raws li
nws piav, nws muaj ib tug txiv nees noj tau cov zaub iab no ntau zog
lawm ces tus nees cia li tuag lawm. Yog li ntawd, lawv thiaj tsis tau
de los saj li. Nws hais kom peb tsis txhob noj, tab sis peb hais tias
peb yeej ib txwm noj, no ces peb cia li noj lawm. Nws kuj txhawj txhawj
tsam peb ho tuag, tab sis peb ho tsis ua li cas.
Thaum paub tseeb hais tias nws muaj kuab lom lawm, peb yuav tau ceev
faj thaib. Txawm peb noj los peb yuav...

Yog, yog, thaum peb paub li no lawm no yuav tau loj vas thiab ov, tiam
sis xyov li lau pheej qab qab es noj tag los xav noj dua thiab ne. Nag
hmo kuv noj zaub iab kib ua hmo xwb, noj tsau tshaj plaws li tag kis no
kuv lias sawv tse tus yees tuaj work lawm thiab yog li ntawd nyaj yuav
tsis ntshai. Kuv ntseeg tias yog peb noj tuag ces kuv yog ib tug ua
ntej lawm tiam sis kuv tseem khov kho thiab yog li ntawd nej cov ho xis
zaub iab los ua siab loj txhob ntshai.

Hmong-Lao wrote:

Hais ncaj, yog nyob teb chaws no es tseem muab zaub iab thiab Hmoob sib
cai lawm thiab ces kawg peb cov nyiam nyiam zaub iab yuav tau rov mus
Nplog teb xwb li laus. Hmoob cov farmers los yuav tsis tau nyiaj lawm
thiab ntshe tseem yuav muaj ib co kheb dub khiav raw peb qab rov mus
Nplog teb thiab au rau qhov zaub iab qab laj siab dhau hwv lawm nev.

-Cha.

about 10 years ago....during a "school" thing in sacramento, there was
a white speaker....who happened to eat zaub iab cuz she had some hmong
friend....she was knocked out for 1 day....and woke up one day later,
thinking that its only the next day......

well, that got her curious..and she did research on it...it turned out
that our immune system go to our kids too..

yaweh

Cov yawg/pog,

Ua caag kuv muab kua zaub ab pub rua kuv cov Caucasians employees haus
as "my green tea" mas puab qhuas kawg hab ho tsis ua rua puab qaug le
maj? This is the first time I heard some thing like this.. Strange....

nqq