Back in October, Laura Avery of KCRW interviewed a local farmer named Mario Trevino about the medicinal properties of tomatillo husks. Turns out that he’s been brewing these to help lower his blood sugar! Several of you can surely use this as an adjunct to your current dietary modifications if you have diabetes or pre-diabetes.  
 
Tomatillo Husk Tea
 
10 tomatillo husks  
1 zucchini  
1 nopal cactus  
 
Boil for an hour and a half. Let it sit overnight. Drink the following morning. It supposedly tastes awful but it works for him.