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From: to "mean Paul"
Date: 11/02/01
Time: 06:26:27 -0600
Um mister "mean paul"....
You cant dismiss herbal remedies, along with the other seriously quacky stuff...
People have been using herbs for millenia... many drugs have been developed by synthesising the active component(s) in these herbs, ie
aspirin (from white whillow) heart medicine (from digitalis, cant remember the herb, but I think it's pansy)
plus countless others, which I cant remember off the top of my head.
Now for you to make sweeping statements, when you havent even tried them, isnt really right.
I have been diagnosed with an ulcer/gastritis and I was given Losec (same as prilosec I think) and I have decided instead to take something else...
Now I have found relief from the marshmallow more than any antacids... and feel much better than I have in a week... I just wanted to share it.
If I find benefit in something, I want to share it... to help others possibly.
Now with marshmallow, I suspect it's even better to take it when you're just starting to get that niggly acidic effect... before it gets bad, as it can help much more than, as it's a gentle herb...
I, like you, dont want to start taking medicines, (which caused my problem in the first place), nor do I want to have surgery... I have always found herbs to be the best remedy for most ailments I have had... and I would rather take them any day than the often harsh conventional medicines they prescribe...
Okay, enough of my sermonising....
But please dont group herbs with the other seriously weird and wacko remedies that dont do anything to help...
Thanks Astralgirl