herbalists, c/d

(I think. I don't use the stuff! I still have a septum!)

"From the looks of it, his free radicals are out of control! Probably isn't getting enough natural enzymes in his food"

"Hand me the scalpel"

No, just quackery.

I have run the gamut of other sinus treatments, and decided to go hippy, because, well, why the hell not? My allergy test consisted of me laying on my back, holding a bottle of whatever, and having my chiropractor press down on my arm, while I tried to keep it steady. It was bizarre.

I haven't been put on any fancy teas yet. That's next week, I reckon.

Mind you, she does the proper cracking that I guess a normal chiropractor does. My neck is apparently fucked, which could be causing my migraines and may be giving me sinus problems. I've been there twice in the course of 3 weeks, and I definitely see an improvement.

but the extracts are used in ordinary medicines anyway if they work and aren't too dangerous.

um, not if you live in the US. there are herbal extracts that work for various things, but other than aspirin, there's not much that's used that was orig derived from plant/animal sources. i remember reading somewhere that it's common practice in italy for a patient to be prescribed fish oil after having a heart attack--US docs never know about all that sort of thing.

i saw an herbalist at one point when i had bad knee probs--in retrospect i wasn't having as much difficulty with pain when climbing stairs and such, but the nasty teas were so foul i gave up on them.

there is lots of quackery in herbal medicine/alternative medicine, but given my extensive experience with regular doctors, sometimes i think the alterno-hippies have almost as much to offer.

I mean, I don't VEHEMENTLY believe herbalism will make my sinuses feel better, I don't even believe it will at all really...but I'm willing to give it a chance cos the herbalist in question is of very good repute here, and cos even if I thought herbalism was a waste of money and just a random fucking stab in the dark that would only be as little as I think of medicine right now...

you try ANYTHING, because you have to pretend to have even a sliver of hope and also to stave off clueless fuckwits who treat long term illness like it's a hobby you've taken up.....

I'm allergic to almost every antibiotic under the sun, and when I do find one that doesn't make me vomit, or give me hives, I end up getting infections of various other sorts. It's ridiculous.

I've been using this stuff, as per my homeopathic chiropractor, for my allergies / sinuses, and it's done me a world of good. Hands down, ten times better than any Flonase or prescription nose spray. It's amazing for that feeling when your nasal passages start swelling up and you feel the pounding sinus pain coming on.