In the words of Jimmy Durante "Aint' it the TRUTH!!!"

THEY MAKE MINE ACHE TOO BROOK!!! Now just how do ya' figure they'll explain away that one:D...

Stupid Doomsday prophets anyway!:eek: They ought to get a real JOB;)

RE: "right now it could be 60 below zero with 18 foot snow fall and I would go naked out there and cause floods and devastation!"

mama! give your nudist neighbor a jingle- I'm sure he'd be willing to play tennis or go jogging w/ ya au natural! Hee-Hee!

(reminds me of a Carol Burnett joke... once as "Eunice" she said that she had to give up doing house work in the buff 'cause she reached a point where she was getting dangerously close to getting her nips caught in the wringer-washer! HAAAA!!!!!)

OMG - I remember that one with CB!

Heck - my neighbor would float away - he's a jerk anyway.

>my oldest brother is big into natural herbs and<

There's one of those New Ager words that scare the bejesus out of me, Francie.....natural.

It's "naural" they say, so it has to be good for you. Uh, huh! Well there ain't anything much more "natural" then heroin, You looking to try it?

Cow flops are the most "natural" thing you can find. But I, for one, ain't particularly anxious to put some on a plate and serve it for dinner.

The fact is, just as with allopathic drugs, herbs can, and often do, have contraindications. Anecdotal evidence (the Cherokee did such & such) is all well and good; but it's ever so much better when backed up by science and understanding.

Here's an example, from the other extreme. I make a product I call "basic balm." It's good for all sorts of things, but is particularly useful for dermal treatments. It's the only body lotion Friend Wife uses, for instance, and most people swear her skin can't be more than 35 years old. I won't tell you how old that body is, but it's considerably more than 35.

It would make a great nipple cream for nursing mothers. Except it contains comfrey, which I would not recommend used internally with infants. Knowing this, and knowing the intended end use, I would mix up a special batch for a nursing mother without the contraindicated comfrey.

Understand, too, that responsible herbalists do not see themselves in competition with other medical practitioners. We see it as a partnership, whose goal is overall wellness.

Example: All anti-cholesterol drugs are hepitoxic. That means they attack the liver. This doesn't mean that as an herbalist I attack such drugs and recommend against them. It means I take steps to counteract the negative side effects. In this case, when Lipator was prescribed for Friend Wife I immediatly started her on milk thistle therapy.

>right now it could be 60 below zero with 18 foot snow fall and I would go naked out there and cause floods and devastation!<

I'd pay ten dollars to see that! :D