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32. Well, you do know aspirin started as a tea

Sun Jan 5, 2014, 05:32 PM

Jan 2014

made from a bark right?

Motrin and advil are the exact same thing, and started life as well as a tea. Aleve is a close chemical cousin. You also know that Motrin, Advil and Aleve are a no-no drug is you happen to be a diabetic due to the effects with the liver, right? In fact, in my mind neither in this family should be an OTC due to the side effects, well known, why it was not OTC for decades. Another bad effect of this family is the GI bleeds that it can cause, or worst case, holes in the gut.

As to the teas, there is a reason why you should ALWAYS tell your doctors what you are taking, including all "natural remedies." They do have a certain level of interaction with meds that come in pill form.

I also should mention DIGITALIS, another well known plant based medicine that these days comes in pill form, as well as metmorfin. And not done in the US, but we know that Chamomile tea is a smooth muscle relaxant, and is used for tummy ache, why just drinking it for fun makes no sense to me. Wait, the curanderas have known this for over a thousand years.

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