I ended up taking twice as much (so I’d only have to have it once a day, instead of twice) and made myself sick – serious nausea and sweating. So, now I’m a little scared to take it.
TRANSCRIPT:
Panel 1:
(There is a caption at the top of the panel, which reads:) Joe’s been taking this herbal potion for about a year now.
Joe: (A person wearing a red neckerchief, a pale olive shirt and a blue cardigan, who is facing the viewer, with eyes squeezed shut. Mouth is open, with slightly downturned edges and tongue sticking out. One arm is raised at the shoulder and bent up at the elbow, hand open, palm facing up. The other arm is raised at the shoulder and bent forward at the elbow, hand wrapped around a bottle.) Bleecch!
Sam: (A person wearing a pale blue, collared shirt and a grey vest, who is facing the viewer, but looking at Joe. Eyebrows are lowered, one more so than the other, and mouth is open, with slightly downturned edges. Arms are crossed across Sam’s chest.) Oh come on. It’s not that bad!!
Panel 2:
Joe: (A person who is facing the viewer, but looking at Sam, with raised eyebrows and an open mouth, which has slightly downturned edges. One arm is raised slightly at the shoulder, and bent forward at the elbow, a bottle is in Joe’s hand.) It is! You try it!!
Sam: (A person who is facing the viewer, but looking at Joe, with raised eyebrows and an open mouth. One arm is bent out at the elbow, its hand on Sam’s hip. The other arm is bent up at the elbow, with one finger pointing towards Sam, and the others closed in a fist.) I don’t have to! It’s your potion. But I know I wouldn’t carry on like you do.
Panel 3:
(There is a caption at the top of the panel, which reads:) I got sick in Dunedin so Joe sent up a care package.
Sam: (A person wearing a dark red t-shirt, who is sitting on a grey couch, facing the viewer, but looking down at the care package. Eyebrows are raised and mouth is open. Arms are bent forward at the shoulders and elbows, the open care package in Sam’s hands.) Ooh! How delightful. Oh, the sneaky bastard sent me potion!
(There is a ginger cat next to Sam on the couch, its ears are back, and eyebrows lowered.)
Panel 4:
Sam: (A person who is facing the viewer, with eyes squeezed shut. Eyebrows are lowered and pushed together slightly, and mouth is open, with tongue sticking out. One arm is raised at the shoulder and bent up at the elbow. In Sam’s hand is a bottle with the words ‘Sam Orchard Potion’ written on it.) Blecchk! Yuk! Ew!
Take care. It’s common for people to think that herbal remedies are safe because they’re more natural than modern medicines. It’s just as possible for the stuff in herbal remedies to interact with other medication and cause serious side effects, or for you to just be allergic to something in it.
If anything it’s more likely for that to happen as typically a herbal remedy will contain a greater variety of chemicals than a pharmaceutical-produced medicine. Taking an aspirin you know the only active ingredient is acetylsalicylic acid, whereas chewing the tree bark that aspirin originated from can contain plenty of other things. Those other things in the bark might turn out to help you, but the point is that they’re uncontrolled variables.
My apologises if I start up an internet argument about alternative medicines. Take care of yourself!
What’s in it?
I have noooo idea!
Did it help you get better, at least?
I think it did! But I only took it once. After that I got too scared to take it again :S
Don’t be afraid of herbal medicine! It’s AMAZING! But like many things, smaller amounts are better as they are potent. I started taking double the amount of my flower essences after I’d forgotten to take it for a few days and I started feeling nauseas and floaty… it’s like any other medication that needs to be taken with caution 🙂 Also with things like natural medicine, you need to go to a naturopath/herbalist/ayurvedic practitioner to get a proper blend made up specifically for you and what’s happening in your life. Sometimes they can do muscle testing, if they have a few herbs (or anything really) that seems good for you, to see if your body actually wants it.
Anyway, point is, herbal medicine is goooooood! I especially love echinacea now that it’s winter 😀
Oh yes – Joe got his naturpath to make one up specifically for me – but I still botched it up by taking a double dose – sooooooooooo stupid! Herbal medicine is good, but not to be taken lightly! (or rather, taken lightly, but seriously).