After Effect of Flu Shot (page 4)

horrible life

Horrible Life, how come you always make me smile?

<<<<<<<<<< It's because you are so damn happy, you don't look like this!!!!!

Sunspot

our shots are free via the county,

We got our at my doctor's on my usual three-month checkup.....and we were charged for them. They go for $30. I also got the Pneumonia shot this time too.

BrentR

It's all about making an informed decision.

Satanus

Snowbird

I made my own. Bought the dry herbs for 4 bucks, 40 oz of 40% vodka, and soaked it for two weeks. Strain and drink;) Bitter, truly >:o*

S

snowbird

Snowbird

I made my own. Bought the dry herbs for 4 bucks, 40 oz of 40% vodka, and soaked it for two weeks. Strain and drink;) Bitter, truly >:o*

S

Allrighty, then. That puts an entirely different spin on things.

Sylvia

I used to use a preparation made from bitters called Kanjagn (sp?) but have not been able to locate it. Right now my family and I have had great success with Sambucol black elderberry extract. Any time I feel like a "bug" is comming on I start taking it. It tastes like berry syrup and kids really like it. So far I have dodged alot of sickness using it and some other immune boosting products. I am self employed and do not have sick pay so I cannot afford to be sick.

Satanus, Thanks for posting the bitters info! I think that is the same stuff but with a different name. It worked great and I will get some and start using it also.

Here is some research I found about it.

Dr Nalinee Poolsup, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Silpakorn University, Nakhon-Pathom 73000, Thailand. Tel.: +66 (0)34 255800; fax: +66 (0)34 255801; e-mail: [email protected]

Summary

Objective: To assess the efficacy of Andrographis paniculata in the symptomatic treatment of uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infection.

Methods: Systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Mean difference in the reduction in symptom severity scores between treatment and control groups was calculated to obtain an overall estimate of effect.

Results: Four studies met our inclusion criteria and were reviewed. A total of 433 patients reported in three trials were included in the statistical analysis. Andrographis paniculata fixed combination with Acanthopanax senticosus was more effective than placebo. The mean difference was 2·13 points (95% CI 1·00–3·26 points, P = 0·0002) on the symptom severity score. The difference in effects between A. paniculata and placebo was 10·85 points (95% CI 10·36–11·34 points, P < 0·0001) in favour of A. paniculata.

Conclusion: Current evidence suggests that A. paniculata extract alone or in combination with A. senticosus extract may be more effective than placebo and may be an appropriate alternative treatment of uncomplicated acute upper respiratory tract infection.

snowbird

There's something here in the Black Belt called Many Weed Tea - made from dried cow manure. Shut up, John Doe!!!

You can read about it here: http://www.al.com/specialreport/birminghamnews/index.ssf?blackbelt/blackbelt7.html

I hope - I say, I hope - my parents never gave me any.

Sylvia

BrentR

You can drink that or coffee made from beans collected from civet turds. I think I will pass on both for now. alt

snowbird

From about.com:

The civet not only is fond of fruit, but has had a love-hate relationship with growers of a particular coffee bean in Viet Nam.

Civets love this bean, and search out the tastiest examples with their long, foxlike nose.

The hardiest beans survive the digestive process of the civet, and are prized in caphe cut chon, or fox-dung coffee (Vietnamese call the civet "fox.")

Unfortunately for the civets, their habitat has been razed for new coffee orchards, and their decline has furthered because of the Vietnamese appetite for barbequed civet meat. A restraunteur admitted that he was not troubled by the scarcity of Caphe cut chon, saying that he'd rather "eat the fox."

Actually, the new scarcity of fox-dung coffee beans has been a boon for entrepreneurs who market fake caphe cut chon as the real thing.

However, that doesn't help the fate of the civet cats who are killed for food.

Sylvia

Satanus

Hey snowbird, your last post messed up the page width. 8-/

S

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