Maybe Western Medicine Ain't So Bad

I really wanted to be able to say that the herbal decongestant tea worked great, but the truth is that it didn't do a damn thing. I'm still all plugged up, with those fabulous "allergic shiners" and the fluid in my ears. What's the next step? Well, before I give up completely on alternative medicine, I'm going to do a little research to find out which plants offer the best natural decongestants. Then, to ward off all of those potential contaminants that you can get in herbal supplements, I'm going to grow my own plants and make my own tea. Yahoo! Since I've just set up a drip irrigation system for my vegetable garden, and will be sowing the seeds within the next few days, I'll just add my herbs and voila! The experiment continues...



Anon, published by J. L. Marks, 27 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate, London. From the University of Virginia Health Sciences Library.