Steer clear of the butterbur!

I promise that this will be my last blog entry on the tea subject. One can only flog (or blog, heh heh!) an issue so much, and then one simply must move on to greener pastures and more fascinating themes. But in the meantime, I will share what I've discovered. For one thing, it seems to be much easier to find herbal decongestants that herbal antihistamines. You may not realize it, but you're already familiar with this stuff. Eucalyptus, peppermint and licorice teas are all good decongestants. And as it turns out, I don't have to grow the herbs in my back yard after all, because I already have a delicious Egyptian licorice tea, and a nasal passage-opening peppermint tea right in my very own cupboard. I don't know if they're going to get rid of the bags under my eyes (maybe the antihistamine is what I really need for that), but they sure clean out the old schnozzle. As for herbal antihistamines, I came across a plant called "butterbur". But I must caution you, everything I read said that certain parts of the plant are extremely toxic to the liver and can even result in liver failure. Thanks but no thanks, I say. I'd rather have the bags under my eyes. So... any requests for my next topic?



"Giant Butterbur" from http://www.nic.fi/~hit/digikuvia/kevat2004/DSCN0991.JPG