FINALLY! i have been into homeopathic and natural medicine, medicinal herbs, etc. my whole life, but it's so hard to find anyone who shares my views and doesn't think i'm a total nutjob. i'm planning on going to college to become a naturopath, but i want to focus on medicinal herbs, and instead of just giving people homeopathic pills, i want to make like tinctures and decoctions and infusions and everything.

i refuse to use most "modern" medicines, i won't even allow antibiotics in my house. i take asprin maybe 4 times a year. i have an herb book that i reference and create my own teas and whatnot. there's a natural market not far that has a HUGE variety of dried herbs, not just your normal kitchen herbs, but things like Bladderwrack, blue cohosh, vervain, wood betony, etc.

my mom has always used homeopathic remedies, and i grew up using them.

i think it's so great that i finally found a forum with people who believe in the healing power of plants!

i know that, modern medicines are just synthetic versions. i'd just rather go to the source than trust a man-made concotion.

one of my favorite quotes from "Cowboy Feng's SPace Bar and Grille" by steven brust is this:

"I sighed and studied a knot in the elm. In wood it's called a knot; in metal it's called a flaw, because somewhere we decided that man is fallible and nature is not."

Hi:
I don't think you're a nut job, because if you are, then so am I...lol! I have some spearmint I pick daily and make spearmint tea at night. It is so relaxing and tastes so good

Maryann

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