Toadfish Monastery

Quote from: Swatopluk on June 30, 2008, 09:58:36 AM
I thought chamomile extract was more against inflammation of the mucous membranes (esp. in mouth and throat).

Just finished my mug of chamomile tea

Oh sure thing-- but one day I tried it with a sore, inflamed, red eye and it seems to give me some relief- it might simply be the heat and moisture-- but it helps me a bit so whether is should or not I put them on my eyes. The steam is good as well if one is stuffy in the nose and throat-besides drinking it.  It is also conductive to sleep in some people.

Drinking water right now --not bottled water.

In episode (big number) of our ongoing series: Another mug of chamomile tea is drunken (and now rampaging in the neighbourhood)

Drinkin' root beer...and wondering what Q's up to!

Carbonated mineral water (quickly running out in this heat)

1/2 iced tea & 1/2 lemonade

A&W Cream Soda

Just used the tea to wash down the pills (blood pressure, sinuses, prostrate*, Mg, Ca)

*stinging nettle

I didn't know stinging nettle was used to treat getting laid flat out on the ground (it's tasty as a spring green)....  must look into brewing stinging nettle beer.


Drinking various teas, mostly uncaffeinated, to help with cold symptoms.

I think there actually is something like stinging nettel beer, there definitely is wine produced from that plant.

First postdoc tea

Ayuh, I think I've seen recipes.  Good plant, bad reputation.

More herb tea.

I doubt that the stinging part is going into it really. All the silicic acid from the stinging trichomes would probably precipitate.
But I am no expert on this eco beverages.

Black Bush Irish whisky.

You make nettle tea by using the nettle plants leafs, and those indeed sting... but when heated up in water the nettle cells (the small hook like cells on the surface of the leafs and the stem) softens and looses their stinging ability, the leafs can if memory serves me right even be used to treat burn injures if they get dipped in boiling water and then cooled down before you put them on the the burned skin.

I think about drinking another mug-o-tea

A pineapple boysenberry shake thingy (pineapple juice, a lot of ice, some berries and some vanilla ice cream).

Raspberry iced tea.   Mmmmm.  (no, no sugar added, thankyouverymuch)