The alternative herbFAQ.
Or less than serious replies to more or less serious questions
compiled by Henriette, your favorite herbFAQ keeper, from recent news:alt.folklore.herbs archives, and stuff.
Additional entries welcome. As you can see I try to keep them short.
> Is there an herb one can take which will mix with alcohol to make you very sick temporarily?
Orange juice. Granted, you need a lot of the mixture ;)
Henriette
>Is there any way to make a pregnancy test from herbs or something?
Yes. Drink one cup of chamomile tea a day for seven months - check your weight before and after. If it's significantly higher after there's a good chance that you're pregnant.
Henriette
>Flaxseed, can it do any harm?
Sure, if you use your flax seed oil to wipe out your not-yet-dry oil painting.
Henriette
>If you have been searching for Black Seed - here it is - our new Online Store (snip)
>Why is it so unique? For centuries it has been used in the Middle East and some parts of Asia (snip)
Sure. Please post a list of herbs which are -not- unique.
Henriette
>Your vote for the most Amazing Herb
Placebo officinalis for one and don't forget Anecdotum noreferensis
Nick
> I find Hops and Passion Flower mixed will also knock you out for a good nights sleep or it does to me.
Yeah but you can cut the passion flower out too - I find a kind of infusion of barley, flavoured with hops and then fermented works very well for most people I know.
You have to drink about ten pints though for it to really work :-)
Nick
>Increasing testosterone level, is there a natural way to do this?
Yeah, body builders! Forget chowing down the DHEA and Tribulus terrestris. Just have a regular Sherman (tank), three times a day before meals (no cereals mind!) and you will develop Gonads of Steel!
Bull's testes are natural and contain testosterone but bio-availability is poor because yeuch, who wants to eat a bullock's bollocks sandwich.
I know, tickle my ink sac and call me a squirt, octopi have 8 testicles..... er, don't they?
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Nick - the badger's nadgers
>Yellow or (god forbid) brown hops strobiles are as inert as the paper bag they come in.
Would that be the brown paper bag with my beer in it?
WEEKEND!!!
Nick
>Re: garlic, how to?
Oh, boy that parsley stuff about taking away the dog breath.
Who does that work for?
And I don't want to hear from the person that ate the garlic themselves I want to hear from their spouse/colleagues.
The only way to take it away is *relatively*, ie make sure all yr mates eat it too!
Nick
