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 (DIR) Post #AtK19Fl8PE286cmoGu by Cat_LeFey@pagan.plus
       2025-04-17T15:02:52Z
       
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       Posts about medicinal herbs hardly ever include the side effects or any negative reactions. It's always, "drink chamomile tea to relax and sleep" and not, "15-20% of people are allergic to ragweeds, which includes chamomile, so it might give you a scratchy throat."-Drinking mint tea regularly can cause acid reflux and exacerbate other GI issues.-St. John's Wort calms you, and is good for depression, but it can also dangerously lower your heart rate if you take beta blockers.-Sure, fennel is great for "digestive issues," but don't schedule a date that night, you will be very gassy.-All members of the Poplar family, which includes Willow, contain the same chemical as modern aspirin within their bark. Don't give it to your kid if they have the flu or chicken pox, it can cause a deadly reaction.-Rosehip helps with painful menstruation, and is a great source of vitamin C. So great, in fact, that you can overdose and give yourself kidney stones if you take too much.-Dear white people, taking turmeric every day will literally turn you orange.#Herbology #HedgeWitch
       
 (DIR) Post #AtK1EC6fPj4qE1DKJk by ElementalEcho@moonbow.garden
       2025-04-17T15:05:34Z
       
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       @Cat_LeFey So many people think that herbs are less powerful than medicin, even though they were medicin for thousands of years. It's silly.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtK1EDAbSZotWW3z5k by TofuTheSquirrel@piaille.fr
       2025-04-18T16:06:32Z
       
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       @ElementalEcho @Cat_LeFey i'm under the impression that in the mind of a lot of people they are powerful, but have no bad side effects, as they are "natural".
       
 (DIR) Post #AtK1EDmtAERdRFyYlc by ozzelot@mstdn.social
       2025-04-21T16:56:13Z
       
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       @TofuTheSquirrelTo this I like to say "a bear is also natural"@ElementalEcho @Cat_LeFey
       
 (DIR) Post #Av7DRl1CCuXf2G0HPk by mrj@fosstodon.org
       2025-04-18T17:44:38Z
       
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       @mirabilos @Banur @Cat_LeFeyAll natural?? So is arsenic.I suspect people who say this haven't spent significant time outside where stuff is constantly trying to eat you.
       
 (DIR) Post #Av7DRp8QtwhvnrQ7FY by ElementalEcho@moonbow.garden
       2025-04-17T15:09:14Z
       
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       @Cat_LeFey and don't even get me started on what Licorice-root, Echinacea, elderberry, and Cinnamon can do. Not all together of course. But the amount of times I have messed myself up with tea is amazing. Not to mention ginger spiking my heart rate to ridiculous levels. Last time that happened I was incapacitated for at least a day.
       
 (DIR) Post #Av7DRqPq8iE3m8ZX1M by Cat_LeFey@pagan.plus
       2025-04-17T15:38:17Z
       
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       @ElementalEcho yup, powerful is a good way to put it. I've messed myself up with tea before too, whoops!
       
 (DIR) Post #Av7DRs5Lvr1gxB0CMi by Banur@metalhead.club
       2025-04-17T15:17:27Z
       
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       @Cat_LeFey wait? This isn't common knowledge that there a side-effects in medical herbs?
       
 (DIR) Post #Av7DRsmFMNKz6D4SDw by mjausson@mastodon.design
       2025-04-17T15:58:24Z
       
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       @Banur @Cat_LeFey Lots of people think that "it's natural, so there are no side effects." They think that conventional medicine has side effects because it only contains the active ingredients. The whole herb has other ingredients that prevent side effects from occurring. Seems about as plausible as the Doctrine of Signatures, but 🤷🏼‍♀️...
       
 (DIR) Post #Av7DRtVycLuvO2SyVE by clacke@libranet.de
       2025-06-14T08:20:33Z
       
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       @mjausson "Doctrine of Signatures"; Thank you, will keep that one in mind!I wasn't aware that sympathetic magic has a pseudo-scientific alias.@Banur @Cat_LeFey
       
 (DIR) Post #Av7DjOb8IvjIiEDufw by clacke@libranet.de
       2025-06-14T08:24:13Z
       
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       @mrj Arsenic is my go-to example too, but I'll try to remember to replace it with the bear, which I think would raise fewer objections and cause less confusion and dissonance for people who haven't quite thought this through:mstdn.social/@ozzelot/11437700… @ozzelot@mirabilos @Banur @Cat_LeFey