In this household 50%. Jane hasn’t gotten it. I did.<\/p>\n
Respiratory crud. I am so tired of coughing.<\/p>\n
I sent Jane off after Theraflu, which is the only thing that seems to give much relief: Nyquil, Alkaseltzer cold relief, meh. Benedryl, Sudafed PE (which is not as effective but thanks to the methheads, all we can get now.)..work kinda-sorta. But Theraflu is the best. <\/p>\n
And…I took a Ricola coughdrop and thought for a while I might have to dial 911. I know I’m allergic to an over-the-counter herbal diuretic, uvi ursae, or bearberry—rapid heartbeat and tunnel vision—but I read the list of herbals in this one, seemed ok.<\/p>\n
Nope. Of course there was a small crisis with the fish tank, which I fixed, but that little exertion had me seeing ripples all around the edges of my vision. This can signal an oncoming migraine—had that happen once. But this was not as bad as bear grapes, but not the time I wanted to be entering a reaction with Jane out of the house. So…I dial her phone. No joy. Not carrying it. Not charged. So I decided the intelligent thing to do was to sit in my working chair which has a phone right by it—in case it got worse. A check of the mirror said, yep, pupils highly contracted. Definite reaction. So I decided atop everything else I’ve had — a Benedryl might be a good idea: it can stop an allergic reaction.<\/p>\n
It did. All’s well. Eyes are back to normal vision. And Ricola is off my list of safe things to take. I KNOW I have to be careful of mom and pop herbal remedies. I’d have thought a preparation as old and widely advertised as Ricola would be safe. Wrong-o! It was a very similar reaction to the bearberry: arbutrin is the active agent, which can convert to hydroquinone, which is used in skin lightening or removal of age spots, of all things.<\/p>\n
Whatever it was, I certainly don’t want to do that again. Herbal tea is one of those things I regard with as much suspicion as Bren does.<\/p>\n
And lest you worry, Jane is back now, and she brought me orange juice and ice cream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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