OT: Chinese herbal medicine.
F.James Cripwell
sometime after midnight. Then I hear snatches of broadcasts when I lie
"awake" later on. I am not sure how wide awake I am at any particular time.
I heard something about a Chinese herbal remedy, the name of which
sounded like "lovamqua". It is, supposedly, a powerful anti-oxidant, and
a booster of one's immune system, especially for sinus problems. It is
tough doing a web search when you dont know how to spell what you are
looking for. Does this ring a bell with anyone? TIA.
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Jim Cripwell.
Thoughts from a confused philosopher.
If a husband speaks in a forest, and his wife does not hear him;
Is he still wrong? (And I know the answer is YES!!!)
Adrienne Allen
Maybe it's luo han guo? There's some of it in Celestial Seasonings'
"Gingerbread Spice" tea and some of their Wellness teas, I think. My
husband claims that the Gingerbread Spice tea makes him feel sleepy, but
when I looked this stuff up on the web, I found that it was part of a
treatement for flu, and had as a possible side effect isomnia (!) (But
if it works for him, so much the better! He gets a reaction to chamomile
and valerian, the other "relaxing" herbal tea ingredients and doesn't
like melatonin, which a friend of ours swears by.)
Maybe someone else knows a better webpage for looking up these things -
the ones I found had scattered information and were rather difficult to
understand - I don't know much about Chinese traditional medicine. I
have heard that some of these herbs are very strong, so that
self-prescribing is less safe than some western herbal treatments,
especially for people with chronic problems of one kind or another. You
wouldn't want to do more harm than good!
Good luck - I'm a light sleeper, too. These days the heater switching on
is driving me nuts.
--
Adrienne
(FYI, the Gingerbread Spice tea doesn't seem to
help me any more than any other hot decaf tea)
And the Celestial Seasonings website is www.celestialseasonings.com,
click on products to get to the teas. Gingerbread Spice is a Holiday
tea. It's pretty good, but I still like the other two holiday teas
better.
Seanette Blaylock
things to say about Re: OT: Chinese herbal medicine.:
>if it works for him, so much the better! He gets a reaction to chamomile
>and valerian, the other "relaxing" herbal tea ingredients and doesn't
>like melatonin, which a friend of ours swears by.)
I have to watch how much melatonin I take. Too much and I get
nightmares. It *does* help, and I do use it, but carefully.
As for disturbing sounds at night, my cat likes to sleep on our
headboard [we have the bookcase type], which would be fine if it
weren't for the fact that both my husband and the cat *snore*!!!!
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Seanette Blaylock
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knitted sampler afghan
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"Pure Elegance" needlepoint stocking [Dimensions Gold]
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magxx
> I dont sleep all that well at night, and usually put the radio on
> sometime after midnight. Then I hear snatches of broadcasts when I lie
> "awake" later on. I am not sure how wide awake I am at any particular time.
> I heard something about a Chinese herbal remedy, the name of which
> sounded like "lovamqua". It is, supposedly, a powerful anti-oxidant, and
> a booster of one's immune system, especially for sinus problems. It is
> tough doing a web search when you dont know how to spell what you are
> looking for. Does this ring a bell with anyone? TIA.
Im thinking you might be referring to loquat which is a fruit.
anyhow here's a link to a list and some description of Chinese
medicinal herbs:
http://www.doctorshealthsupply.com/chineseherbs/herbs.htm
most of the time a concoction of herbs is brewed into tonic soup to
boost health/body immune system in addition to using as cures.
F.James Cripwell
> is driving me nuts.
> --
> Adrienne
Thanks very much Adrienne. Maybe now I can get more information;
particularly from my doctor!!
jtruly12
that sedatives have the exact opposite effect and vice versa. Seemed to
definitely be true for him.
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Joyce_in_RSA
like when we're all asleep!!! DH and the dog both snore, but not too
badly. I never hear myself!
Joyce in RSA.
Russell Miller
It has loquat and we all sleep like babes. Wouldn't be without it.
Maureen In Vancouver, B.C.
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