#herbal medicine regulation

[livingwellnessblog]

How can we talk about herbal medicine: The “West is Right” Model  of Herbal Medicine 

Explore the rich landscape of herbal medicine and its efficacy, drawing from both traditional wisdom and modern research. Discover the intricate balance between cultural practices, scientific evidence, and safety considerations in herbal remedies. From th

How can we talk about herbal medicine: The “West is Right” Model  of Herbal Medicine  There is a wide range of herbal remedies that have been used for centuries and many have shown varying degrees of effectiveness for certain conditions. However, the documented herbal medicine, traditional medicine, efficacy of herbal remedies, West Is Right model, scientific evidence, placebo effect,…

[asdfghjklfancat]

This!!! Interactions with meds doesn't just happen from other meds!!

I exist because of an interaction between St. Johns Wort interacting with my moms birth control and her not knowing!! She was worried about the effects of antidepressants and ended up having a whole kid.

I have also tried medicinal supplements without checking for interactions, as almost everyone does at one point or another. Sometimes, I didn't notice anything; other times, it ended badly.

I started having issues sleeping and took some melatonin. I know I'm very reactive to side effects, so I purposely took the smallest dose. The first night I tried it, I had a panic attack, which can happen with too high of a dose.

I looked up why it happened with my low dose, and I found a study testing the actual melatonin levels in otc melatonin supplements showed up. The melatonin gummy supplements they tested contained anywhere from 74% to 347% of the listed melatonin dose. I probably got one that contained more than the listed amount.

It is also very important to check interactions between otc meds and prescriptions!

I got serotonin syndrome from taking a decongestant that interacted with my antidepressant. It was just a regular drugstore cough medication, and I ended up in the ER because I didn't think to check interactions.

Medications and supplements all have side effects and interactions. The whole point is finding that balance in the trade-off of helped symptoms and worsened side effects.

For example, I am not willing to risk serotonin syndrome to stop being congested. I am, however, willing to deal with the side effects of my antipsychotic because those are better than being psychotic.

However, I take a lower dose of my antipsychotic to maintain not being psychotic and minimize the side effects. You can not monitor the side effects that way without knowing the dose.

The FDA is your friend!! Regulations are written in the blood of our mistakes, but the alternative is more bloodshed that could have been prevented.

When you say you're anti-CAM what does that mean? Like what does CAM mean in that context? I genuinely haven't seen that acronym before and I'm assuming you aren't anti-camming as in like the form of sex work

Complimentary and Alternative Medicine.

I am capable of turning off my inner annoying atheist, I am incapable of turning off my inner annoying quackwatcher.

I have had real life fights with people I genuinely love about this and I do not regret it. I will absolutely not regret shitting all over someone's $500 herbalist certification.

[harmeet-saggi]

Harnessing Nature's Power: Managing Diabetes With Sadabahar, An Ayurvedic Wonder Herb

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[andmaybegayer]

There are several recent reports ... indicating that adulteration, the deliberate inclusion of pharmaceutical drugs in products marketed as “supplements”, is still happening on a large scale. They found that many herbal product marketed for male erection, including Tantra Jelly, Bullblood tablets and Throb herbal supplements, contained regulated pharmaceuticals, including sildenafil, tadalafil or vardenafil (better known as Viagra and Cialis). This was more prevalent when purchased online from overseas companies.

this is obviously bad, but there's something very funny about having to put real drugs in your herbal remedy so that it actually works, you know, like drugs do.

[perfectlyripeclementine]

hey yall, let’s take care of each other by googling things with medical consequences before sharing them.

we’ve seen this before. we know healthcare is about to be de-regulated and certain kinds of care (like reproductive and gender-affirming care) are going to be targeted. we know people are afraid.

herbalism is a fantastic discipline. i love herbal medicine and deeply respect its practitioners. i also see some wild stuff be shared that i know is super dangerous.

in general, be suspicious of resources that propose herbal remedies as one-to-one substitutions for clinical medication. that’s not to say plants don’t have medical properties that can resemble medication, but herbalism tends to be a more holistic discipline. there’s not a plant that works just like aspirin or Plan B or estrogen.

be especially suspicious of resources that promote the use of herbs without making any kind of notes as to who they might negatively effect. many herbs can interact with any number of medications you are taking. mugwort, for instance, is not safe to take if you are pregnant or on birth control. it will, indeed, cause an abortion, but it will also do you a great deal of harm. there are other herbal remedies for abortion care but mugwort is not one of them - yet i see it on infographics for abortion care all the time.

this will get people killed. (it already has.)

the way to prepare ourselves for whatever the fuck is going to happen to healthcare in the US (and generally in countries where fascism is rising which seems to be most of them) is to educate yourself on your body and the natural environment. this is the time to sign up for herbalism classes or street medic training. this is the time to buy that herbal encyclopedia compiled by someone who has a documented practice in the field.

the search engines are fucked and lord knows how many companies are keen to profit from how difficult it is to find real information on the internet right now. the way to prepare for what’s coming is NOT to spread “resources” without googling them bc they have pretty infographics and were shared by a popular astrology account or whatever.

don’t kill your friends. don’t kill your followers. if you’re sharing something with medical information, google that shit (or look for it on a different engine that hasn’t been eaten by AI as much.) and when you find disinformation being shared, TELL PEOPLE it’s disinformation.

we have to take care of each other. we have to move with curiosity rather than fear. we have to take this shit seriously.

[thebibliosphere]

Do you have any thoughts/resources on the meds vs herbs/alt vs traditional debate? Only if you have them easily accessible, I don’t wan’t to cause trouble.

That is a very broad subject and one I have touched on numerous times as a chronically ill person who was also worked in holistic therapies for several years. (Side effect of being raised in an anti-medicine new age cult adjacent environment.)

In brief, I’m a firm believer that both have their place and can complement each other well when used appropriately.

The tl;dr version: I don’t believe enough people respect things like herbalism in the way they should because it is potent and not without side effects and too many people treat holistic as meaning harmless.

I see far too many people making herbal recommendations without either enough knowledge about interactions (either with other herbs or meds) or medical learning to be giving that kind of unsolicited advice.

For example, someone with IBS may find relief from fennel and peppermint tea and prefer it over having to take meds every day, but that same method may not apply to other forms of gastric distress (for example: peppermint can actively worsen acid reflux) or disease requiring greater medical intervention. Heck, the same may not even apply to someone else with IBS either. It depends on the individual and their needs.

I also believe that herbalism and things like essential oils need to be better regulated, especially the wellness mlm cults like doTerra and Young Living to name a few. But that’s a rant I’ve already covered numerous times and got harassed for by the wellness girlies.

[durge-marzio]

Modern/College AU design wips, because I have no idea when the completed lineup of all the companions will be done.

Karlach, Marzio, Gortash, Gale, & Kiln (Kiln —> tav belonging to @nightly-sereine). All of them are no older than 23, Kiln & Gale being the youngest.

see below cut for AU lore dumping

AU Background:

Marzio, Karlach, and Gortash are all high school drop outs. Marzio and Gortash have their GEDs, but not Karlach.

Marzio couldn't focus on graduating due to poorly treated urges. Karlach, I imagine, wasn't big for school. And Gortash had a horrible upbringing (Raphael as a foster parent). He dropped out and ran away/emancipated himself.

We figured that Bhaalspawn in this universe probably have some kind of medication to help regulate killing urges. Gortash would help get Marzio his outside of legal places to say the least. Karlach would act as a look out, which is how she got "sold". They got caught one run, and Karlach got arrested while Gortash got away.

Karlach is now out on parole. She's Kiln's roommate.

Marzio has custody of a still teenage Orin. Marzio, Orin, and Gortash all live with Father Lorgan, who sponsors Marzio's education.

Gale & Kiln are dating. Marzio & Gortash are dating.

Marzio is a Martial Arts major (with a minor in Herbal Medicine). Kiln is a 3D Art major (with a minor in Archery). Haven't decided Gortash's official major or minor yet, but it's probably political science & sociology. Though, he's definitely doing engineering/mechanics on the side. He's got a big, beat up, painted van full of all his projects.

Shenanigans ensue.

Oh, and Kiln has a dire samoyed named Cottage Cheese.

To be continued...

[script-a-world]

Submitted via Google Form:

How reckless could a race of people be if they could heal rapidly? If someone got hit by a car in real life and needed a few months to start walking again, and over a year to do anything like martial arts again, for these people, they'd be walking in a few days and doing martial arts in two weeks. If they would die on impact, then yes, they would die. If they would die in an ambulance, it depends but they would still have a chance. In real life, cuts that take a few days to heal will be healed in several minutes. They definitely do feel pain of course, but as a whole, the general populace has pain tolerance just below those of elite athletes in the real world. I'm imagining these people might be the daredevil type.. could it be very common to get cuts and bruises, not strange to see some of the worst kids or teens getting cut nearly every single day, multiple times a day. I mostly want to focus on the injured = not a big deal bit. Or getting injured as part of normal daily life. But what else might this affect? More surgeries happening because people decide the recovery time isn't an issue (doesn't eliminate other factors of course) How about piercings? If someone goes half a day without piercings, their hole would close. Maybe... medicine that stops the healing process? But how expensive could those medicines be vs getting pierced again?

Tex: So there’s this plant, called plantain. One of the common varieties is known as Plantago major. One of its primary uses in herbal medicine is to heal wounds - and it’s very good at it!

A little bit too good, unfortunately, and it often comes with a warning to clean out wounds first before applying it, because it has the tendency to work so quickly at encouraging skin to knit back up that infections can easily be sealed underneath. This is a problem, because in order to heal the infection, the skin must be cut back open, lest someone risk the infection spreading to the blood and causing sepsis (if not, in bad cases, necrosis).

“Super healing” has many of the same flaws. In practice, the process of healing is rather complex, and while there is some overlap in steps (excess blood cleared away, immune system response to pathogens, phagocytosis, signals sent to regenerate broken tissue or other affected organs), doing too much of only one process can have detrimental effects on the patient in question. It’s the reason why in first aid you clean a wound first, then apply medicines, then apply bandages.

Things like bones, and the squishier bits called organs, take time to heal, because they’re not only reallocating resources to grow new cells (i.e. neurogenesis, osteogenesis, etc), they’re also going through the entire pathway of fighting infections (i.e. B cells, T cells, etc) and checking for cancerous markers of cells that duplicated incorrectly (uncommon, but non-zero possibility). It’s a lot, lot more than “add calcium to bone” or “make skin whole”.

Regeneration of tissue is also rather itchy, and uncomfortable. That, barring anything else, is going to make a lot of people think twice about how many injuries they’re willing to risk. Compounding injuries compounds the discomfort, and most people wish to avoid being uncomfortable if there’s any other option for a situation.

On top of that, rapid regeneration would require a large amount of resources for both calories and micronutrients. This translates to being hungry all the time. Humans can generally heal quickly with a good diet and enough sleep (the brain regulates the flushing of metabolic waste during sleep, Patel et al.), which is why it’s seen as a good sign for hospital patients to have an appetite and also to have a regular sleep schedule.

You can handwave as much of this as you like in your worldbuilding, but to borrow SAW’s general rule, “you break it, you bought it” in terms of internal consistency.

[omegaverse-anthropologist]

ok this is the post i actually wanted to write for no reason in particular. i just didn’t feel good abt writing about forced transition without talking about normal transition for normal people first, since transition is a good and beautiful thing. i wanted to draw a clear distinction between transition and bitching. transition is a life-saving process. bitching, in this omegaverse, is abuse.

obligatory note that i am nonbinary

content warnings for sexual assault, abuse of both adults and minors. the dove is dead, and if you open this up and look at it, that’s your choice lol

bitching

in my last post, i talked about how delta-omega transition is the process by which a trans omega re-balances their natural hormone production to align with their dynamic sex. d-omega transition does not require sexual contact, but pack- and medical support.

forced transition (historically called bitching), is the violent weaponization of d-omega transition. it is the process by which someone (in 84% of cases, an alpha) forces another alpha to a more omega hormone balance.

forced transition is a complex form of abuse that typically involves social isolation, drugging, and sexual assault. most frequently, the perpetrator relies on herbal/traditional medicines to induce the destabilized hormonal state required to re-balance their target’s hormones, since illicit prescriptions are difficult and expensive to procure. social isolation and other forms of abuse (e.g. intimidation, physical assault, neglect) make it easier for the perpetrator to drug their target and induce destabilization.

once destabilization is induced, the perpetrator forces frequent contact onto their target. again, social isolation facilitates this frequent contact. in over 90% of FT cases, the perpetrator sexually assaults their target at least once.

as with d-omega transition, frequent contact with alpha pheromones in this destabilized state causes a sharp increase in omega hormones, a sharp decrease in alpha hormones, and an appropriate shift in beta balancing hormones. unlike d-omega transition, wherein the d-omega has the support of their pack and/or community to help them regulate both chemically and emotionally, an FT target typically relies solely on the perpetrator for any sense of balance. this sometimes leads to a near-feral state of desperation, furthering their dependence on the perpetrator and causing the target to be more vulnerable to their influence. high levels of stress hormones cause the target to be less susceptible to permanent hormone shifting, meaning that at least in adults, if the process is interrupted it is possible for the natural hormonal balance to be restored.

41% of forced transitions are detected in progress, and the FT process is interrupted 58% more frequently in adults than in children. tragically, this means that almost 75% of child targets are undetected, at least until the process is ‘complete.’ in addition, the earlier the abuse begins, the more difficult it is for the target to return to (or reach for the first time) their natural alpha hormonal balance.

in cases of childhood FT where the abuse began during the soft-cycle period, whether the transition process was complete or not, the survivor may need lifelong treatment to achieve and maintain an alpha hormonal balance.

while interrupted FT typically has positive outcomes for adults, in children, there are often lasting difficulties. enlarged houghton (slick) glands are irreversible regardless of age, and childhood abuse may lead to painful mixed reproductive cycles. these mixed cycles contain a mix of alpha and omega symptoms such as fever, headache, abdominal cramps, prolonged/painful erection, overproduction of lubricant, and aggression. the sexual trauma associated with FT may cause a host of other difficulties associated with reproductive cycles.

in addition, survivors may have mixed instincts. surviving alphas may perform instinctually omegan vocalisations such as stuttered or painful purring, may respond in a more omegan fashion to a trusted alpha’s Voice, and prefer the company of other omegas during their reproductive cycles.

the complex and lasting condition caused by FT is called FT-Derived Disrupted Alpha Presentation Disorder in those for whom the abuse began any time before or within a year after their first full cycle, and is a type of disrupted presentation disorder. in adults, the condition is called FT-Derived Mixed Endocrine Disorder, Subtype A. colloquially, both conditions are referred to as FT-Survivor Syndrome, or Bitched Alpha Syndrome. The latter was used historically, when “Bitching” was the medical term for forced alpha-omega transition. Today, BAS is antiquated and extremely offensive, as is using the phrase ‘bitched alpha’ to describe a survivor of forced a-o transition.

[dailybotany]

Rhodiola rosea - roseroot

Found on cliffs, ledges, and sea-beaches in Arctic and sub-Arctic/boreal regions, this plant is threatened in several countries and is listed by CITES in Appendix II (not necessarily threatened/endangered, but requiring trade regulation to avoid "utilization incompatible with their survival).

In recent years, populations have shrunk dramatically as the herbal medicine market has increased demand for Rhodiola rosea to "treat" a wide variety of ailments, despite the fact that mild anti-anxiety/stress effects are the only effects that have received any support from peer-reviewed studies (source). Supply for this market is entirely sourced through wild harvest and is the greatest threat this species currently faces.

[livingwellnessblog]

How can we talk about herbal medicine: The “West is Right” Model  of Herbal Medicine 

Explore the rich landscape of herbal medicine and its efficacy, drawing from both traditional wisdom and modern research. Discover the intricate balance between cultural practices, scientific evidence, and safety considerations in herbal remedies. From th

How can we talk about herbal medicine: The “West is Right” Model  of Herbal Medicine  There is a wide range of herbal remedies that have been used for centuries and many have shown varying degrees of effectiveness for certain conditions. However, the documented herbal medicine, traditional medicine, efficacy of herbal remedies, West Is Right model, scientific evidence, placebo effect,…

[sleeplesssmoll]

I once took :nodnetto: and created :zoomiesnetto: and I must ask

Hypothetically, what would a hyper Sonetto (caused either by Picrasma Candy or sweets) act like to you?

I now have this gif saved everywhere. It's adorable!

Sonetto would use all that energy to do all her tasks at once. She's a little jitterbug but she's productive instead of bouncing off the walls. I also feel like she'd be more sensitive to things like sugar and alcohol due to the Foundation's strict regulations. She didn't indulge in it as much as Vertin who stole the good stuff from the staff canteen (mentioned in her time in the guardhouse). Picrasma candy contains sugar and booze, but its also bitter according to the item description. I feel like she wouldn't eat picrasma candy after learning how bitter it is, but she's a sucker for a sugary cookie or candy! Give the puppy a treat since she works very hard.

I wrote a thing a while back of Sonetto being curious about the candy since Vertin's always eating them and she's shocked at how bitter they are. She didn't realize Vertin's just abusing them for energy lol

[iatrophilosophos]

Hey, do you have any info or tips on diy medicine? I've always been interested but haven't found much success

Medicine is just problem solving. IME it's important to take nothing for granted and get as granular as possible with what you're trying to achieve, because that opens more doors.

Re: that point, diy med is being a medical researcher. Very rarely is work done for you, so there's a lot of fucking around and finding out--how much risk you chose to take is up to you in experimenting; but I'm pretty gung ho and I can still count on one hand the number of times I've tried something that carried more risk than over-the-counter acetaminophen.

Read voraciously--coming from someone who can only get thru about three books a year. It's fucking hard but it is so beyond worth it to work at it, however much you can. Read until you know enough to have questions and then read to find the answer to those questions and/or figure out how to determine an answer for yourself.

Bad sources can be just as educational as good ones--western medicine has a bunch of fuckshit in it and having strong, grounded analysis of why you think an approach, treatment, whatever is bullshit will help you in finding something better.

Anecdotal evidence is useful as FUCK. Western medical practice is regulated formally and informally by legal anxiety and profit motives (ergo an unwillingness to produce anything under a certain statistical bar of effectiveness) but for a LOT of anecdotal home remedies and experimental treatments, risk factors are p minimal and if you feel comfortable trying it based on a realistic risk assessment...you can just try it, lol.

I really want to stress that diy med doesn't just have to be about trying to get a sub-par approximation of western med. Sometimes what we can do for ourselves is limited or less effective, sure--but we are also capable of doing better. There's pros and cons, right, but autonomous medicine gives the opportunity to try something that a doctor never would--sometimes because of risk, but more usually it's about legal anxiety and state restrictions. I remember hearing someone I knew who worked in drug development talk about how stupid it was that their team was having to reinvent the wheel instead of using THC in a drug; even though there exists documentation that THC has the property they were after, their program got federal funding so no marijuana.

Personally my entry point was herbalism and it's not a bad route to go. It can do a LOT, it's very accessible, and unlike a lot of medicine it's less gatekept & there's a significant population of writers creating resources specifically for laypeople with a focus on autonomy and self practice; plus rad community spaces exist and ofc like any scene they're full of bullshit (transmisogyny and gender essentialism in lefty alt health is a huge current, unfortunately), but they can be a good place to like. Network until you actually find the other ppl on the fringes of the scene who you might actually click with. An herbal background also gives you a LOT of directional freedom--lots of sources will combine western medical information on top of traditional and anecdotal practices, which cumulates in a lot of lenses you can apply to try to solve a problem; plus a lot of drugs are or can be plant-derived and having a skillset to identify/grow, harvest and process plants is really useful even if western medicine is the primary lens you want to use (tbh ur basic herbal preparations are often the first step in more exact drug isolation procedures). It's also just essential imo to have more than a western medical perspective--take time to read less immediately practical texts about medical history, other medical systems, and other conceptualizations of illness and the human body. One of my hotter takes? Miasma theory is still relevant and useful. There's a lot of fuckshit everywhere, both within and outside of western medicine--treat no source as authoritative and every claim as a thought experiment! But seriously, take the time to see what's out there. Accumulate as much raw information as possible to build your toolkit.

Some herbal resources I like for beginners (all books on LibGen.is)

Rjwhelan.co.nz -- aoteroa based medical herbalist who presents a really wide range of info from historical/traditional to western scientific. He's got some interesting (read: bad) takes but is a solid writer and information aggregator.

The herbal medicine makers handbook by James green -- good intro to herbal preparation with a range of procedures from simple folk methods to more measurement and chemistry heavy. Also got some weird opinions. That's just kinda how it be.

Wild remedies by rosalee de foret and Emily han -- cute basic introduction to herbalism

The psychopharmacology of herbal medicines by Marcello spinella -- says it right on the tin. useful reference.

The Earthwise herbal (vol 1 and vol 2) by Matthew wood -- listen. I fucking hate this man. I kind of hate these books (organized alphabetically by latin name...come the fuck on) BUT. It is still a pretty ok reference book with a similar approach to Richard Whelan's work and it has herbs that I've had trouble finding in other texts.

On working with others and sharing information: it's important to not play doctor. I strongly encourage folks to help out other people, but in an assistive capscity--not a prescriptive one. Share your sources, explain your opinions! The goal is to offer as much information as possible for someone else to make their own decisions. If you're in the US, this is a pretty good rundown of the legal positionality of herbalists (/health consultants generally) but I strongly advocate for going further than the law in this case on ideological autonomy-focused grounds.

Finally: medicine is not a solitary undertaking. Having a group of friends or even just acquaintances with different needs, priorities and viewpoints will get you much further in a few months than you could on your own in years. And it's slow going at first. It really is. You'll fuck up, you'll go around believing something for years to suddenly realize it's bullshit, you will grow and change. But you'll get there.

[mayday396]

I made a Fantastical utopia-ish America for my baby @artistic-moth-man

You shall be ruled over by a mysterious Eldritch demon lord that is cartoonishly Evil but cares about the lives of people, their rights and such

Healthcare shall be managed by Thicc, Muscular and owo plague Doctor with a deep Male voice, it's Affordable now and Mental Health services are Free, Medical School shall teach also about Herbalism and plant life to efficiently make more medicine.

Gun laws are strictly followed and REGULATED, I DON'T WANT MY ER NURSES TO BE STRESSED OUT CONSTANTLY

Pride month shall be the entire Month Holiday except those in the Frontlines(Military, Emergency services, Restaurants, etc.) but even then pay increase for a month

The Giant Otter @pjbloop and the MERMAID CLAN will take care of the Rivers of America, if you litter or hit miette, jail! JAIL FOR ONE THOUSAND YEARS

EDUCATION SHALL TEACH NECESSARY THINGS TO SURVIVE AS WELL, both out in the Wilderness and at home, you can still take AP Calculus if you wished to but DON'T REGRET YOUR CHOICE CAUSE IT MATTERS

Will attempt to apply Barter and Trade into the system to phase out paper and Coin Currency

Also expect Creatures from Folklore to come alive in the country, the Fae shall not be ignored, do not ignore the Giant of Northern Virginia @toshio

[copperbadge]

Hey Sam, any chance you can talk a bit more about saffron at some point? I've not encountered it as a possible ADHD treatment before and am curious what you meant about finding it not helpful at higher doses. Does it just not work, does it kinda work but have an annoying side effect or two, etc etc. Thinking I might give it a go, but I'm on 60mg of rubifen a day (2 pills in morning, one early afternoon) and want to have an idea of where to place my expectations :)

The saffron thing is pretty new overall as well as new to me, and I tend to side-eye "natural" cures because generally when natural cures work they, you know, become medicine. There's also very little regulation on natural remedies/vitamins so it's always a toss-up as to what's actually in the capsules; when I went looking for saffron pills, all of them seemed sketchy, made and sold by the kind of place that'll sell you gunpowder tea for weight loss. (I ended up going with Nootropics simply because they put most of the info on the bottle.)

I heard about saffron as an ADHD treatment from a woman I was speaking to who's got three kids with ADHD, all under 15, and was having trouble getting their meds. We originally started talking because I was offering tips on how to find pharmacies that might have larger stocks of Adderall during the shortage, and she tuned into the conversation since trying to get three 30-day scrips for Adderall filled at once really sucked. She told me she'd tried saffron after hearing about it on an ADHD Parenting community, and that it was helping her kids with the hyperactivity element, though she wasn't sure if it was helping them with focus and executive function. The study here seems to be the main source of data on it, and it's admittedly a small study, but the fact that it is being studied by actual scientists is somewhat reassuring.

The recommended dosage is 30mg/day of the saffron, which I've been taking for a couple of weeks on top of the first dose of Adderall (and daily vitamins). I really only have my own experience to go on but it seems to me to act as an enhancer for the Adderall; gives it a little kick, at least it feels like. It doesn't seem to do much on its own for me. On the one hand, the placebo effect can be mighty, but on the other, I'm a reasonably skeptical person who hasn't been subject to placebo effect during drug trials in the past, so I think what I'm feeling is a real effect, it's just very mild. (A while back I tried Rhodiola, which is another commonly-recommended herbal supplement for ADHD, and didn't feel like it did anything.)

On top of 10mg of Adderall, the 30mg Saffron works pretty well, seems to intensify it a bit. I do take 20mg of Adderall on occasion but unless I'm super tired or stressed, it's too much -- it pushes me through productive and back out into scattered -- so the saffron intensifying 20mg is way, way too much, even if I need the 20mg. If I'm taking both doses at once I leave the saffron capsule in the pill box.

Overall, the science is still a bit shaky, but less shaky than a lot of non-prescription cures out there, and Saffron's pretty safe to use. Even if it's not doing anything, the only real consequence is I'm out $22 for the bottle. I might go off it for a bit once the bottle's done and see if I notice a downswing. All my data is pretty highly subjective, so all I can recommend is trying it out for yourself.

[lovelyyandereaddictionpoint]

Coffee lover annon is back

Other then being talented with coffee and herbal tea, I'm learning how to create home remedies like homemade cold medicine that have ginger, lemon, honey, bit of sugar, and some lavender to make it to cough drops so I can boil hot water to make instant tea or I can chew it like regular candy

( candy making looked easy but it share and alot of practice)

I'm also recreating other remedies from old people back in their days and old text book to modernize it

It's really neat, as I see Exsotica do this and share it with the people of the red light district to help with common cold ( as ppl die alot from those back then ) and anything that are flu related

☕anon that's so cool, I hope that goes well for you!!

🖤🖤🖤🖤

It further adds the ammunition to the growing fanbase cult that Yukaku District is building around you

Equating you to some deity or a peaceful yokai that lives among them 

Healing, innovating, counseling Exotica does it all

It isn’t long before the entire nation has heard the whispers of your name

Maker of sweets, a benevolent healer, and uncontestable business icon

It's a never-ending fairytail that is all but real for those who are able to gain an audience

Not to say you’re unhappy with these 

In fact, perpetuating finances by bringing new ways to help while spreading your name is a good thing

At this rate you could very well shift the history of Demon Slayer’s Edo Japan 

And who knows with your reach you might find the key to how you got here

Or if you could go back, if you so choose

But not everyone is pleased with this:

“I’ve seen your venture—a cold medicine. All the effects of common remedies condensed into a pill.”

“Yes.”

“I assume that this is another one of your…items from your world.”

“Yes.”

You kept your head in a bowed position, staring at your hands that sat faced down on your lap. Feeling the intensity of the Demon King’s stare you resisted the urge to gulp, focusing on regulating your beating heart. Standing with his back to the window, he kept your kneeled form in his shadow. 

“Why have you created this, (Y/n)?”

It sounded as though he was scolding you.

“To curb the amassing cases of the flu and severe coughing–”

That was all you wanted to say. The truth alone but that didn’t seem to satisfy him. You could feel the malice teaming off him at your answer. Not necessarily at you but the ones you had done this for. 

“-and to have a steady form of revenue to support myself outside the Yukkaku district.”

The atmosphere seemed to lighten at that, trading his seething hatred for shallow curiosity. 

“Oh? Do you find yourself leaving here?”

He mocked you. 

“I–was under the impression that this was only a temporary station for me. Forgive me if I assumed.”

He didn’t chuckle but the ghost of an amused smile spread on Muzan Kibitsuji’s face. Crouching down to your folded height he easily grabbed hold of your chin tilting you to meet your eyes with his. Magenta hues glowing hungrily in the darkness of your room, you unconsciously held your breath.

“You truly are above.”

He let his thumb graze over the plush of your cheek before pulling away once more to stand at full height. Subconsciously leaning forward you opened your mouth to question him only for him to speak first. 

“You may continue with your projects. Know that any resistance will result in their immediate destruction. The project themselves…and any and all human participants. Is that clear?”

“...Yes..bu-”

Before you could finish speaking you found that the demon you were speaking to, or rather spoken to had left, leaving you in the silence of the moonlit room. You silently pushed your hands at the tatami mats, mocking the hard punches you wish you could deliver. With another intake of air you raised up from your position to close the window. Tomorrow will be busy.