...From the context, I would have to assume you are presenting these as obvious examples of things that work. :eyebrow:

Thanks, clod ... couldn't bring myself to...

replace cold with "vampire" and you will see positive results fo sho.

yeah whatever

you knows i loves ya.

Garlic helps reduce the spread of colds because it keeps people from being in close contact with each other due to the atrocious breath it generates. just sayin...

Wasnt directed at you honey ;)

How does Tylenol reduce fever?

It doesn't, in my experience. Acetamenophen reduces pain by inhibiting the pain receptors. sometimes permanently -my colleague when I was a postgrad described very eloquently how brain cells appear to "pop" when under the influence of the drug. Fun. If that's how it works, I'll take the beer option :)

I love this helpful description from the tylenol website:

How does Tylenol work?

Oh right! makes perfect sense now.....

But more seriously, Acetomenophen does work to kill pain for me (if I'm really desperate -I prefer not to take it), but Arnica doesn't seem to and i thought I'd understand why or why I didn't notice the effect better if I knew how it worked.

and going off at a tangent......
I hate the way that homeopathic seems to be used as a synonym for "we can't explain how it works". Arnica does not cause bruising and swelling when appliesd in excess, (?does it?) therefore it's not technically a homeopathic remedy

Did you read the wiki on arnica (helenalin)?

No, I didn't, thanks. interesting, but woefully incomplete. it amazes me that so many people feel it is an effective remedy and yet there is (comparitively) so little research. No $$ in it, I guess. (I mean this in the why isn't there more research rather than the why do they feel it is effective sense)

Re-reading, I realise I come across as totally ant-arnica, anti-alternative etc. and I'm not at all. I have arnica gel. I just didn't notice any effect, except that the gel made the icepack stick too much... Well OK maybe I am a bi anti -but I'm anti everything until i see proof. Ish. but I try most things too, unless I see proof that they're more harmful than good. I'm certainly not in the Rx drugs only camp.

I don't think you came across that way monster, just seemed like you were asking questions.

Am I the only one who thinks that Arnica sounds like the name of the new nation that will form from the southwestern third of the USA after the Second American Civil War later this year?

I'm afraid you are mistaken. John Titor gave no clear indication that this would come about.

http://www.cafepress.com/johntitorshop

Acetaminophen (Tylenol) works by inhibiting the synthesis of prostaglandins in the central nervous system and peripherally blocks pain impulse generation through an unknown mechanism. It's antipyretic effect is due to an inhibiting action in the hypothalamus heat regulation center in the brain.