Arnica - Page 2

Clodfobble · 01-14-2008, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by DucksNuts

How does Garlic help with colds? How does Evening Primrose Oil help with ya girlie probs? How does St Johns help with depression?

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

monster · 01-14-2008, 11:26 AM

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

lookout123 · 01-14-2008, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

garlic helps with colds? That's a new one on me.

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

DucksNuts · 01-14-2008, 06:10 PM

yeah whatever

lookout123 · 01-14-2008, 06:55 PM

you knows i loves ya.

classicman · 01-14-2008, 07:08 PM

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...

DucksNuts · 01-14-2008, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

you knows i loves ya.

Wasnt directed at you honey

jinx · 01-14-2008, 08:57 PM

How does Tylenol reduce fever?

monster · 01-14-2008, 10:02 PM

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?

Quote:

Acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol products, is thought to relieve mild to moderate pain by elevating your body's overall pain threshold. Acetaminophen is thought to lower your fever by helping your body eliminate excess heat.

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

jinx · 01-14-2008, 10:14 PM

Did you read the wiki on arnica (helenalin)?

monster · 01-14-2008, 11:19 PM

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.

jinx · 01-15-2008, 09:47 AM

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

ZenGum · 01-15-2008, 09:58 AM

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?

lookout123 · 01-15-2008, 02:50 PM

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

http://www.cafepress.com/johntitorshop

TheMercenary · 01-17-2008, 08:31 PM

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.

01-14-2008, 11:26 AM	#17
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01-14-2008, 07:08 PM	#21
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	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... __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-14-2008, 08:57 PM	#23
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	How does Tylenol reduce fever? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

01-14-2008, 10:14 PM	#25
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Did you read the wiki on arnica (helenalin)? __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

01-14-2008, 06:10 PM	#19
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	yeah whatever

01-14-2008, 11:19 PM	#26
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	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. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-15-2008, 09:47 AM	#27
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	I don't think you came across that way monster, just seemed like you were asking questions. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

01-15-2008, 09:58 AM	#28
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	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? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-15-2008, 02:50 PM	#29
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01-17-2008, 08:31 PM	#30
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