[midgemcgrath]

Seems like there was a lot of support for this, so here 'tis, a thread on alternative medicine. I know that there is a lot of talk about this stuff in bits and pieces on other threads, but it seems like such a popular topic these days that it really deserved its own. Anything about herbs, naturopathy, accupuncture, nutrition, etc., bring it on!

I'll start: has anyone ever used slippery elm root for digestive problems? I bought some, but I'm scared to try it, and don't know anyone who has! It's supposed to help heal irritated digestive systems...

[mouse]

day four.
i am going off the cleanse. i feel really shaky and high and feverish today, and while that might be par for the course, i start a new job on tuesday and i don't want to be this out of it for that. this is something i could do under different circumstances, i don't think it's a healthy thing for me to be doing right now. i started in on the second day of a cold, which i think is a good reason why i feel feverish. i also just started my period, and i tend to get kind of anemic so i think it's probably not a great idea to be not getting iron right now.

if i had some more days off, or if i was just going back to a job i knew well, it would be different, but this is the first "real" job i've ever gotten and i want to be in top shape, not shaky and feverish and taking half a second too long to respond to people.

regardless, my digestive system does feel *A LOT* better. i'm going to start orange juice today and do soup tomorrow. i really wanted to do the cleanse mainly to jumpstart myself into eating better, and i definietly thing it's done that. for the first day or two i was practically licking the screen if an olive garden commercial or mcdonals or anything horrible came on tv, but now i'm just kind of salivating about, like, barley.

i'd like to try it again, but i really don't think now is the right time for me to do it. i feel kind of bad, but i also know it's necessary. bleh.