Jenkitty's not gonna like this...

[elfs]

I walked into QFC this morning to buy milk and grapefruit and walked by a stand of Traditional Medicinals, the herbal tea company that makes all sorts of nifty things, some of which actually work. I noticed that the design on "Breathe Easy," their hot tea that really does work, had changed a bit.

You got it. The ephedra is gone. Already. Crud, that's one of the few of their line that really did anything for me. Now it's just a blend of woo-woo herbs that probably doesn't do much at all.

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It's true that I may be hypersensitive to the stuff

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

but I hated that tea, and I hated every ephedra and ephedrine preparation I ever used. Me no like shaky hands, upset stomach and still not being able to breathe.

I've been asthmatic since birth, and to be honest, the stuff they treated me with as a child, including ephedrine preparations, was gods-awful. I think of it as primitive medicine. I spent years on theophylline and albuterol because they had nothing better to give me, and, in consequence, was so thin that everyone thought I was anorexic.

I get great results from my modern maintenance asthma drugs, and when I want an herbal cold remedy, I am quite happy with Traditional Medicinals Gypsy Cold Care, supplemented by lashings of ginger tea, mint and lemon balm tea, chamomile, and honey. Of course YMMV, but I'd be perfectly happy never to SEE the word ephedra again.