Comments on: Adventures of a Kitchen Apothecary http://www.gongfugirl.com/2007/09/adventures-of-a-kitchen-apothecary/ Discovering the way of tea, one cup at a time. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:18:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Thomas Cornick http://www.gongfugirl.com/2007/09/adventures-of-a-kitchen-apothecary/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Thomas Cornick Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:39:56 +0000 http://www.gongfugirl.com/?p=189#comment-490 A better use for your brew would be to place your face in the hot vapor above a simmering pot . Also, check out a fruit called luo han gou at the Asian groceries, makes a very good tea for soothing scratchy throats, no known side effects. Fruit is dried and looks like a blotchy brown handball. I believe most sinus issues to be fungal which provides a place for opportunistic bacteria. Having broken my face and nose a few times during my stupid years I am prone to sinus troubles. Another thing which provides relief is menthol crystals dropped into hot water, be careful the vapor is strong, ease up to it. A sudafed in the morning and a bennedryl at night (or with dinner if it leaves you dopey come morning) is my drugstore choice. I am not a doctor and I do not even own a Mercedes be well Tom A better use for your brew would be to place your face in the hot vapor above a simmering pot .
Also, check out a fruit called luo han gou at the Asian groceries, makes a very good tea for soothing scratchy throats, no known side effects. Fruit is dried and looks like a blotchy brown handball.
I believe most sinus issues to be fungal which provides a place for opportunistic bacteria.
Having broken my face and nose a few times during my stupid years I am prone to sinus troubles. Another thing which provides relief is menthol crystals dropped into hot water, be careful the vapor is strong, ease up to it.
A sudafed in the morning and a bennedryl at night (or with dinner if it leaves you dopey come morning) is my drugstore choice.

I am not a doctor and I do not even own a Mercedes

be well

Tom

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