January 4, 2001 ~ Moontime Tea
Note to self: Horrible Monstrous Cramps from HELL can be conquered by Moontime Tea, produced by Warren Wilson's organic garden...
Boy do I feel better.
I don't like using drugs for anything. In fact, I never do... Except for Cramps. I get the Horrible Monstrous Cramps from HELL every month, and, if I don't take something for them, I'm reduced to a whimpering ball of pain on the bed.
I've always just used Aleve in the past... But it only works half-way. So instead of the Horrible Monstrous Cramps from HELL, I have the Somewhat Horrible Monstrous Cramps from HELL.
Last month we went to the garden sale, and I picked up some of this herbal tea. Nothing like freshly dried organic herbs from the garden just a few-minutes walk away from where I live. I bought some, figuring I'd try it out.
Well, when I came stumbling in the door today after lunch, having been hit by a sudden case of the Horrible Monstrous Cramps from HELL, feeling nauseous, cross-eyed, as if there was a few cups worth of shattered glass having a dance party in my midsection, with stabbing pains shooting up my spine and down to my toes, I reached blindly for the Aleve... and then stopped.
I ought to try that tea, I thought.
I took out a tea bag and a mug, went downstairs to heat some water, and within ten minutes I was feeling MUCH better. I mean... the cramps are actually gone. Completely. This never happens to me.
So... Raspberry Leaves, Stinging Nettle, Mountain Mint, and Red Clover are really good for getting rid of cramps.
Now... If I could just get rid of that headache...
I can't believe I'm talking about menstruation in my online journal... *laugh* Oh well. Sorry guys. When I said it's time to make this about my real life, I guess I was more serious than even I initially thought.
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