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Originally Posted by Girl_On_Fire

Are you into natural health? If so, what got you started?

Desperation. No health insurance, no money for doctors, no money for prescriptions, and an intolerance for common otc meds. So we tried glucosamine/chondroitin.

The way we discovered the ginger is that I adore ginger ale, and found a recipe for homemade. So I made my own syrup, woohoo! And I made my own soda pop! Wooohooo!! Annnnd it made me hemorrhage when my cycle came around, Boohoo!

So we looked it up and discovered sure enough, ginger is a powerful anti-inflammatory. Gryph got my soda pop, his hands improved some more, and I fussed and fumed and mourned over not getting to drink my real homemade ginger ale... but really I prefer life to the alternative *wry smile* so I eventually resigned myself to a ginger-free life.

And that's how I got started using herbs for health, instead of just for taste.