Hi Annie, Good information on herbs!
I once was given tetracycline for strep and not warned to stay out of the sun. My work was a farmer/rancher. I could have used sun screen if I'd only been warned how bad it could get. I threw back cotton in a trailer, drove a tractor without any cab or shade and was always rigging plows in the sun. One day, about 4 to 6 months later, I looked in the mirror and was horrified to see my face looked like I had leprosy. I found out that tetracycline can cause this photosensitivity and wore sunscreen after this. It probably took a year to get back to normal. So, if any herb can be as bad as the prescription drug tetracycline they gave me, I would wear sunscreen to solve the problem. BTW, I take St. John's Wort fairly often and like how it soothes me. I don't wear sunscreen now but am not out in the sun from sun up to sun down, but enough to test this reputed photosensitivity. No problems to date to me from photosensitivity with the St. John's Wort. Jean ******************** > St John's Wort is a good anti inflammatory, as well as a mood lifter, > but it can't be used with so many other prescribed drugs that I don't > recommend it often. Because generally people are taking one or more > drugs already, and/or OTC stuff they don't tell you about. And it can > make you photosensitive. Plus it can sometimes take as long to begin > showing results as any of the other psychoactive drugs, so it requires > time and patience. > > > Annie -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
