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A few months ago, we were at a supermarket with my mom, buying some stuff.
My mom needed an antiperspirant. When she was about to grab a black one, I heard a guy “helpfully” telling her that she was grabbing one “For Men™”, that the ones “For Women™” were the pink ones.
I immediately looked at the guy like “lol what, who asked”.
(My mom uses “men’s” antiperspirants because she doesn’t care about that, and they are usually cheaper than “women’s”)
Herbal medicine is how we created aspirin, and is a mix of actually effective things that have become medicine over time and placebos. It generally has positive outcomes.
Homeopathic ‘medicine’ is magic water that heals with vibrations. It is 100% bullshit.
Nicolas Culpeper wrote his Complete Herbal in the mid 17th century, and I think I’m right in saying it’s never been out of print. It’s a great read - if you ever imagined travelling back in time to his day, this book would put you right off. It’s full of remedies for foul ulcers, bloody flux and plague sores.
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49513