
The Apothecary's Garden, Revisiting Medicinal Plants
The Poor Prole’s Almanac
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Isn't That a Cathartic Laxative?
Gregory Connacy: Don't try this at home. Every time I get that question and I lecture, that's what I tell people. Just because it's natural, it doesn't mean it's safe. And my very first lecture in pharmacy school was by the professor that taught us how to make tablets and capsules. He said, I sat in your chair 20 years ago here at UConn School of Pharmacy. For the next three years, you're going to hear all the wonderful things that drugs can do for cancer, hypertension, tree cholesterol but they also do bad things too. The body doesn't want turned off; these words are just as effective if used in an appropriate way
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