“Side effects” are common with many prescription medicines, and may also occur with plant medicines.  But “side effects” are just unwanted drug effects, and not all side effects are the same: some are dangerous, some are uncomfortable, and some may even be necessary. In this livestream I talk about medication sensitivity, what it means, and what can be done about it.

LINKS:

Iatrogenesis or medication-caused illness: a review paper – conventional medicine = 5th leading cause of death worldwide https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6060929/

Herbal medicine adverse drug reactions systematic review https://www.rcpjournals.org/content/clinmedicine/13/1/7

Burdock pharmacology – basic overview (downloadable full text) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/47567515_A_review_of_the_pharmacological_effects_of_Arctium_lappa_burdock/link/02e7e5196f0af4e868000000/download

Cleavers – phytochemistry and in vitro immune stimulant activity https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6963662/

Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557820/

Tsultrim Allione’s process of “Feeding your Demons” https://www.taramandala.org/programs-overview/long-term-study-pathways/feeding-your-demons/fyd-resources/5-steps-of-fyd/