Submitted 5 days ago by 
chestas@aus.social to bookstodon@fedigroups.social
Saw a book in Petrarchs Bookshop in Launceston that I thought my wife would like. She's not been feeling too good the past week, so I thought a gentle companion to her druidic texts. She is an ex-nurse, so there's that too.
I briefly had a look inside and it's fascinating, detailing local herbal remedies, which plants have which properties, useful implements, recipes etc, and all at a local level. Amazing!
tompearce49@mastodon.scot 5 days ago @chestas I have, in my garden here in the north of Scotland, a pair of Tasmanian Pepper bushes (Tasmannia lanceolata, male and female) I have grown them out of interest, but really must try in my cooking the little berries that the female bush has borne for the first time this year. @bookstodon
chestas@aus.social 5 days ago Wonderful. Funnily enough, I haven't noticed them in the four years I've lived here, but did see them in Victoria, in the south east corner of the big island
Baa@mk.absturztau.be 5 days ago @chestas@aus.social @bookstodon@fedigroups.social I regret to inform you that the covert art and potentially all content in this book is AI Generated.
It is one of many of Christine Nicholson's self published AI Generated books, with a total of 7 on Amazon, including a 5 book series, all released this year. Her author profile on Amazon is also ai generated, and I would not be shocked to find she does not exist at all.
Truly a sad state of affairs :akko_sad:
chestas@aus.social 5 days ago Wow, that is disappointing. Thanks for that
RagnaJa@mstdn.social 5 days ago 
AnguaDelphine@mk.absturztau.be 5 days ago @chestas@aus.social
Try @bookstodon@fedigroups.social
a . gup . pe is defunct.
Interesting post.
chestas@aus.social 5 days ago 
@chestas @bookst @bookstodon I'd put it in the bin. #genAI cover so wouldn't trust a word of what's inside, personally.
#noAI #AIslop #AIbooks
Ah replies just loaded and I see someone else has mentioned already, good.
To add more generally, I'd be very careful recommending 'herbal remedies'.
The thing with drugs (and anything having a physiological effect on the body when ingested/injected is a drug) is we need to know what the safe dose is, how much active ingredient(s) is in a given amount of something, and how pure it is.
With herbals, none of that is guaranteed. You don't even know you're getting what's claimed. Impurities and multiple active ingredients can interact with each other and other drugs people might be taking. Always disclose to your HCP! known interactions include with antidepressants, contraceptives, cancer drugs - there are so many risks.
The bottom line is with purchased herbals, the contents are unknown. With plants, amounts and safe doses are generally obscure. This is dangerous for everyone. It's why we manufacture drugs carefully - pure and with known dosage.
#herbal #herbalMedicine #skepticism #altMed