A "Health Garden" forum?

Like many other DGers my mum and I suffer from Fibro, among other things.
We do not like to take pills (and can't afford most medications anyway)
Does DG have a forum especially for gardens you can use for pain/memory- basically growing your own pharmacy?
It would be very neat if it took off, don't ya think?
Could be dangerous if people just ate or smoked a bunch of herbs- so it would be up to each person to research the plant materials.
Just an idea. :-)

Hey there: I have fibro, too, and have tried the herbal and holistic methods and to tell the truth the results were so erratic I didn't continue. Like it or not, the pills and injections, after long experimenting, are the most effective course, for me at least. The most common difficulty with the herbal method is there is no way to make sure the final product is within a certain range of effectiveness. The government would love to be able to control more of these plants the way they try to regulate mariuana because some of them can be downright dangerous. Think about foxglove which is a natural source of a heart medication which in just slightly too large doses will kill. How do you know how strong the dose is? I hope you will be able to find something that will work for you.
If Dave doesn't want to take on the possible legal problems such a forum might run into I am sure there are many other sites that cover this subject. Jessamine

I don't have fibro, but I do have allergies to many many meds, including any and all anti-inflammatories, decongestants, anti-histamines (!). I've also reacted badly to various other meds over the years - I basically get more adverse side-effects from medications than any benefit. At 51, so I'm definitely in the market for alternates to chemical meds, and can grow almost anything (or else why would I be with DG!), so would be very interested if there could be a "Health Garden Forum".
Christine.

I would LOVE a forum like this!
I don't have any major disease, praise God,
but I am very interested in herbal remedies.

HEY DAVE ! ! !

I think this can be handled in the Health Forum. We've already had an influx of foods we cook in there (nutritional values), why not healthy foods we raise?

Good thinking Darius.