SUBJECT INDEX
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A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z
VITAMIN A - Eat your carrots, sweet potatoes and turnip greens! - OS #14
ADAPTOGENS - How do it know? - OS #21
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION - It's time for a change. - OS #6
AGAVE - Put a rope around that bottle of tequila there, podnah. - OS #21
AGRIMONY - In the South, it's plain old "cuckleburr." - OS #17
ALLOPATHY - Forsworn enemy of Homeopathy, and all things Alternative - OS #27
ALLSPICE - Columbus' first major substitution - OS #1
ALOE - for Warts, Bad Breath and Smelly Feet - OS #9
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE - It's "complementary," not "alternative" - OS #12
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE IN BRITAIN - Personal from Donny - OS #27
ALUMINUM - Does it cause Alzheimer's Disease? - OS #16
AMA (American Medical Association) - Personal from Donny - OS #18
ANDREW WEIL - the hippy from Harvard - OS #3
ANNIE'S STORY - Personal from Donny - OS #16
ANTIOXIDANTS - the authentic, actual, genuine "man's best friend" - OS #12
APPLES lower fever, kill viruses, clear debris from your teeth (chew on that). - OS #20
ARNICA - For cowboys and kamikaze Little Leaguers - OS #26
AROMATHERAPY - "It's not scientific," says Dr. Prissybutt. - OS #15
ASTRAGALUS - Chinese cousin of American Loco Weed - OS #22
back to index BACH FLOWER REMEDIES - Hocum, or Pocum? - OS #1
BAY LAUREL - Great for beef stew or dandruff! - OS #18
B-COMPLEX - the essential supplement for baby-boomers - OS #15
BELLADONNA - Have a bite of this, dearie. - OS #6
BIRTHDAYS - Personal from Donny - OS #21
BLACKBERRY - Ramble in the Bramble. - OS #13
BLACK CHERRY - Got gout? Drink Cherry Juice! - OS #13
BLACK PEPPER - Who knew it was medicine? - OS #22
BLACK WALNUT - Native American medicinal treasure - OS #13
BO TREE - What do figs know? - OS #3
BRUSSELS SPROUTS - Baby Cabbages, or teenagers from Belgium? - OS #22
BUCHU - Another African-American - OS #27
BUCKWHEAT - It's Otay! - OS #9
BUDDY CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? - Give a little something for the Indian kids. - OS #32
BUSH VETOES STEM CELL LEGISLATION - Payback to the Christian Right - OS #33
back to index VITAMIN C - You're not getting enough! - OS #14
CAN CANCER BE CURED? - or is it extra-terrestrial? - OS #16
CANNABIS SATIVA INDICA - Donny talks dope. - OS #3
CAROB & KING JAMES - Personal From Donny - OS #19
CARROTS contain Cox-2 Inhibitors. - OS #20
CHASTE TREE - helps men live through their wives' PMS - OS #21
CHERRY - Got gout? Drink Cherry Juice! - OS #13
CHERVIL - Another Russian in Paris - OS #26
CHI (QI, PRANA) - It's really real. - OS #1
CHROMIUM - another Adaptogen - OS #22
CILANTRO - for Fartless Beans - OS #9
CINNAMON - personal aromatherapy of Queen Hatshepsut - OS #12
CLOVE - OK, Cloves. - OS #12
CLUB MOSS - New Hope for those who suffer with Alzheimer's - OS #18
COCA, COCAINE, & THE WAR ON DRUGS - Personal from Donny - OS #20
COCONUT GROVE, FLORIDA - Paradise paved - OS #6
CO-ENZYME Q10 - "It's everywhere!" - OS #27
COLDS PREVENTION - You might consider Florida. - OS #15
COLD TURKEY - Political Commentary by Kurt Vonnegut - OS #28
COMFREY - a weed for stubbin' the nubbin' - OS #6
COMMISSION E - more good sense from Germany - OS #2
CORIANDER - Fresh smells fetid; dried is delightful. - OS #14
COYOTE LOKI HERMES MERCURY - The Tricksters - OS #32
CUBEB - Piper cubeba...should it be Piper pubeba? - OS #23
back to index VITAMIN D - You will never have another ricket! - OS #23
DAHOON - not a shirt, not a zither - OS #21
DAIKON - giant Winter radish - OS #20
DAMIANA - How's your sex life? - OS #3
DANCE MOVEMENT THERAPY - exorcising with Elvis - OS #18
DANDELION - Bane of lawn freaks, Dandelions are food and medicine! - OS #20
DECIDUOUS TREES - I could have won a million! - OS #1
DHA - Learn to love fish! - OS #19
DHEA - The "Anti-Aging" supplement - OS #27
DILL - Have you got bad breath? - OS #6
DIOECIOUS / MONOECIOUS - OS #9
DOMHNACH SUNDAY - Huckleberry, Blueberry, BILBERRY F* YEAH! - OS #33
DULSE - from the bountiful sea, today's futuristic food - OS #13
back to index ECHINACEA - "It keeps you from getting sick." ~G.H. - OS #23
ECOLOGY - Personal from Donny - OS #24
EGGPLANT - Please don't eat the leaves. - OS #23
EGGS - Humpty, or Dumpty? - OS #3
ELECTION 2004 - OS #29
ENGLISH HOLLY - Tree/Hedge - OS #9
ENOKI - another Asian-American - OS #18
ENVIRONMENT / RECYCLING - In Yazoo City, they just don't care. - OS #1
EPIZOODIX - "Go away and leave me alone!" - OS #23
EUCALYPTUS - more than food for cuddly koalas - OS #16
EUPHORBIA / SPURGE - a weed for skin cancer - OS #19
EVENING PRIMROSE - another subversive import? - OS #6
EWING STREET TIMES - the best band you never heard - OS #28
back to index FAGGOTS - Caution: contains references to Jerry Falwell - OS #9
FALSE UNICORN - something wonderful for the girls - OS #19
FAR EAST HANDICRAFTS - What's happening in Kathmandu? - OS #6
FDA (Food & Drug Administration) - almost too disgusting for words - OS #3
FDA CRACKS DOWN ON ANDRO - This is cracking down? - OS #28
FELDENKRAIS METHOD® - awareness through movement® - OS #3
FEVERFEW - At 10¢ a pop, Donny says "It's worth a try." - OS #25
FLUORIDE - fights tooth decay, and makes you very sick - OS #20
FORAGING WILD FOOD - Personal from Donny - OS #23
FORGIVENESS - the greatest power - OS #4
FRED NEIL - Update and Goodbye, Fred - OS #24
FREE RADICALS - Can Vitamin E get rid of Jane Fonda? - OS #1
FUNNY STUFF 31 - In my InBox - OS #31
FUNNY STUFF 32 - from Broomrider and others - OS #32
FUNNY STUFF 33 - Well, I think it's funny. - OS #33
back to index GARDEN - Wanna "get real?" Take up Gardening. - OS #21
GARLIC - Like turnip greens, it's "good for what ails you." - OS #25
GAS PLANT - the Biblical Burning Bush of Moses? - OS #9
GAY PRIDE - OpinionSoup Position Paper by President Dr Donny - OS #33
GENISTEIN - Good old Geni Stein. She could really play the piano. - OS #22
GENTIAN - But can it play jai-alai? - OS #26
GEORGE BUSH RESUME - I did not write this! - OS #28
GERMANIUM - jumper cables for your immune system - OS #19
GINGER - "Morning Sickness" can come at any time of day! - OS #7
GINSENG - the gift of Confucius, now popular with truck-drivers - OS #16
GLUCOSAMINE - super glue for connective tissue - OS #16
GOLDENSEAL - will not help you pass your drug test - OS #15
GOODBYE TO ENTERTAINMENT GREATS 2000 - Personal from Donny - OS #15
GOODBYE TO GREATS 2004 - A Tribute to Notables - OS #31
GOODBYE TO THESE DEPARTED 2005 - Personal from Donny - OS #33
GOTU-KOLA - This is your brain on herbs. - OS #4
GRAPE SEED EXTRACT - Got varicose veins? - OS #6
GUARANA - You could just buy No-Doz®, I guess. - OS #17
GUGGUL - treats obesity and high cholesterol - OS #18
GUMPTION - outlawed in the U.S. Senate - OS #1
GUN CONTROL AND THE LAW - Rosie, puh-leeze! - OS #7
back to index 5-HTP - When you're feeling Blue - OS #27
HAPPINESS is a pair of $130 sneakers. - OS #20
HAWTHORN - Have a heart? You need to know more about Hawthorn. - OS #19
HEALING & ETHICS - Do these two go together? - OS #8
HEALTH CARE - Cattle Call - OS #4
HEROES - are made, by the Government. - OS #28
HOMOPHOBIA - fear and loathing in the Magnolia State - OS #1
HONEY - What do bees know? - OS #16
HONEYSUCKLE - Detoxify your hummingbirds! - OS #9
HOT STUFF - Hold your face back a little on this one. - OS #31
HOUSEPLANTS - botanical air-purifiers - OS #7
HUMOR - Personal from Donny - OS #22
HYDRANGEA - Look, but don't smoke. - OS #24
back to index IATROGENIC ILLNESS - What do you get in hospitals? Staph! - OS #1
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST NOVEMBER - You voted for him, didn't you? - OS #31
INFLAMMATION - Protective Reaction, and herbs to treat over-reaction - OS #24
INOSITOL - Rate it B: a cut above - OS #4
IN PRAISE OF TEACHERS - Personal from Donny - OS #14
INTELLIGENCE - What is it? - OS #10
INTRODUCTION - Hello, Howdy, etc. - OS #1
IODINE - for Thyroid Function - OS #10
IRISH MOSS - food for leprechauns - OS #18
IRON - increases resistance to stress and disease - OS #7
IS THAT A WMD I SEE? - No, Sir, that's a camel turd. - OS #31
back to index JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT - Got Gas? - OS #7
JASMINE - "Jasmine Tea" is a potent cancer-fighter. - OS #24
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE - Personal from Donny - OS #23
JETHRO KLOSS - the Stephen King of herbs (he goes on and on and on) - OS #4
JEWELWEED - Touch Me Not! - OS #10
JOE PYE WEED - No sweat? - OS #12
JOJOBA - Save The Whales! - OS #1
JUST SAY "NO" - Mae West, Lorenzo, Cocaine, and Tallulah Bankhead - OS #19
back to index VITAMIN K - unknown to Rasputin - OS #19
KALE - In the South, they're Collards. - OS #8
KAVA - The new Valium® of Wall Street. - OS #7
KELP - good stuff, but oh, so yucky - OS #1
KIDNEYS - You need at least one. - OS #10
KNOWLEDGE - Ding, or Flop? - OS #10
KOHLRABI - German Turnip-Cabbage - OS #18
KOMBU - not related to Kombucha - OS #13
KOMBUCHA - not related to Kombu - OS #13
KUMQUAT - "Eat the rind, you say?" - OS #25
KUZU (KUDZU) - "...a vegetable form of cancer" ~James Dickey - OS #4
back to index LAZINESS - "Just give me something for it." - OS #5
LEMON - the fruit that fades your freckles - OS #7
LEMON BALM Tea will put you to sleep quicker than a Danielle Steele novel. - OS #13
LEMONGRASS - why there are no mosquitoes at Thai restaurants - OS #18
LEW DEWITT - Counting Flowers On The Wall - OS #31
LIVER - Set 'em up, Joe. - OS #10
LOMATIUM - Send those viruses packing. - OS #19
LOST LOVE, LOVE LOST - when eggs have legs... - OS #15
LOTUS - Serve some to your family today! - OS #1
LOVE - Personal From Donny - OS #9
LUTEIN - Was Popeye a visionary? - OS #23
LYCOPENE - Pass the ketchup, please! - OS #4
LYSINE - Doing battle with HeOSes 1 - OS #21
back to index MACADAMIA NUTS - from the wonderful land of Oz - OS #15
MACE - gentle on your mind - OS #14
MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE - another African-American - OS #4
MAGNESIUM SALICYLATE - Doan's Pills - OS #23
MAGUEY - Arriba! - OS #7
MA-HUANG - Outlawed in Australia, approved by the FDA - OS #26
MAITAKE MUSHROOM - "What IS this?" - OS #22
MANGANESE - keeps those sex hormones pumping - OS #9
MANGO - Miss Daisy's favorite exotic - OS #16
MARIJUANA REFUGEE - Personal from Donny - OS #25
MARJORAM - Mama mia! Now THAT's Italian! - OS #18
MARK TWAIN - Personal from Donny - OS #26
MEADOWSWEET - aspirin from a bush - OS #1
MEDICAL SCHOOLS - Hippocratic what? - OS #17
MELATONIN - I'm a Night Person. NOT - OS #27
MESCALINE - Let's take a trip across time and space; to the 70's and beyond. - OS #13
MESQUITE - You don't know enough about it! - OS #19
MILK THISTLE - When Joe has set up too many. - OS #10
MINT - Oh, fiddle-de-dee! - OS #12
MISO - prepared by nearly-naked Japanese men - OS #12
MISTLETOE - I'll add the secret Druid stuff later. - OS #12
MONDO GRASS - Give that lawnmower to Goodwill, and Rock On! - OS #23
MONICA LEWINSKY - the nightmare on Penn. Ave. that won't go away - OS #2
MORE PINKO COMMIE FAG LINKS - from Donny, Tracy and Hope - OS #32
back to index NETTLE - The most remarkable weed on the entire planet - OS #24
NEW AGE - What's "new" about it? - OS #25
NEW LENNON ALBUM COMING - from John's Beautiful Boy Sean - OS #33
NITRATES & NITRITES - when "cured" means "carcinogenic" - OS #8
NORI - more treasure from the sea - OS #13
NORMAL - Donny is not normal. - OS #23
NOW READ THIS - left-wing commie pinko fag links - OS #28
NOW READ THIS - More Left-Wing Commie Pinko Fag Links - OS #31
NUTMEG - I'm thinking Eggnog. - OS #12
NUTRITIONISTS - National Treasures, or Prissybutts? - OS #2
NUTRITION SCIENCE - What, exactly, is your family eating? - OS #17
NUTRITION TIPS FOR BETTER LIVING - From Dr Donny and the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter - OS #31
NUTS - to you - OS #4
NUX VOMICA - not as gentle as the Pied Piper - OS #10
back to index OATS - why the Scots are such a horny bunch - OS #10
OKRA - Scummy, or Slimy? - OS #4
ONION - Onion-eaters do not get worms. - OS #15
OPOSSUM - Eat More Possum! - OS #18
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES - Better than condoms or abstinence? Guess again. - OS #17
ORANGE - Another Asian-American - OS #22
OREGANO - Now THAT's Italian. - OS #20
ORGANIC FOOD - Not in my town, you don't! - OS #8
OSHA - Herbal Risk Management? - OS #21
OYSTER EXTRACT - lifts you up where you belong - OS #2
OZ BACH - Spanky and Our Gang, minus one more (another man done gone) - OS #28
back to index PART OF ALL YOU EARN IS YOURS TO KEEP - The Richest Man In Babylon - OS #28
PASSIONFLOWER - Secret Southern Sleep-Aid - OS #26
PASTA - "I don't think we carry that." - OS #21
PATIENTS GET WRONG HIV REPORTS - while Lab Rats play grab-ass - OS #28
PEACH - Eat A Peach! - OS #13
PEANUTS - Peas, or Nuts? - OS #17
PEAR - ...home-made Pear preserves with hot, buttered biscuits...! - OS #16
PEYOTE - it's not for everyone - OS #2
PISTACHIO - Fruits, not nuts - OS #25
PITUITARY GLAND - What is it? - OS #27
PLANTAIN - Two entries for the price of one - OS #26
PLUMS - Dried-up Plums and Senators become Prunes. - OS #5
POEM (Poetry) - Someone Stole My Poems - OS #25
POISON HEMLOCK - Socrates raps to youths - OS #8
POPE DECRIES HUMANISM - And all Progressives - OS #31
POULTRY - All the world cries Fowl! - OS #10
PRAYER - for healing of the sick - OS #18
PUBLIC EDUCATION - How well can your children read and write? - OS #13
back to index QUASSIA - "Unscientific and unsubstantiated claims," says the FDA. - OS #24
QUERCETIN - Queer who? - OS #11
QUINCE - in my own back yard - OS #8
QUININE - "Another gin-and-tonic, please; and speak up!" - OS #5
QUINOA - America embraces the Goosefoot. - OS #2
back to index RDA / RDI - antiquated / useless - OS #11
THE RED ASS - a condition with many unrelated contributing factors - OS #14
RED CLOVER - cancer-fighting highway weed - OS #17
RED PEPPER - from head to toe, a real cure-all - OS #8
RED RASPBERRY - Red? Yes. Berry? No. - OS #5
RED ROVER - This is not about anything. - OS #17
REFLEXOLOGY - A treat for your feet - OS #25
RELIGIOUS WAR - oxymoron nonpareil - OS #2
REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN IN IRAQ & THEIR FAMILIES - Too Many Gone, for Nothing - OS #33
ROYAL JELLY - Ho-Hum, or Hum-Bug? - OS #24
RRCANNA ELEVATES FIRST SAINTS - President Dr Donny Picks 'em - OS #33
back to index SADDAM'S REVENGE - Joe Klein in Time - OS #32
SEAWEED - Wrap it around your Sushi In Paradise. - OS #2
SEE ME FEEL ME TOUCH ME HEAL ME - So sue me - OS #32
SELENIUM - It may raise your sperm count, if you are male. - OS #5
SHELLFISH - high-protein brain food - OS #14
SOBA NOODLES - Japanese Soul Food - OS #14
SODIUM NITRITE - prevents botulism, contributes to cancer - OS #14
SOY - Soyburger in Paradise! - OS #22
SPICES - Got herbs in your spice rack? - OS #20
SQUASH - Another Native American - OS #26
STARDUST - More bad poetry from Don Coyote - OS #27
STONING THE PRESIDENT - Mick speaks out. - OS #32
STRESS - It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. - OS #15
STREWING HERBS - Whew! Honey, time to muck out the house! - OS #11
SUGAR CANE - "Guarapo, por favor!" - OS #21
SULFITES - Where's the FDA? In Cozumel, or Hilton Head Island, or... - OS #27
SUSHI - Have it your way. - OS #8
SWEET POTATO - Once and for all: Sweet Potatoes are NOT Yams! - OS #14
back to index TEN YEARS WITH OSCAR - What Won, and What Should Have Won - OS #31
TIENCHI - better than aspirin, but harder to find - OS #8
TIPS FROM DR WEIL - snippets from the Hippy From Harvard - OS #32
TIPS FROM DR WEIL II - Andrew, you da man! - OS #33
TOMATILLO - The AUTHENTIC "Cherry Tomato" - OS #25
TOMATO - lowers your chances of getting prostate cancer - OS #5
TRYPTOPHAN - more crookedness and stupidity from the FDA - OS #2
TURMERIC - Related to Ginger; also, Gilligan and The Skipper - OS #24
TURNIP - A truck? What truck? - OS #26
TYROSINE - Fire up some Dopamine! - OS #11
back to index UGLI FRUIT - It's very hooglie, mon! - OS #8
UMEBOSHI - beloved of Japanese old ladies - OS #5
UNDISCOVERED / UNEXAMINED - Life is worth living! - OS #11
UNPROCESSED FOODS - so good, and so good FOR you - OS #15
USNEA - Anti-Bacterial Lichen - OS #24
UVA-URSI - it's not just for girls - OS #2
back to index VALERIAN - your herbal alternative to Valium, Halcion and Xanax - OS #5
VANILLA - Cortes finds gold in them-thar orchids - OS #2
VEGETABLE SALAD - Try it without the fatty dressing. - OS #17
VEGETABLES IN GENERAL - Mom's Commandment: Eat Your Vegetables! - OS #8
VEGETARIANISM (SEMI) - Undeniably Superior for your Good Health - OS #22
VERONICA - one of the Speedwell girls - OS #16
VERVAIN - Verbena - OS #12
VIAGRA® - Who needs it? - OS #13
VITAMINS - You gettin' any? - OS #11
VOTING - Do it for Uncle Jim - OS #11
back to index WAKAME - Viva-Natural - OS #13
WALKING - "...a genius...for sauntering." ~Thoreau - OS #2
WATER - There is no substitute! - OS #5
WAXED PRODUCE & FRUIT - Danger, Will Robinson! - OS #11
WESTERN CIVILIZATION - Love it or leave it. - OS #17
WESTERN DIET - Fat Americans pig out, get fatter. - OS #8
WHATEVER-THERE-IS SOUP/STEW - Donny's Special Dish - OS #20
WHAT I HEARD ABOUT IRAQ IN 2005 - by Eliot Weinberger - OS #33
WHOLE-GRAIN FOODS - Mikey likes it! Donny and Jonnie, too! - OS #23
WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD? - questionable quotes - OS #28
WICCA - "Good Witches are very beautiful." ~Glynda, to Dorothy - OS #25
WILD MEXICAN YAM - It's Wild! It's Mexican! - OS #26
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND - Get a free umbrella (for $15). - OS #3
back to index YAM - I'd sooner eat cardboard. - OS #8
YARROW - Stop that razor cut, and throw the I Ching. - OS #5
YAUPON - This is not about Walt Whitman. - OS #11
YELLOW DOG DEMOCRATS - Do they care who's running? - OS #3
YERBA MANSA - Southwestern Soggy Bottom Miracle Herb - OS #23
YERBA SANTA - Bronchial Amigo - OS #24
back to index ZEN - Not in my town, you don't! - OS #8
ZINC - A little zinc keeps you in the pink. - OS #3
ZINC OXIDE OINTMENT - popular with beach freaks - OS #11
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