Ancient Greek Pill-Poppers Dosed Themselves With Carrots and Yarrow

Discover magazine 'blogs ^ | September 10th, 2010 | Joseph Calamia

[SunkenCiv]

Dang, couldn’t ya get any AMERICAN grown yarrow? ;’)

[GeronL]

Carrot Tops real dad was a veggie??

[GeronL]

Carrots&Yarrow were upstaged by Hall & Oats

[GeronL]

The stage musical Cats was also a hit back in the Roman Empire. The audience threw carrots and yarrow no doubt.

[goseminoles]

“I still have no clue what Yarrow is, lol.”

I’m just hoping I don’t wake up too hung over tom-yarrow... LOL!!

[GeronL]

Are you yarrow-minded?

[goseminoles]

“Are you yarrow-minded?”

I’m not so yarrow minded that I just heard Hannity blame TARP on Obama. Sorry to change the subject. Yarrow with me? Must have been a slip...

[GeronL]

yar

TARP was that idiotic thing that helped turn off the GOP base for the last election.

Them thar RINO’s.

[goseminoles]

Ok. If this thread hits 50 posts, you know Koran burning is getting old. :o)

[GeronL]

The next controversy is a parody rock song called “Burning down the Mosque”

[goseminoles]

“The next controversy is a parody rock song called ?Burning down the Mosque”

That’s so 80’s....

I think tom-yarrow, some books will be burned, and I hope those people that do get there jollies... We have bigger fish to fry. Like Ahmed-al-Ja-yarrow. He’s a pussy. LOL!!

[GeronL]

lol.

[goseminoles]

Yeah, I was stretching that as far as it will go... ;o)

[GeronL]

Yar!

[Tainan]

Sounds like a pretty good & healthy combination to me. Looks to be good for circulation, the liver, a slight urinary stimulant and a mild detox effect. Also looks like it would benefit digestion of food and providing support for the immune system.

I'd put it in a blender with some water and ice cubes...MMmmm!

[Pelham]

“and carrot-as described by Pedanius Dioscorides, a pharmacologist in Rome-was thought to ward off reptiles”

Solving the mystery of why we never see serpents and carrots together.

[SuzyQue]

Good point. I had been wondering about that just this morning.

[SunkenCiv]

Probably the carrots drove the serpents out of Ireland.

[wildbill]

I don’t need to keep my eyes on the yarrow. God does that for reasons only SHe knows.

[wildbill]

It’s entirely possible that a pill combining yarrow and carrot was designed to enhance erectile function similar to modern day Viagra.

“Yarrow was meant to slow blood coming from a wound, and carrot-as described by Pedanius Dioscorides, a pharmacologist in Rome-was thought to ward off reptiles and aid in conception.”

“Slowing blood” might concentrate blood in the affected organ and the objective of aiding in conception can easily be connected to erectile properties.

And we know that ancient peoples often made a connection between the visual properties of a plant or animal and a therapeutical use for Man.

BEHOLD THE CARROT!