Thanks for your post! I've gone to the site and read her testimony. It sounds positive. It is probably best to take herbs in a tincture form made yourself or from an experienced herbalist, as you never know what's in the stuff you buy from a shop (my herbalist has warned me about extracted forms). My friend got hers from GNC. I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with it, just that you may not know exactly what's in there or how you may react. She may have had a bad reaction because her liver couldn't handle it. Unfortunately, I can't broach the subject (i.e. Liver Cleansing) with her. Her condition (if she really has it) is a very serious one (your veins burst and eventually you die slowly).
At the moment I'm having a terrible sore throat with laryngitis, which is very unusual for me. I've been taking some echinecea tincture straight but so far with no effect (but I had to miss taking it this weekend). It worked last time I had this though, which was last month, but this gets me on the subject of hot and cold showering so I'll leave that for now.