Wednesday 1 January 2014

PROMISE OF IMMORTALITY

Some time ago on a visit to a Pharmacy (what I still from old habit call the Chemists) I noticed a shelf filled with 'natural remedies' which, on reading the bumf promised relief from all known ailments from baldness via impotence to in-growing toenails.
They had wonderful names which I noted and later arranged in a sort of poem which
is ideal for reading aloud. I usually put the main accent on the first syllable of each line which produces a nice rhythm and a sort of music. I called it;-

PROMISE OF IMMORTALITY (by Frank Bryce)

Borage and liquorice
couch grass and cornsilk
butcher's broom and
devil's claw

Chitosan complex
calendula
agnus castus and
star flower oil

Iron and calcium
zinc and magnesium
chromium, selenium and
golden seal

Elderflower and garlic
buckwheat and ginger
astrogalus and
chamomile

Dandelion and burdock
motherwort and garlick
cod liver oil and
white willow bark

Hyssop, jojoba
eucalyptus, yucca
chasteberry, lemon grass and
juniper oil

Milk thistle, mandarin
vetivert and sesame
black cohosh and
oil of bergamot

Nettle cleavers
uva ursi
royal jelly and
OMEGA 3

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