when a pharmacy student is bored with health promotion

Herbalism is a topic you don’t want to mess with. I am messing with it. Due to freaking monotonous herbs name, I aim to make sentences out of herbs names and their treatments. Just humour me. I am bored out of my mind.@_@

Here goes:

For preparation for exams, it is best recommended to take herbs to ease anxiety by eating st john’s wort.

If a student has constipation problems, senna, rhubard and aloes are recommended. So student do not have to waste time going to toilet and be stuck there for some time. The time is better spent looking constipated over health promotion book.

Opium, and greater celandine are recommended for coughs but it is not recommended for students to take opium. If taken in large doses, students may get too high and become intoxicated.then no need to take exams.

If the student gets overanxious and end up having diarrhoea during exams (opposite of constipation where too much shit comes out), no fear. It can be treated by eating bilberry and blackcurrant.

Having digestive problems? Chamomile, peppermint, and lemon balm will be there to solve your problems!!! People need to eat to get energy. Same like students who need to eat for their brains to function properly.

Body gets weak when exams are looming. Normal cold medicines cannot be taken by students as it will make the mind drowsy therefore unsuitable for studying. Herbal treatments such as Echinacea, elder flower, blackcurrant, garlic, rose are recommended for influenza and colds. So students still can study while treating their flus!!!

Every student nightmare is forgetting a drug’s name in exam hall but only to recall it after finishing the exam. That’s why it is recommended for students to eat ginkgo biloba. It’s good for memories and it’s proven to help with dementia.

In case one get migraine over studying, have no fear, fever few is there to help! (I can so become one of slogan writers for herbs=) teeheehehe it rhymes!!!).

I don’t think rheumatics applied to students. However it can be cured by dandelion and nettle. Rheumatics is for joint pains rite???rite?rite?ok I am screwed.

Students having exams need to sleep. Sleep is the only way a student can relax after intense studying (last minute, burn midnight oil, whatever). It is so not cool to get insomnia during exam period. Chamomilla, hops, lemon balm, valerian are used as sedatives and sleep inducers for those restless people who couldn’t have a good night sleep.

Of course not forgetting GINSENG which is a tonic to revive a tired body and mind. A must for every students! And expensive also

That’s all for health promotion! Thank you thank you. Applause please! ^^

From homeopathy…(I know I know I jump here and there)

Students are advised to take aconite before taking exam results. It is used to relieve anxiety, distress and fear (almost terror). Taken before and after receiving bad news. If good news, don’t take aconite afterwards. If bad news, take more ;)

Argent nit is used to for feelings of fear and nervousness (but not terror…ermmm dun understand this) especially of anticipatory nature [looming exams]. So students need to take this to soothe exam nerves that often comes with gastro intestinal symptoms (often diarrhoea and insomnia) a very very useful name to learn especially it sound so harry potter-ish.haha.

Health promotion is certainly useful in helping students know what they can take when they are having exams but it is not FUN to study it. Thanks for adding to the load of stuff a pharmacy student need to know. I can’t believe I just wrote all these stuff!