At 03:12 PM 6/18/98 -0500, Patti Jobe wrote: >correction! Ephedra is NOT one of the ingredients of Phen-Fen, you're >confusing it with Phentermine, which also has not been banned, it was the >'combination' that was banned. >[snip] > Correction to all...(final one, okay?) Ephedra is a part of the HERBAL supplement Diet Phen, Super Diet Pep and about 20 muscle building HERBAL supplments. It is also included in natural asthma supplements and helps open up the airways in the lungs. We could go on forever with this one, but now that that has cleared the air, let's get back to good old Mormon pioneers. I haven't ever heard a story that says one of the Native Americans or the Pioneers who partook of this tea died from it. I think that our ancestors had enough sense, like the rest of us, to watch out for the amounts of anything they drank or ate. The original thread on this was wonderful and fun and informative. Anybody have a pioneer they are looking for and trying to find a story on? Terri