Category: Oddities

Both of us began sniffling and sneezing in early October, long after the outdoor flowers faded away, and finally remembered to check the Mother In Law’s Tongue:

It’s that time of the year again: we’re both wildly allergic to a houseplant with weird flowers. Even after cutting the stalk off and deporting it outdoors, we’re still sniffly.

The blossoms produce so much nectar that the droplets near the base of each flower eventually fall off, making a mess on the floor if the stalk tilts over far enough.

We kept it when we helped Mom move out of the Ancestral House, long ago, and it’s still going strong.

I left a time-release melatonin pill in water for a day:

Perhaps an acidic environment would be more to its taste?

Here’s another pill after a day in vinegar:

In both cases, poking the somewhat dissolved pill separated it into gummy chunks, so it’s probably working as designed. I suppose the usual stomach churning would help.

This being a quack nostrum, there’s no way to tell what’s inside or how much you’re getting, but I didn’t expect to get way more B6 than you’d expect from the large print on the label. Lesson: always read the fine print, no matter how well it’s concealed.

0/10 – would not buy again.

As before, the results do not differ significantly from placebo, so this is a triumph of hope over experience.