Senna Experience/ Warning

rosebarnalice
rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
edited September 23 in Health and Weight Loss
I'm a big herb tea drinker (caffeine-free mint and spice blends) , and yesterday afternoon, a friend of mine offered me an herb tea from her collection. About 30 minutes later she texted me an apology that she had inadvertently given me one of her "herbal slimming" tea bags--which is primarily senna leaves.

The warning was too late: I had already consumed the tea full strength, and sure enough about 4 hours later paid dearly for it with serous cramping and diarrhea that lasted the better part of the next 3 hours.

Just a warning!

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  • StarryEyedGirl
    StarryEyedGirl Posts: 585
    wow that was scary! she should keep that tea in a different cabniet! Hope you are feeling better today.
  • 2bFitNTrim
    2bFitNTrim Posts: 1,209 Member
    Oh NO!! That's not the way to slim down, for sure! :noway: Thanks for the warning!
  • Serenity79
    Serenity79 Posts: 81
    Oh, nasty! I don't see how a 'slimming' tea means giving you the runs! Sure it might make you lighter but it's not 'slimming' in my book!
  • daisabelle
    daisabelle Posts: 74 Member
    Slimming tea? That's just another word for laxatives. Senna is in exlax and also senokot which is a 'natural' laxative.
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