Prince Charles’ Duchy Originals is about to add herbal remedies to its line-up of expensive “organic” products. In partnership with Nelsons, a major homeopathic manufacturer, the creams, pills and tinctures will be sold by Boots and Waitrose, with profits going to The Prince’s Foundation.
Charles has long been a fan of complementary and alternative medicine. Touring Nelsons’ factory, the Prince apparently lingered over a machine producing the “arnica” product, taken to treat bruising. “This stuff is good,” he remarked.
HRH likes to trumpet his green credentials: he even had his Aston Martin converted to run on red wine. Yet, just this week, it was reported that the “carbon-neutral” Prince Charles flew his two favourite pigs 1,000 miles to be butchered in Italy (apparently he’s a fan of culatello). Professor Johnjoe McFadden, head of molecular genetics at the University of Surrey, said, “Prince Charles, like many wealthy people, has no concept of the hardships of other parts of the world. He wants to retain his rural idyll by telling the poor to eat organic cake while he pours wine into the fuel tank of his sports car.”
Speaking to Nelsons factory workers after his tour, HRH said:
When I was very small, I remember so well my grandmother having her wonderful leather pouch with all these homeopathic glass phials in it. It was such a feature of my life and as I got older I became more and more aware of the effectiveness of homeopathy and indeed of complementary medicine generally.
This man will one day be King. God save us all.
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Just to clarify, were these herbal remedies or homeopathic products? It *seemed* that the Mail article may have been talking about remedies with active ingredients remaining in them, though this wasn’t entirely clear
Good question. From the news reports, it’s not entirely clear (I’ve tweaked my post slightly to take this into account). If I manage to find out anything further, I’ll add it here. Thanks for the query.
It would appear to be homeopathic products that he is adding since he talks about “taking” arnica. Arnica is toxic if ingested at any significant dose - so not a problem in homeopathy (it also has no effect on bruising but, hey, let’s not get picky).
It pains me to defend him in any way but, in fairness, his car does not run on red wine - it runs on biofuel distilled from excess wine production. It is a little “tabloid” to suggest otherwise.
Charles is an ignorant buffoon. It is quite beyond me why we have any need for these parasites at all. They contribute almost nothing and take a huge amount. Still, at least the queen seems fairly inoffensive and shows no sign of abdicating in favour of her idiot child.
If we’re fortunate he may be dumb enough to try to enforce his will on parliament, and we all know what happened last time a King tried to do that!!
Mind you, we could do without the civil war bit in the middle I guess.
Let me get this right, you don’t know if your are talking about homeopathic or herbal medicine, Does this mean you cannot distinguish between the two?
I would suggest you get your facts right before posting your sneers
@Paracelsus (or is it Steve?)
No, it means there was a *possible* mistake in the article - it isn’t clear yet. But I made a change just in case.
Not Paracelsus nor Steve.
My name is irrelevant.
What is relevant is that at the time of writing you did not have knowledge what type of products ‘Dutchy Originals’ are planning to deal in.
I guess your original post was based on the premise of Charlie punting homeopathy, which is not what the news article states. OK so it was a mistake, A mistake that is not acceptable within a website that by its nature derides innacuracies, assumptions, hearsay and false information.
You obviously believe that the news article was in error by stating herbal remedies and herbal tintures, very possible.
Given, you did ammend your post but the post was based on him promoting homeopathy not herbal remedies, it kind of alters the applicability of the post does’nt it?
That’s some smart headgear the Prince is sporting there—stylish and functional. It allows the scalp to breathe. And it can double as an emergency facemask if the Prince is ever suddenly attacked by a swarm of angry bees.
In any case, the original article from the “Daily Mail” refers to the new product line being introduced as “herbal tinctures.” According to the Wikipedia article on “Herbalism,” a tincture is one of a number of different ways in which an herb may be administered. It describes an herbal tincture as an “alcoholic extract” that is “[u]sually obtained by combining 100% pure ethanol (or a mixture of 100% ethanol with water) with the herb. A completed tincture has an ethanol percentage of at least 40-60% (sometimes up to 90%).” So while the firm is described as “a leading British homeopathic manufacturer” in the article, the new products don’t appear to qualify as homeopathic.
Homeopathy is almost certainly absolute nonsense. And it’s perfectly fair and reasonable to raise questions about the efficacy and safety of non-homeopathic herbal products, as well. But it is important not to conflate the two.
Eric,
This loon is a known supporter of homeopathy. We’ll have to wait and see but I bet it’s a Duchy homeopathic treatment. Even if it’s a herbalist thing, it’s still silly - just not as silly.
Not Paracelsus nor Steve, you’re a troll.
From Wasp_Box: “Even if it’s a herbalist thing, it’s still silly–just not as silly.”
I’m inclined to agree with you.
@Wasp_Box
Thanks. I reserve the right to block IP addresses linked to persistent trolls. 195.11.59.55 is one such address.
@ Wasp_Box
‘Arnica is toxic if ingested at any significant dose - so not a problem in homeopathy (it also has no effect on bruising but, hey, let’s not get picky).’
I would tend to agree, as Sesquiterpene lactones take a while to permeate the skin at tincture concentrations, probably too long to reduce visible bruising.
The anti inflammatory and analgesic effects of SL are well documented in clinical studies however.
These would seem to validate the observations from the historical use of Arnica.
I would say that just because it is herbal does not mean care must not be taken in its use, as with any.
Even before the grotesque car phone conversations between HRH and his then concibine were revealed to the world, I suspected his brain was filled with mush. No I am absolutely convinced of it. God save the UK if this unfortunate chap ever becomes the king.
Panic over…….
http://www.duchyoriginals.com/herbals.php
the good thing about herbal remedies is that they do not have side effects.”*`
i like to have some herbal remedies because they do not have bad side effects compared to drugs.”.”