Peppermint Poison

I ran out of my regular green tea, and had an unopened box of peppermint tea, so I decided to give it a try.

Being a tea-aholic, I consumed this new and delicious tea at a rate of 2 to 4 cups (or more!) every single evening for 2 solid weeks.

Fortunately, I was tired of it.

Unfortunately, too late.

Several days after I stopped consuming peppermint tea I began to feel unwell.  Nothing specific, just nausea.

Then I got a terrible yeast infection, and that same evening, FIRE!

My feet burned like hot coals were inside my cells.  Then my hands.   Shooting flames up and down my arms and the inside of my legs!

It spread to my face and my ears.  I was a red hot chili pepper!  I looked like a flaming tomato!

I had all kinds of blood work done, my body was in distress, blood pressure skyrocketed.  It seemed as if I had consumed something toxic.  But what?

I wracked my brains until I remembered the peppermint tea.  Tea??

Sure enough, when I consulted Doctor Google, there it was, peppermint is bad stuff in high doses.  It’s the menthol in it.  Mint is cool.  Pepper, damn hot!

It has now garnered me the nickname of Peppermint Patty.

Could be a lot worse.

I’ll recover.

One Reply to “Peppermint Poison”

  1. Hey Pat! That’s terrible! I sure hope you went to your doctor and not just google. I can’t imagine the way you must have (or still are ) suffered. Who would have thought a few cups of tea could cause so much agony?
    Maybe you should try beer? It never caused me any physical agony. Well, maybe some but it was usually gone by noon. Emotional agony is a different story.
    Sorry. I’m not trying to make light of your dilemma. I hope you are on the road to recovery

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