Melatonin: What is it? Is it Safe to Take?

For a time, there was an ad that ran pretty frequently on daytime television for a book called, “The Doctors Book of Home Remedies,” and as a curious kid, I have to admit, I was enthralled.

Use butter on a burn!

Quiet a colicky baby by running the vacuum cleaner!

Swallow a teaspoon of sugar to stop the hiccups!

Bee sting? Use aspirin!

One of the big selling points of cures from books like these is that they’re “natural” solutions. We’re not taking some lab designed chemical to solve the problem. We’re using something that’s readily available in nature. Natural is usually considered to be safe among much of the population.

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