Scrooge's Nutmeg Tea Addiction: The Unofficial Explanation

[Danehog@aol.com]

Madame82 wrote:

> ~~~~~~ Nutmeg WARNING page; READ:
> http://www.personalhealthzone.com/herbal_medicine/side_effects/nutmeg_side_ef
> fects.html
> 
> I'm sorry if this is too off topic!

Interesting! I was never much of a tea fan, but I should try a batch of 
nutmeg tea just to experience its plethora of potentially damaging side effects. 
Maybe it explains a lot of Scrooge's behavior and/or money-related neurosis?

According to the mentioned Web site:

"Taking too much nutmeg can cause hallucinations."

It's official: All that money ISN'T REALLY THERE.

"High dosage can cause bizarre behavior and visual, auditory, and tactile 
hallucinations along with nausea, gagging, hot/cold sensations, and blurred 
vision followed by numbness, double, and 'triple' vision, headache, and 
drowsiness."    

That would explain the large batch of "mischaracterized" Scrooge incidents in 
"DuckTales."

"An overdose of nutmeg can be fatal."

The REAL reason a "Death of Scrooge" story will never see print!

"High dosage can cause bizarre behavior and visual, auditory, and tactile 
hallucinations along with nausea, gagging, hot/cold sensations, and blurred 
vision followed by numbness, double, and 'triple' vision, headache, and 
drowsiness."    

Ye cats and little kittens!

"Nutmeg contains several compounds with structural similarities to substances 
with known central nervous system neuromodulatory activity."

Ah-HA!

"A case of acute anticholinergic hyperstimulation in a pregnant woman was 
associated with excessive ingestion of nutmeg."

Does nutmeg-addiction run in the family? Does this have "HDL explanation" 
written all over it?

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~*OchaGirl*~ 

Ocha wa dame desu-yo! <== Most likely horribly wrong.

Please don't hate me for this ultimately pointless addition to DCML.
-- 
Dane
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