[QUOTE] [QUOTE="Ace"] [QUOTE] Lady Nina wrote: News from fracture clinic not good. Top tips for making bones heal please. SWMBO was recommended Cumfrey[1] tea and putting some weight[2] through the affected limb. Also, AIUI NSAID's are bad.[/QUOTE] Never heard any evidence of that. Certainly not accepted medical wisdom. Maybe some old wives know better. [/QUOTE] Well I'm not going to argue with *you* on that topic.[/QUOTE] Oh, you should. i'd hate for people to think that I actually knew what I was talking about. [QUOTE] SWMBO broke here leg about 6 years back, so my memory may be faulty, or I could have just been told crap.[/QUOTE] It would seem that _some_ members of the medical profession think there's something in it, but it could also be that they're just raving sadists who want their patients to feel the full effects of their injuries without pain relief.