YESTERDAY'S MAIN STORY about the effects (good or bad) of roots potions goes deeper than simply whether or not a particular brew does what it is supposed to.
The roots of 'roots drinks' go deep into our mental state, specifically the male mental state at that critical moment, and this is reflected in many of the names that are given to the drinks.
As reported yesterday, 'Front End Lifter' and 'Higher Level' are two of these drinks which are intended to prop up men when they are called on to perform.
Belief kills and belief cures, as the popular saying goes, and certainly belief lifts and belief falls. It is this belief which is the source of many a contribution to a wealthy person, obeah workers and pastors included, and those who make the contributions would be well advised to question if their beliefs are well-founded or not.
Still, before there were manufactured medications, there were plants and there are those who know just what does what, good or bad. We should not forget that the researchers at the University of the West Indies who have located the ingredient in marijuana which helps those with glaucoma did not come up with the idea all by themselves. They benefited from the informal research of fishermen who knew that smoking marijuana improved their night vision.
So when these herbs are properly analysed and individual items isolated, chances are there will be some great name brand medication which has its roots in roots.
We can only hope that it will be credited to Jamaicans.
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