Sawbones: Mamajuana

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

Justin McElroy

Medical History, Health & Fitness, History, Medicine, Comedy, Sawbones

4.8 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

One of the national drinks of the Dominican Republic, Mamajuana has a long history as an enjoyed alcoholic beverage . . . and a medicine. Dr. Sydnee and Justin go over the backstories of this beverage and the various medicinal properties it has reportedly held. For more about the history of Mamajuana and how to use it in cocktails, check out Neat: The Boozecast: https://on.soundcloud.com/71Rxg Music: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/

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0:00.0	Sawbones is a show about medical history, and nothing the hosts say should be taken as medical advice or opinion.
0:07.0	It's for fun. Can't you just have fun for an hour and not try to diagnose your mystery boil?
0:14.0	We think you've earned it. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy a moment of distraction from that weird growth.
0:22.0	You're worth it.
0:25.0	Alright, time is about to books. One, two, one, two, three, four.
0:34.0	We came across a pharmacy with a toy and that's lost it out. We pushed on through the broken glass and had ourselves a look around the medicines, the medicines that escalate my cop for the mouth.
1:02.0	Hello, everybody and welcome to Sawbones, a Marital Tour of Miscotted Medicine. I'm your co-host, Justin McElroy.
1:12.0	And I'm Sydney McElroy. Justin, I just want to thank you in front of our entire audience for getting my car inspected and clean today.
1:20.0	You're welcome, sweetheart. I really appreciate it. It's the least I can do.
1:26.0	I will admit that I have an affinity for waiting in rooms while something is happening to like my car or whatever.
1:37.0	I like when someone's like, just sit here for a while. You know what I mean? And it will be done eventually, but I like that. There's like nothing you can do and they have your cars you can't leave. So it's pretty chill. I like that. I don't mind it.
1:51.0	Well, I appreciate it. I got to have lunch with a friend. Yeah, lunch with a friend.
1:56.0	Yeah. You are delightful. I know. So I just wanted to thank you publicly.
2:01.0	My pleasure. Yeah. Do you know what we're talking about this week?
2:06.0	I do, Sydney, but only because you shared the notes with me.
2:08.0	Oh, okay. We tried something new recently. A beverage.
2:15.0	Oh, okay. Sorry. I thought you were talking about our co-partnership, our cross branded commercial episode, which is also new.
2:24.0	So this in this episode, we're going to be talking about an alcoholic beverage.
2:29.0	Mama Wana. Mama Wana.
2:32.0	And because it is also a medicinal beverage.
2:36.0	But because it is also, as I've stated previously, an alcoholic beverage,
2:41.0	this is sort of a crossover of sorts with a neat the booze cast,
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