Posted by Larry Hoover on June 6, 2006, at 8:52:17
In reply to I'm seeing a medical herbalist- what to expect?, posted by Meri-Tuuli on May 23, 2006, at 13:45:38
> I'm hoping that I'd be able to get some treatment for depression. I'm not taking anything right now, except some fish oil and multivitamins/minerals.
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> I'm hoping that they'd be able to tell me if I can combine some various herbs that I'm interested in - namely gingko, SJW and perhaps rhodiola.What do you need an herbalist for? You've laid out the foundation for self-experimentation, right there. Just get good products, to begin with.
Pick one herb. Titrate that dose. Then slowly introduce one of the others. That's when you start low, and go slow. Interactions can sneak up on you. How do you catch a unique rabbit? You neak up on him.
I wouldn't overplan.
Just start the experiment, and we'll walk through it with you.
Lar
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