Long term use of Brahmi and other herbs

[Guest guest]

Hi,

 

My son is 23 months and is not talking yet.

How old is your son? And how did the Brahmi and Aswagandha help?

I was thinking of starting my son on those as well. How did you buy

these? Online?

Please respond.

 

Thanks.

 

ayurveda, "mom2kuts" <mom2kuts>

wrote:

> I am giving Brahmi, Aswagandha (himalaya brand) to my son who has

some speech delays and is diagnosed with Autism. He is taking them for the past

4 months and has shown some good improvements.

[Guest guest]

Himalaya products have been found to have heavy metal contaminations.

I would find a good source of herbs that do good quality control

testing before you give the herbs do your child long term. If the herb

is full of lead or mercury, you may end up doing more long term harm

than good.

 

Malini

> ayurveda, "mom2kuts" <mom2kuts>

> wrote:

> > I am giving Brahmi, Aswagandha (himalaya brand) to my son who has

> some speech delays and is diagnosed with Autism. He is taking them

for the past 4 months and has shown some good improvements.

[Guest guest]

Stores like Whole-foods have these drugs, but they are

incredibly expensive.

 

If you have an Indian-grocery store, sometimes they

can special order it for you. Both Dabur and

Baidyanath, the leading ayur. providers in Bombay send

a fair stock to the US and this is accessible for the

common herbs like Triphala churan, guggal, brahmi,

ashwagandha, etc in the Indian stores. They are

frequently used by a lot of Indian parents I know,

even as daily supplements, since they always

strengthen and aren't always "need" specific.

 

--- malinik74 <malinik74 wrote:

 

> Himalaya products have been found to have heavy

> metal contaminations.

> I would find a good source of herbs that do good

> quality control

> testing before you give the herbs do your child long

> term.