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Hi folks:

 

I have heard that Chamomile is another alt treatment for depression

and anxiety. Supposedly it contains a good amount of tryptophan. Can

anybody explain the mechanisms of how chamomile works, further?

Thanks

 

James

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Tryptophan is an animal substance -- have not heard of it in any plant.

It's present in milk.

 

Chamomile is a known relaxant. So sometimes depressed people will find it

helpful, since by getting relaxed a bit it becomes easier to be part of the

immediate environment, instead of being a little ball cut off from

everything else.

 

Traditionally, it is used to aid sleep, to calm children down, and to help

open up any respiratory system congestion.

 

Come to think of it a few times in my life, i've been seriously stuffed up

with no relief, and that's depressing.

 

My best success with depression comes after viewing it as a spiritual, not a

physical phenomenon. One can get relief from depression with good nutrition

in general, especially including the B vitamins. But even after that,

depression can come back. When it gets handled on a spiritual level, it

still may come back, but when a person sees the origin of depressions they

don't have such a bad effect any more.

 

Thanks to some training, i can now trace any episode of depression to a

particular person. In each case, a person will put out something in my

direction, that would make me feel hopeless if i truly believed it. Then,

it is my responsibility to see that i don't compromise my beliefs with

something that came from outside. There is a lot to this, of course,

including the source of the training, which will only be disclosed to those

who inquire privately.

 

At 06:39 AM 2/25/02 -0000, you wrote:

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>Hi folks:

>

>I have heard that Chamomile is another alt treatment for depression

>and anxiety. Supposedly it contains a good amount of tryptophan. Can

>anybody explain the mechanisms of how chamomile works, further?

>Thanks

>

>James

>

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