Herb dosages

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If an herb is not doing as much as it needs to do, instead of

increasing the dosage of the herb, one adds another herb to the

formula instead of upping the dose of the first herb. For example, if

the problem is Qi Deficiency, the formula now contains 2 Qi tonic

herbs instead of 1.

 

However, there are clients who will require lower than normal dosages

of herbs and formulas. At least in the beginning. This is a common

occurence with people with CFIDS (Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction

Syndrome.) Not only do PWCs tend to react in unexpected ways to common

prescription drugs and require much lower dosages of those (and do

better on drugs with shorter half-lives than longer half-lives), they

may require lower than normal dosages of certain minerals, vitamins,

and herbs at first until their bodies improve to the point where they

can take the normal dosages.