Mixing Chinese herbs or herbs in general

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Hi everyone,

 

Today I began taking Shu Gan Pian which is imported from China for my

liver qi stagnation. I was so glad to get my delivery last night.

I am making sure to take it on an empty stomach either an hour before

a meal or at least three hours after one.

 

I'm looking forward to getting a good night's sleep, hopefully sooner

rather than later, but I'm also not sure about my perimenopausal

symptoms. Should I be leaving the Dong Quai and the Astragalus and

the other herbs I take for energy (remember I've had adrenal

problems) on the shelf while I take my Shu Gan Pian? The dosage I'm

taking (following the directions I was given) will have me taking it

for 45 days.

 

I'm also making sure to drink a lot of water, eat mindfully (when I

can--not as much as I would like but I'm trying), and have faith this

will help me.

 

Anything else I need to know from those in the know?

 

Thanks.

 

Charlotte

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On Jan 25, 2008 12:53 PM, chfitzwilliam <chfitzwilliam wrote:

 

> Should I be leaving the Dong Quai and the Astragalus and

> the other herbs I take for energy (remember I've had adrenal

> problems) on the shelf while I take my Shu Gan Pian? The dosage I'm

> taking (following the directions I was given) will have me taking it

> for 45 days.

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm not sure which brand of formula of Shu Gan Pian you have, but many

actually have Dang Gui (Dong Quai) in them already. Dang Gui is very

resonant with Shu Gan Pian's therapeutic goals so that herb will not be a

problem. As for the Astragalus, I don't see any problem with this overall.

If part of your issue is sort of a cousin of Liver Qi stagnation called

" Liver Yang Rising " , then the Astragalus (Huang Qi) might be best avoided

for now. Liver Yang Rising is kind of like being emotionally hypersensitive,

but with symptoms in the head such as red eyes, headache, migraines, that

kind of thing. As for some weird interaction causing unforeseen

side-effects, I don't see that taking place here.

 

I'm also making sure to drink a lot of water, eat mindfully (when I

> can--not as much as I would like but I'm trying), and have faith this

> will help me.

>

 

 

 

 

 

You'd be hard pressed to find a single TCM practitioner in China who

advocates drinking more water than your thirst naturally asks for. (At least

I never ran into one) and I'm on that page too. Drink when you're thirsty.

The body is really good at telling you when to drink with this really great

mechanism that has served our evolutionary process called " thirst " . We have

honored that instinct through the ages and it always worked well for our

species up until this point. Diabetics who urinate a lot are the people who

were tested in the 70's where that research came up with this thing about

drinking 8 glasses of water per day. I don't think that this really applies

to the general population, contrary to conventional wisdom even within the

medical community. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

 

Eating mindfully is good, doing *everything* mindfully is great. Nothing

wrong with that at all !

 

Faith is good for general shen, but not really required for the shu gan pian

to work. Still, faith is helpful for some, I got not problem with that.

 

Hope your Gan (Liver) is soon Shu (Relaxed).

 

--

, DAOM

Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.