Depression

January 5, 2006

Dear Diana,

St. Johns Wort actually has limited workability with depression and is more or less an ineffective bandaid that some have had some success with, but without uniformity.

I'd like to suggest that you connect up with a Naturopath in your area (where do you live in Michigan?) who you can work with directly. The other solution would be to go through all your symptoms, handlings to date, diet, lifestyle, and interpersonal relations here on list. As is the case with many other disorders, a complete analysis should be done to determine the "Cause" behind this major symptom of "depression". It is afterall only a symptom of some underlying condition. The Psychs would have us believe that depression is the condition. It is not. It too is a symptom, albeit a rather complex one.

I'm going to list below many of the things that could "CAUSE" depression or at the least be a contributing factor. This list is far from complete, but it does include the main CAUSES behind this debility.

1. Acidosis (Acid / Alkaline ratio outa whack on the acid side of the scale)

2. Hormonal Imbalance (Hormones outa whack due to diet and eating far too many commercial meat products)

3. Toxic Relationship (A spouse or other family member that is abusive either mentally, or physically (or both) who is constantly putting you down by personally invalidating you and / or constantly evaluating for you. This is the kind of person who is constantly tearing others down and specializes in making less of others)

4. Malnutrition (A bad diet that is truly low in good nutritious content is the cause behing just about every symptom of every disease out there)

5. Drugs (both Street Drugs and Pharmaceutical Drugs can actually CAUSE depression. The worse are the Psychotropic Psychiatric Drugs)

6. Environment (Living in an area where there is High Tension Wires, Toxic Landfill material, Pollution, Fluoridated Water, Genetically Modified Crops, Herbacides and Pesticides, etc, etc.) These are all contributing factors

As I said, this list is far from complete and others are welcome to add to it.

Probably the top 4 contributing factors in the most important order are: #3, #1, #4, & #2.

In the past I've worked with patients who had all 4 factors fully kicked in. Actually, I've had patients who had all 6 of the above in play.

You have to look for causes here, not just another bandaid be it herbal or whatever.

The best herb to handle HBP and high cholesterol is Garlic. It just don't get no better. ;-)

There is no such thing as an allergy to Echinacea, and I also strongy doubt any possible allergy to Chamomile. What you are experiencing when you take these is DETOX. If you were my patient, I'd jump for joy in hearing this as I now know we have a tool to help you to permanently resolve your physical problems. The solution is to take a smaller quantity of these and find your comfort level dosage, and then start working up from there. Try a "drop" of Echinacea Tincture on your tongue and gradually increase the dosage from there.

Make absolutely sure your Echinacea is 100% top notch from a source you trust!!!!!!!!!!

Do NOT use the inferior crap being sold at GNC. This is not a healthfood store. It is a pharmaceutical outlet owned by Big Pharma who is trying to capitalize on the Herbal movement = 100 JUNK!!!!!

Hope this helps.

In Health and Love,

Doc

Doc Shillington727-447-5282Doc

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Diana Pederson

herbal_Remedies

Thursday, December 29, 2005 2:38 PM

Herbal Remedies - Need recommendations for depression

Hi Doc:

I need to know what besides St. Johns Wort I should be taking for depression? Have given up effexor-xr completely but still need something to take the edge off the depression.

I am also wondering which herb would help best with high cholesterol and high blood pressure?

My goal is to go herbal as much as possible and get off of as many prescriptions as possible.

DUE TO ALLERGIES: I cannot take echinacea or chamomile.

Diana PedersonMichigan