[MR] Dose Control wasRe: Herbal Remedies

[Becky McEllistrem]

Dose control is a very important point which isn't mentioned often.  Going the herbal remedy route is best if you can read suggested books mentioned in previous messages and some online links to get a summary of opinions about dose control.

I think the whole Tylenol thing is helping to remind us about the seriousness of dose control.  Way too many people think they're too tough to follow prescribed amounts etc.

I don't know if this was mentioned but the MOAS site has A&S links that include herbal links which might be useful.  Surfing for a variety of links and and forming opinions about dosage etc after reading at least 3 opinions (preferably 5 if I have the time) is my approach for starting anything new.

Rebecca

--- On Fri, 10/23/09, David Chessler <chessler at usa.net> wrote:

> From: David Chessler <chessler at usa.net>
> Subject: Re: [MR] Herbal Remedies
> To: "Geffrei Maudelyene" <geffrei at triad.rr.com>, "Merry Rose" <Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Date: Friday, October 23, 2009, 3:56 PM
> 
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> Received: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:39:04 PM EDT
> From: "Geffrei Maudelyene" <geffrei at triad.rr.com>
> To: "Merry Rose" <Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Subject: Re: [MR] Herbal Remedies
> 
> > While it has been used in my immediate family for
> years, clove oil for
> > earaches does work for me. It is the ingredient in
> some toothache medicines
> > as the binder for temporary fillings (different name
> listed on box that I
> > can't spell at this moment.).
> > 
> > However, it falls in the aspirin family and my doctor
> asked me if I was
> > allergic to aspirin when we last discussed herbal
> stuff I might be taking.
> > Yes, I discuss all herbal stuff with my very open
> minded doctor. I am on
> way
> > too many medications not to.
>  
> Eugenol is the active ingredient in clove oil. It is still
> used in that form
> (refined, factory made) for toothache. (I have packed lost
> fillings with
> cotton soaked in eugenol, and it works. There are OTC
> toothache kits that
> consist of a gum mixed with eugenol.) There are many herbal
> ingredients that
> are safe if used "correctly". Oil of Primrose was recently
> banned for INTERNAL
> use by the FDA, but is still sold and used for external
> use.
> 
> A serious problem with herbal medicines is 'dose control."
> The active
> ingredient may be safe and effective, but the concentration
> can depend on
> growing conditions, variety, and the part of the plant.
> People of my
> generation will have heard that Marijuana grown in hot, dry
> climates is
> stronger. Similarly, you get better wine from grapes grown
> on poor, gravelly
> (well-drained) soils, and if there is not a lot of rain
> late in the growing
> season. 
> 
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> 
> YIS
> 
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> Storvik (rapier)
> Roxbury Mill (other things) 
> 
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