Re: menopause help -oops

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sorry - must be tired, I meant.......... I'm unlikely to use it in dysmenorrhea menorrhagia ;-) Thank you for your post I completely agree with everything you have said. You have voiced very well what I have been trying to say: all experiences are valid, and multiple approaches, even if completely contradictory, can still work. Like you, I am very interested in the basis of other people's experiences, not in order to criticize, but in order to learn about different approaches, and to avoid getting into a rut. However, I will try to be more careful about how I phrase my questions in the future, as I realize how easy it can be to misinterpret a person's meaning when not talking in person.Thank you again, and I think it is time to put this all to bed.Best wishesAineMarieDear Aine, Please don't leave this group. I feel I need to add some comments here since I feel slightly responsible having asked the original question, but generally nowadays try to stay out of any conflict. The whole purpose of this group I believed was to share ideas, protocols, opinions and to offer shared help in our profession. To this end I find it a wonderful source of both information and inspiration. Both of you put forward points in answer to my question that I found incredibly helpful and helped guide me with a different prescription. We MUST feel free to share, question and sometimes even challenge ourselves in what is supposed to be a supportive and safe environment. Everyone's experience is so valid and so vital, and certainly from my point of view - a very precious resource. This line of discussion got quite personal and offensive and to be quite honest on first reading some of the replies I couldn't see where the offence was coming from. I didn't see Aine's questions as an attack or a criticism. To me it was just another viewpoint and something else that made me think "what is my experience with this herb". I frequently have put forward similar questions on other forums because I honestly want to know the basis for some others experience as its completely different from my understanding. I'm certainly not being critical. I don't think it is appropriate for any of us to question someone's right to be on this forum. If you are practising herbal medicine you should be here if you choose. I find its so easy to get into a rut when practising and using pretty much similar protocols all the time. This forum challenges me to "get out of my comfort zone/box" and think differently. The beauty of herbal medicine is that multiple approaches, sometimes completely contradictory, still work. We can't say one is right and one is wrong. It depends on the patient!! We have enough constant external criticism which in the main is out with our control. We don't really need to turn on ourselves too. Can we just agree that two difference approaches work and that when someone questions, they are perhaps hoping to learn or expand their experience rather than criticise. Thank you both very much for your help with this patient. It made me rethink things and have given a different mix. R Dow B.Sc.(Hons)B.A.(Hons), M.Sc.