RLS: Supplements/June

November 12, 1998

June and Group,

Since you've been in the group, June, have we said anything about Tension

Tamer tea? Sometimes people refer to it as " Jill's tea " just because I

pushed it so much for a while. Others get tired of hearing about it and

have probably already hit their DELETE key. But I still love it, and

several people have found it helpful. Several people tried my favorite

jasmine candle, too, and not a single one liked it. One person sent the

candle back to me and said, " YOU use it! Yeeech! " So, it's a pretty honest

bunch. LOL

Anyhow...this tea is made by Celestial Seasonings. I recommend a strong

brew of it. I put two bags in 3 cups hot water and leave the bags in there

while you slowly drink it....usually over a 15 minute period. The last

swallow or two are pretty strong. I use Equal with it. It's VERY calming.

I find it works best when I wake up in the middle of the night with RLS.

One cup of tea and about 20 minutes on the computer...and I go right back

to bed. I've heard one person say that too much of it worked the opposite

for him...but just the one big cup worked great.

ALSO...Celestial Seasonings makes supplements, now. There are pill forms of

the Tension Tamer tea. BUT..big warning! You have to read the labels.

There are actually THREE different Tension Tamer supplements. It's like

buying Benadryl. You have to read the label and see if you're getting the

antihistamine, the decongestant, or the combo. With the Tension Tamer

supplements, there's the Unique formula (which has St. 's Wort, Kava

Kava, and chamomile), then there's the Advanced Formula, and then the

Ultimate formula. I use the Ultimate formula...but it doesn't have the St.

's wort. Each one is a little different. I haven't seen them on the

shelves in health food stores, yet. BUT, our local health food store

ordered it for me from Celestial Seasonings and had it here in a few days.

Another way to get info on it and order is to go to the Celestial

you get to the site, look at the list on the left and click on " Herbal

Supplements " .

(If anyone does not have Web access and wants more info on the products or

a number to call, let me know. I have some of the info off the web site

saved from an email I sent to someone else.)

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