Re: St. 's Wort/Kava Kava

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Maybe some of these will help... maybe find a tea..

blue vervain

- relaxes the nerves, produces a feeling of well-being, soothes and allays fevers in virus colds

damiana

- tonic for the nervous system, nervine, general body cleanser, diuretic, aperient, hormonal

spearmint

- soothing to the nerves, stomachic, strengthens the body, helps with cramps and spasms

mistletoe

- will relieve panic attacks headaches, eases anxiety, promotes sleep, effective in epilepsy, convulsions, hysteria, delirium, nervous debility and heart troubles, lessens cerebral excitement

valerian

- nourishing and soothing to the nervous system, useful in hysterics, useful in colic, low fevers, and to break up colds, can serve as a substitute for Valium to overcome addiction, nervine

scullcap

- one of the best nerve tonics, very quieting and soothing to the nerves, good in neuralgia, aches and pains, and many other nervous disorders, useful with drug and alcohol withdrawal, nervine

lady's slipper

- rebuilds a damaged and frayed nerve sheath, excellent for nervous headaches and irritability, helpful in stroke and hysteria, effective nerving for all stress, tension and anxiety states, relaxant

lobelia

- has a beneficial effect on the whole body, powerful relaxant w/many diseases, balances the glands, valuable in stress crisis, herb that is powerful in removing disease and promoting health

cayenne

- stimulant, synergist, used with lobelia it acts as a nervine, anti-bacterial, anti-pyretic, antiseptic

st john's wort

- nervine, sedative, powerful blood purifier, helpful with after pains, good in hysteria and nervous affections, useful for chronic fatigue syndrome and mental burnout, anti-inflammatory

hops flowers

- relaxing and strengthening to the nerves, relaxes tension, relieves anxiety, fast acting nervine, produces sleep, good remedy for toothache and earache, tones the liver, soothes inflammations

wood betony

- acts as a mild sedative to the central nervous system, good for the immune system, excellent for headache, protects against epidemic diseases, excellent for the stomach and for pains in the head SV <shavig@...> wrote:

My mother in law is quite a nervous person. She used to take valium but no longer. However she is on some major drugs for a deteriorating muscle disease. We do not speak of alternative treatments any longer after my father in law exploded and said we were not welcome in the house if we were going to talk about not eating meat and dairy and taking herbs and "weeds" as he says.

Okay, so we don't talk about that but tonight she was telling me how apprehensive she was about an eye procedure she's having tomorrow - catch this - they are INJECTING her eyeball with saline!! Something about equalizing the inside & outside pressure. Now, my question is do you think she could drink St. 's Wort or Kava Kava for some relief from the nervousness?

I know there are some medications that do not mix well with either one of these teas. Any thoughts?

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Shari

If you know the names of the drugs..

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SuziSV <shavig@...> wrote:

Thanks Suzanne, but what I was wondering is if any of these will interfere or cause problems with all the medications she is taking. I remember St. s Wort or Kava Kava had a warning about mixing it with certain medications and I don't remember which ones they were. Probably anti-depressants I'm thinking.

This is a great list, though. It's a keeper.

Shari

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Shoot! I doubt if SHE even knows the names of all the drugs she takes. We're pretty sure she is a walking experiment. Twenty years ago when this all started the doctors shook their head and said "we don't know what's wrong with you, but take this and we'll see what happens." And so goes the story of one pill, shot, procedure after another. I know she's on something called Methlytraxate that is pretty nasty, a "vitamin" D that she can only take once a month it's so dangerous, steroids, now they've cut out 3" of her colon.........need I say more?

Guess maybe I'll tell her to drink warm water with lemon! That sounds pretty safe.

I'm going to check out this website anyway to see if anything rings a bell.

Suzanne you are one super "googler" for this group!

Shari

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This discussion reminds me of something that I did

about 3 weeks ago that made me so angry I was " not fit

for human consumption " for several days.

We were cleaning house, and in our kitchen cabinet was

a plethora of perscriptions from many years ago that I

was perscribed for various stomach problems (before I

learned a more natural way of dealing with these

issues).

On a lark, I went on line to see what these meds were.

There were a couple dozen of them. The majority had

side effects including but not limited to liver

damage, and a great many had warnings not to use with

a great many others that I was perscribed. And the

dosages were of life threatening levels. No wonder I

almost died a couple of times, was hospitalized

several times, had to have surgery, the works.

I was going to sue for malpractice, but being on

MediCal, our rights to were automatically " waived " . At

this point, it would be wasted energy anyway.

Needless to say, I am no fan of perscription meds and

the mindset that goes along with them.

Peace, love, laughter

--- SV <shavig@...> wrote:

> Shoot! I doubt if SHE even knows the names of all

> the drugs she takes. We're pretty sure she is a

> walking experiment.

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