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SpiDer_AnGeL
July 30th, 2001, 08:07 PM
Does anyone know like an herbal,or anything, that helps ease depression??? If anyone does it would be of GREAT help to me! thanx and Blessed Be-
Araņa
Yvonne Belisle
July 30th, 2001, 08:16 PM
There is a thread on that around here somewhere I'll look for it and bump it up.
SpiDer_AnGeL
July 30th, 2001, 08:21 PM
Thanx! I greatly appreciate it!
the herbwitch
July 31st, 2001, 01:29 AM
Especially magnesium and B-Complex.

Please be careful with those herbs!

Once I ingested some Wormwood because I read on the 'net that it helped mentral cramps, well it did. But then I read in another book that it builds up in your system and can be quite fatal. Yikes.

Sometimes I live and learn the hard way...wait a minute, not just sometimes! lol
Love,
the herbwitch
EasternPriest
July 31st, 2001, 02:16 AM
Wormwood can be fatal. that's why the drink made from it, absinthe, is illegal.
Socharis
July 31st, 2001, 03:03 AM
Originally posted by EasternPriest
Wormwood can be fatal. that's why the drink made from it, absinthe, is illegal.

In the UK Absinth is not legal as of last year.
Mairwen
July 31st, 2001, 09:39 AM
Originally posted by EasternPriest
Wormwood can be fatal. that's why the drink made from it, absinthe, is illegal.

It is thought that the build up in the body of wormwood overtime caused people to go insane ~ and since one of the major components of absinthe is wormwood ... Come to find out (and I've researched this), people who drank absinthe were mostly alcoholics or already had psychological problems. That's why they were classified as insane.
Mairwen
July 31st, 2001, 09:40 AM
Originally posted by Socharis
In the UK Absinth is not legal as of last year.

I read an article in the cooking magazine Saveur a couple of years ago about French Pastise (sp??). It sounds loverly!
Sage Witch
August 2nd, 2001, 12:43 PM
Saint John's Wort is supposed to be. Personally I'd hit the library and find a good medicinal herbal and check everything out before you start using it.
stormyray
August 4th, 2001, 12:32 PM
Originally posted by Sage Witch
Saint John's Wort is supposed to be.

Be careful with this my mother was on it and was going up for major surgery and they had to put it off two week because she was taking st john wart . I cant rember why they did it but I know that she couldnt start taking again for a few weeks after.
EasternPriest
August 4th, 2001, 01:47 PM
Originally posted by stormyray


Be careful with this my mother was on it and was going up for major surgery and they had to put it off two week because she was taking st john wart . I cant rember why they did it but I know that she couldnt start taking again for a few weeks after.

The reason why she had to go off of the ST. John's Wort, is that it can cause bleeding problems when you are having surgery.
EasternPriest
August 4th, 2001, 01:48 PM
Originally posted by Sage Witch
Saint John's Wort is supposed to be. Personally I'd hit the library and find a good medicinal herbal and check everything out before you start using it.

From what I have read, many people benefit from kava kava, and there are fewer side effects to it. Tyler's Honest Herbal is a good reference.