Re: Barberry Capsules has anyone tried them?

[Guest guest]

Steph,

I bought these for ds, but could never get them down him they are

very yucky. We don't swallow caps here so everything has to go into

a drink.

But, the reason i bought them was to replace a herbal tincture

containing the same stuff that i had been buying in from the US.

This at the time was working brilliantly for my ds constipation.

For quite a long period it was the only thing i had to use to get

him going, so i would recommend this IMO as a good constipation

remedy, well worth trying.

Unfortunately, as with alot of things we have tried, ds gut became

used to this remedy and it stopped being effective, ho-humm.

Oxypowder is what is working here at present.

hth, Nikki

ps also meant to post earlier about our experiences with school

taxis and bad behaviour from son. We had something similar to you,

but i think much worse in our case as ds got chucked off two taxi

runs for bad behaviour, i had to take him to school for a while as

no one wanted to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He now has a large minibus all to himself with a male escort and

driver and is as happy as larry. I specified this provision to

releave his anxiety of being in close proximity to other kids he did

not like!!!

BUT, also whilst taking him myself, we treated him for bad bacteria

in the gut, and BINGO happy kid again :+)) This i think was the main

reason for his behaviour, it all boils down to keeping that gut

healthy, a constant battle here.

>

> Dr Usman is suggesting we might try barberry caps to help Tom's

> gut. They contain -

>

> Barberry Root, Cascara (isn't that a laxative?), turmeric,

> crampbark, turkey rhubarb root (does some hippy sit in a room

> bubbling a huge bong, making these names up and laughing like a

> drain??), wild yam, red raspberry leaf, garlic, ginger, fennel,

> liquorice, cayenne and chamomile.

>

> That all sounds fairly innocuous to me. Has anyone else tried them

> and any success. It's a UK based company. Herbs Hands Healing Ltd

> in Norfolk.

>

> She also suggested we might want to try ALA at 12.5mcg, every 3

> hours. We've always shied away from ALA after an early bad

> experience with the ALA contained within COmpleat E. ANyone else

> tried this? anything to report?

>

> Tom and the rest of us can't face a repetition of the past couple

of

> weeks. He's been a total monster

>

> However, without wishing to tempt fate, today the roses are back

in

> his cheeck and his horns are mere buds suggested in his hair

rather

> than long and sharp. I think the late night charcoal with four

> caps of oxypowder might have cracked it thanks Mandi.

>

> And we have had three impressive clear outs today although not

> really that impressive considering the input of 7 oxypowders in

> total in a 36 hour period.

>

> Thanks listmates

>

> Steph x

>

[Guest guest]

That's really helpful thank you. Tom, bless him, will take even very

yucky supps. He is one of few children I've ever heard of who would

take nystatin off a spoon (more than I'd do, yuk)

His behaviour is quite a lot better the last three days. Oxypowder

and charcoal are our saviours.

!!

Steph x

> >

> > Dr Usman is suggesting we might try barberry caps to help Tom's

> > gut. They contain -

> >

> > Barberry Root, Cascara (isn't that a laxative?), turmeric,

> > crampbark, turkey rhubarb root (does some hippy sit in a room

> > bubbling a huge bong, making these names up and laughing like a

> > drain??), wild yam, red raspberry leaf, garlic, ginger, fennel,

> > liquorice, cayenne and chamomile.

> >

> > That all sounds fairly innocuous to me. Has anyone else tried them

> > and any success. It's a UK based company. Herbs Hands Healing Ltd

> > in Norfolk.

> >

> > She also suggested we might want to try ALA at 12.5mcg, every 3

> > hours. We've always shied away from ALA after an early bad

> > experience with the ALA contained within COmpleat E. ANyone else

> > tried this? anything to report?

> >

> > Tom and the rest of us can't face a repetition of the past couple

> of

> > weeks. He's been a total monster

> >

> > However, without wishing to tempt fate, today the roses are back

> in

> > his cheeck and his horns are mere buds suggested in his hair

> rather

> > than long and sharp. I think the late night charcoal with four

> > caps of oxypowder might have cracked it thanks Mandi.

> >

> > And we have had three impressive clear outs today although not

> > really that impressive considering the input of 7 oxypowders in

> > total in a 36 hour period.

> >

> > Thanks listmates

> >

> > Steph x

> >

>