Re: Hayfever. Palpitations.

[Guest guest]

I would probably try magnesium for the palpitations...

Schia

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[Guest guest]

Try treating the immune system rather than the hayfever symptoms.

Shitake mushrooms, Astragalus, Siberian ginseng, turmeric in equal

proportions, either as capsules, or in a tincture or decoction that

also addresses the Sx.

Sounds to me like you were keeping the symptomatic response below a

clinical threshold, and once that threshold was breached, the immune

system went into full-on response mode. This can happen when the Sx

are dealt with early enough, either in the season or in age (seen

childrens' Sx clear up and not re-occur in the same manner, then the

next time the immune system is triggered, there's a full-on

response.).

hen I'm treating the heart, I often have to wait for up to a month

for any change in Sx, What is she like constitutionally? Cardiac

response is very governed by character, personality, humoural type

etc.

The heart has to feel certain that whatever is being introduced is

reliable, trustworthy, if it is going to start using it.

Just as the heart can be slow to trust a new lover, or situation, so

it can be slow to trust a new medicine.

And this makes me wonder about the esspresso as trigger. Perhaps she

has absolute faith that caffeine and other stimulants are detrimental

to her? And so maybe you can also treat this fixed idea?

Also, remember that in some people, valerian can be stimulant and

lead to agitation. I'd try something else, like tilia. And I often

use cramp bark when asking the heart and cardiac system to relax

Magnesium, yes, and also consider potassium.

Cristina

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>Why do herbs sometimes work and sometimes not!

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>Hayfever...

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>I was having great success with a young man [26] for hayfever, which

>he normally gets May/June/July. I had prevented it starting, and the

>few niggles he got were swiftly banished by slugs of nettle juice.

>[His Tr was Euphrasia/ Scut Baic/ Urtica/...etc].

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>Then he ran out of tincture for 2 DAYS into the first week of June

>and wham, he got full blown Sxs, I rushed him some more Tr, tea,

>juice - but nothing will stop his Sxs now - not even heavy duty

>prescription antihistamines. He is wondering if it wouldn't have

>been better to start with prescription drugs first. I feel like I've

>failed him! He has now stopped the herbal Rx as he is paying for

>something that isn't working anymore.

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>Surely stooping the mix for 2 days doesn't prevent it working anymore?

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>Palpitations....

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>A middle-aged woman asked me to help her with palpitations that had

>come on suddenly after drinking an expresso by mistake - she usually

>has decaff and stays away from stimulants.

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>Apparently, her body got such a shock she is suffering from

>noticeable missed beats and flutterings. She has been checked out by

>the hospital and her heart is fine, but these palpitations are

>bothering her and make her feel weird though she isn't worried about

>them.

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>I gave her motherwort tea and a Rx of Leonorus/Valerian/Crateagus

>and she is still waiting for a reduction in her palpitations 3 weeks

>later! I read up on dosage and actions etc and was she Leonorus was

>a specific. I can't understand why it has had no effect. It's

>frustrating when I have other Pts which respond so well to HM. Has

>anybody dealt with palpitations successfully??

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>Yours frustratedly,

>Maggie

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[Guest guest]

Dear Maggie

The Rx you gave the young man for hayfever may well 'work' in simple

cases of hayfever, I myself have often used those staple herbs with success.

However, I find that when Herbs seem to do the trick initally and then

suddenly not, I find myself wondering if there is a deeper underlying

cause that I have missed.

After all, the whole point of using herbs is to heal, not just 'get rid'

of symptoms.

If symptoms do not shift then there must be an underlying reason.

What is the emotional health of your patient like? Have you worked with

his liver? often in an allergic response, the liver is in need of support.

I would maybe suggest you call him and discuss a deeper approach to his

hayfever.

Your lady with palpitations, I would suggest a similar thing, WHY does

she respond so dramatically to expresso?

What are her adrenals up to? is she generally stressed, driven, running

on adrenalin to the point where if she has a stimulant such as coffee,

her adrenals cannot cope?

I agree magnesium is a good idea as it is also an adrenal support, there

are also non stimulating herbs that assist adrenal function as I am sure

you know.

I hope these thoughts help.

kind regards

Maggie wrote:

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> Why do herbs sometimes work and sometimes not!

>

> Hayfever...

>

> I was having great success with a young man [26] for hayfever, which

> he normally gets May/June/July. I had prevented it starting, and the

> few niggles he got were swiftly banished by slugs of nettle juice.

> [His Tr was Euphrasia/ Scut Baic/ Urtica/...etc].

>

> Then he ran out of tincture for 2 DAYS into the first week of June and

> wham, he got full blown Sxs, I rushed him some more Tr, tea, juice -

> but nothing will stop his Sxs now - not even heavy duty prescription

> antihistamines. He is wondering if it wouldn't have been better to

> start with prescription drugs first. I feel like I've failed him! He

> has now stopped the herbal Rx as he is paying for something that isn't

> working anymore.

>

> Surely stooping the mix for 2 days doesn't prevent it working anymore?

>

> Palpitations....

>

> A middle-aged woman asked me to help her with palpitations that had

> come on suddenly after drinking an expresso by mistake - she usually

> has decaff and stays away from stimulants.

>

> Apparently, her body got such a shock she is suffering from noticeable

> missed beats and flutterings. She has been checked out by the hospital

> and her heart is fine, but these palpitations are bothering her and

> make her feel weird though she isn't worried about them.

>

> I gave her motherwort tea and a Rx of Leonorus/Valerian/Crateagus and

> she is still waiting for a reduction in her palpitations 3 weeks

> later! I read up on dosage and actions etc and was she Leonorus was a

> specific. I can't understand why it has had no effect. It's

> frustrating when I have other Pts which respond so well to HM. Has

> anybody dealt with palpitations successfully??

>

> Yours frustratedly,

> Maggie

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