Guest guest Posted June 7, 2002 Report Share Posted June 7, 2002 Hi, Here are a few quotes from the Chinese Herbal Medicine materia medica: " Toxicity: the toxicity of Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis (gan cao) " (which is licorice root to all of us) " is very low, but if taken for long periods of time, it may cause hypertension and/or edema. Glycyrrhetinic acid has been reported to cause a reduction in the activity of the thyroid and a reduction in the basil metabolic rate. " also Mineralcorticoid effect in clinical research: " ....and decrease urine output and excretion of sodium while increasing excretion of potassium. Serum calcium was also reduced. " My husband says there's no particular reason NOT to use licorice for someone hyperthyroid, as long as you don't overdo it. He also says that it is often added to herbal formulas as an efficacy-boosting ingredient. Hope this helps (might just confuse!) Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2002 Report Share Posted June 7, 2002 Terry ding wrote: > > Here are a few quotes from the Chinese Herbal Medicine materia medica: > Glycyrrhetinic acid has been reported to cause a > reduction in the activity of the thyroid and a reduction in the basil > metabolic rate. " Curiouser and curiouser... > My husband says there's no particular reason NOT to use licorice for someone > hyperthyroid, as long as you don't overdo it. He also says that it is often > added to herbal formulas as an efficacy-boosting ingredient. > > Hope this helps (might just confuse!) I'd heard of it used to support the adrenals, usually in hypothyroidism, I hadn't heard of any problems using licorice with hyperthyroids till posting here. I assume with lurking herbal reference works, your husband has some experience in herbs? I won't be overdoing any herbs, not till the PTU has had a fair go at sorting my thyroid out. Just having found a local(ish) source of Lemon Balm I thought I'd grab some whilst I was there. Having had surgery, relapsed, trouble with Carbimazole, and having read enough on RAI to make me sceptical of that, I'm kind of waiting for something to go wrong with the PTU. I can't say I've given up on conventional medicine, the brief hyper episode when switching from Carbimazole to PTU reminded me how bad it hurts without ATDs. This week entertaining my sister was fun, and I've done a lot more getting out and about than previously, although it is a reminder how unfit I've become compared to my unfit relatives (before I relapsed I was the only one taking daily exercise), and today I've had a real stinker of a headache, cause unknown. Everyone else is out on the town having Pizza this evening, I've just woken up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2002 Report Share Posted June 7, 2002 Hi Simon, When did you have labs done last? Maybe you are going hypo with the ptu? Jody _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 7, 2002 Report Share Posted June 7, 2002 Simon, Bart is my " resident " acupuncturist/herbalist. And a fine guy to have around if you're feeling poorly, too. I have been taking Chinese herbal formulas (compounded by him) consistently as long as I've had GD, in fact resisted taking Tapazole for the first year after diagnosis and tried to beat it with just herbs. But, alas, it got the better of me while on a vacation to Italy, when I couldn't brew up the concoction I needed to stay stable. Now I take powdered herbs 2x a day, I think there are about 20 different ones in the very finely tuned formula addressing everything I've got wrong with my aging bod, from female problems to migraines to the thyroid. Along with a judicious amount of tapazole, I seem to be doing OK more of the time than not. Barring, of course, the defective pills I was taking. As for the drinking thing, by the way, I've always been super-sensitive to alcohol, haven't noticed any difference at all since taking ATD's. Always been a cheap (1 glass of wine) date! Terry > > Organization: Eighth Layer Limited > Reply-To: graves_support > Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 22:07:07 +0100 > To: graves_support > Subject: Re: licorice > > I assume with lurking herbal reference works, your husband has > some experience in herbs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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