A wonderful and calming botanical – and stunningly beautiful too! Worth having on hand in tincture format for when tension gets high
| Part used |
Herb |
| Use |
Tea – 1 or 2 tsp herb to 8oz water, steep 20 to 30 mins |
| Benefits |
- relieves muscular tension, calms extreme anxiety, anti-depressant effect on nervous system, lowers blood pressure
- very good for insomnia
- good source of chrysin
- helps body conserve testosterone by preventing its breakdown and its preventing conversion to estrogen
- blunts the effect of excess estrogen (by blocking some receptor sites on cells to estrogen)
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| Advice and Dangers |
- Best to combine with phosphatyidylcholine for absorption of chrysin
- Not to used
- in combination with MAO inhibitors
- in pregnancy for attempts at conception:
- during pregnancy
- by women trying to become pregnant
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Adapted from:
Balch, P.A. (2002). Prescription for herbal healing. New York, NY: Avery books
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