10.4
V's NERVE TONIC
Passiflora
FE.....................................5 ounces
Leonurus
cardiaca...........................1 ounce
Crataegus..........................................1
ounce
Verbena
hastata................... ............1 ounce
Hypericum
(fresh)...........................1 ounce
Selenicereus
(fresh)............. ............1/2 ounce
Make
from separate tinctures. Dose 60-90 drops as needed.
For
physical agitation, nervousness, and stress palpitations
10.5
B's ANTIDEPRESSANT
Hypericum
(fresh)...........................6 parts
Aralia
Berries (fresh).......................5 parts
Licorice
Root ....................................4 parts
Oplopanax
(fresh)............... ............2 parts
Panax
quinquefolium......... ............1 part
Mix
as tinctures. Dose: 60-90 drops up to four times a day.
For
morbid depression with congestion and dry mucosa
10.6
K's SYRIAN RUE FORMULA
Syrian
Rue.... ........................58 parts
Avena
fatua (fresh)............. 58 parts
Panax
(uncured).................. 58 parts
Rauwolfia.....
........................58 parts
Lobelia
(fresh)......................8 parts
Mix
as tinctures. 1/2 to 1 teaspoon, 3X a day
Antidepressant
for adrenergic individuals
NOTE:
As an Ayurvedic therapist, my friend has access to Rauwolfia serpentina.
As
a once widely used crude drug (the source of reserpine), it is seldom to
be
found
in herb commerce...and perhaps is illegal. I personally have seldom used
the
plant, have always considered it, like digitalis, a "True" crude drug best
left to
medicine.
With a body of experential use in Ayurvedic Medicine, wherein my
friend
has learned it, I would trust the use here. I have never inquired as to
his
rather
peculiar scheme of proportions. I would have thought that the presence
of
what
amounts to nearly a quarter of the tincture of Rauwolfia to be an eccessive
amount.
In fact the formula is quite effective, and seems relatively safe.
Since
I feel perfectly comfortable using toxic herbs that I know personally (I
prefer
the term "Low Dosage), including such shit as Aconite, Gelsemium and
Veratrum,
herbs that cause fellow herbalists who aren't familiar with their safe
use
to cringe and scurry, I guess my reluctant attitude regarding the herbal
use of
Rauwolfia
is similarly the result of only knowing it "by rep" and not as a specific
entity.