Posted by circusboy on November 7, 2006, at 18:30:56
In reply to Re: What in this tincture is brightening my mood? » circusboy, posted by verne on November 5, 2006, at 3:04:20
Verne,
Thanks so much... your post was immediately helpful to me. First, it helped me tease out at least one useful herb from that concoction: skullcap.
Skullcap does make me a little drowsy/spacy, but that usually passes within an hour. After that, I'm a warmer, more connected person. In the right situation it's even something of an aphrodisiac. Anyway, A dose of ~60 drops during the course of the evening virtually eliminates irritability the next day. I am afraid that it has a slight cognitive dulling effect, but the positives probably outweigh the negatives.
Second, it let me to abandon my own passion flower trial. It turns out that the skullcap was the thing. Passion flower does to me pretty much what you describe: puts me in a useless grogginess on the edge of sleep.
As for the others... I do actually like kava. It *definitely* has a calming effect at night, and it seems to help me concentrate during the day. I need to do some more testing in the future.
I'm planning to try wormwood/mugwort soon. How and when do you take it yourself? Feverfew is also seems promising -- I have what is probably some kind of migraine (until recently I assumed it was sinus-related) on the left side of my head sometimes. Usually when I'm feeling generally scattered.
As for the alcohol... 2-3 drinks at the end of the day is pretty central to my daily routine. What do you notice when you give it up?
-cb
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