Help me with my cold please!

[tincupchalice]

Sept 13, 2015 21:40:07 GMT -5 o2girl said:

Sept 13, 2015 21:14:50 GMT -5 westiemom said:

What about chamomile tea? I love the Night time blend of chamomile and mint.

www.drugs.com/mtm/chamomile.html
Frankly, I would avoid it

I feel like this website differentiates "using" chamomile (supplements, etc) with "eating" (or drinking tea).

[o2girl]

Sept 13, 2015 21:55:12 GMT -5 tincupchalice said:

Sept 13, 2015 21:40:07 GMT -5 o2girl said:

www.drugs.com/mtm/chamomile.html
Frankly, I would avoid it

I feel like this website differentiates "using" chamomile (supplements, etc) with "eating" (or drinking tea).

The issue is that, there is no known safe concentration of chamomile that has been studied in pregnant women. Also, I feel it is not possible to know the true concentration of herbs in tea. Is the concentration lower than in supplements? Perhaps, and probably. However, it isn't recommended to use chamomile during pregnancy.... So I prefer to steer clear of it.

The reality is most herbs are probably fine in moderation. I just prefer to exercise extreme caution due to my losses.

[tincupchalice]

Sept 14, 2015 8:02:11 GMT -5 o2girl said:

Sept 13, 2015 21:55:12 GMT -5 tincupchalice said:

I feel like this website differentiates "using" chamomile (supplements, etc) with "eating" (or drinking tea).

The issue is that, there is no known safe concentration of chamomile that has been studied in pregnant women. Also, I feel it is not possible to know the true concentration of herbs in tea. Is the concentration lower than in supplements? Perhaps, and probably. However, it isn't recommended to use chamomile during pregnancy.... So I prefer to steer clear of it.

The reality is most herbs are probably fine in moderation. I just prefer to exercise extreme caution due to my losses.

There's also no known UNsafe concentration.  They just haven't studied it, from what I've been able to gather.  Other websites don't make a recommendation either way.

It's fine to exercise extreme caution, it's also fine not to.

[mrssqueegy]

So I went with the "new med" thing and she ended up having a mint tea so I took that one. Thanks for the help staying incognito at least for a while longer. I'll bet she's on to me. But I do have a cold so maybe she thinks it's just that.

[o2girl]

Sept 14, 2015 9:25:48 GMT -5 tincupchalice said:

Sept 14, 2015 8:02:11 GMT -5 o2girl said:

The issue is that, there is no known safe concentration of chamomile that has been studied in pregnant women. Also, I feel it is not possible to know the true concentration of herbs in tea. Is the concentration lower than in supplements? Perhaps, and probably. However, it isn't recommended to use chamomile during pregnancy.... So I prefer to steer clear of it.

The reality is most herbs are probably fine in moderation. I just prefer to exercise extreme caution due to my losses.

There's also no known UNsafe concentration.  They just haven't studied it, from what I've been able to gather.  Other websites don't make a recommendation either way.

It's fine to exercise extreme caution, it's also fine not to.

very true.