Alternative Herbal Antidepressants

[Guest guest]

Anxiety, depression etc being multifaceted, ayurvedic approach also

cant be boiled down to single herbal medicine. Each case has

different Viktruti to some extent and accordingly, ayurvedist must

design the medicine, lifestyle and food prescription. As an exception

to the conclusions of clinically proven St John's Wort

an experience quoted on this group itself is Message No. 2365, which

can be readily looked up by clicking on:

http://health.ayurveda/messages/2365

Dr Bhate

 

 

ayurveda, Todd Caldecott <todd@t...>

wrote:

 

> but if in need of clinically proven alternatives to MD-prescribed

> SSRIs, give your depressed patient's St. John's Wort, as per this

most

> recent study

>

> St. John's Wort as Effective as Paroxetine for Major Depression

>

> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Feb 10 - Extract of Hypericum perforatum

(St.

> John's wort) is at least as effective as paroxetine (Paxil,

> GlaxoSmithKline) for the treatment of moderate to severe major

> depression, while being better tolerated, Germany investigators

report

> in the British Medical Journal, published online on February 10.

[Guest guest]

-sigh-

 

my point about St John's Wort is that is can be prescribed by medical

doctors instead of instead of SSRIs as a safer alternative - that's it

sometimes its useful to have an alternative to present to a doctor to

get the patient off of the more harmful drug

 

sometimes "harm reduction" the best you can hope for, and is often be a

pathway to a deeper understanding of the issue - a foot in the door, if

you will

 

as far as what i PERSONALLY think about SJW, well, i have rarely used

it for depression (its great for pain, tho)

instead, i use a combination of dietary, lifestyle, social and esoteric

therapies, along with a comprehensive herbal-supplemental regimen that

is targeted to the INDIVIDUAL, often in combination with

psychotherapists - all depending on where the patient is

 

for quite awhile i was using an intriguing therapy called "energetic

psychology" to promote positive shifts

(see: Gallo, F. 2000. Energy Diagnostic and Treatment Methods. New

York: WW Norton)

 

another text I can recommend is the "Art of Positive Thinking," by

Christopher Hansard

 

 

> Anxiety, depression etc being multifaceted, ayurvedic approach also

> cant be boiled down to single herbal medicine. Each case has

> different Viktruti to some extent and accordingly, ayurvedist must

> design the medicine, lifestyle and food prescription. As an exception

> to the conclusions of clinically proven St John's Wort

> an experience quoted on this group itself is Message No. 2365, which

> can be readily looked up by clicking on:

>

 

Caldecott

todd

www.toddcaldecott.com

 

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