Ayurvedic Products - USA Avail, and PPD/SSRI extreme case

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Namaste All;

THere has been some recent discussion comparing some of the different

lines of herbals as well as Chyvan prash formulas on the

ayurveda (search archives) forum, and I'm grateful to see what

info is avail/just posted on Hymalayan products. I've been pleased

with my quality/price avail from Banyan Botanicals, particularly as I

purchase mostly bulk herbs and they provide an increasing line of

certified organic ones. I don't know how their compounds compare with

Himalayan, or Amritaveda,which is now separate from Ayurshakti, or

Maharishi Ayurveda - the lines I am familiar with.

 

From what I know to date, The Maharishi Ayurveda and Ayushakti

compounds (tablets etc) are probably highest quality prepared from not

just pressed tabletized herbs, but from concentrates decocoted and re

dried, making them Ayurvedic hospital pharaceutical grade much more

potent and effective preparations. Hopefully Hakim and our other more

active ayurvedic practitioner members will comment?

 

I am working now (full time) with a family all but one of them either

medical or street drug addiction history, the primary is 6 years

postpartum depression and such a history, presented 5 weeks out of 4

month detox residential program with major experience of emptiness

about her life and inner experience " spiritually, physically and

emotionally bankrupt " as she put it, (they are very financially

comfortable) depression, history of 10 day heavy menses and concieved

by her parents on LSD, used marijuana and LSD all her childhood, very

functional on drugs; extreme vata!

 

SSRI side effects of serious proportions they didn't even realize it

was why she one year ago (having taken herself off the Zoloft whose

side effects she hated) got into a fight at an ATM and ended up

stealing $40! Totally out of character. On probation for this and

cocaine/crack addiction/recovery because she preferred it to the SSRIs

side effects and then couldn't get off of course, the ATM incident

served to bring her secret out, this a blessing. SHe is fine to share

her story, BTW.

 

We are working first with rebuild and rejuvenate therapies, then

hopefully detoxing with Panchakarma; and in conjunction with both an

ayurvedic physician's and an alternative nurse practitioner's

guidance, both of whom are very experienced with all these case type

considerations.

 

Nourishing vata (and to some extent pitta) pacifying diet, massage,

personalized herbal formula just started (we had to clear with medical

letter to probation office) and some energy work (Jin Sin Jyutsu) and

the therapeutic grade essential oils. The latter are such a Godsend,

and the whole family is starting to use them. This mother is very

welcome to learning how to " self medicate " as they call it, with

healthy choices, and the essential oils give such immediate uplift,

prana, oxygenation, and help so much to keep he emotional stickiness

down, and to rapidly change perspective saving everyone's psychology

quite a bit.

 

When I have time I will be writing up an indepth case history, but for

now we are just 10 days into care. So I won't be online much for a

while !

Warm REgards;

 

Martha