Dosing herb granule extracts- again...

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I apologize for belaboring the whole dose issue regarding herb powder

extracts, but I'm curious to know what different people are doing out

there because I'm trying to figure out the best way to do this. I

did

a search of the archives but was unable to come up with a

satisfactory

answer to my question(s), so here goes.

 

I'm sure everyone is familiar with the 6-10 gram per day protocol

suggested by various granule companies. I'm quite clear about how to

apply this method but would enjoy hearing people's experiences using

this. I personally don't quite get the logic behind this method and

am not terribly comfortable using it.

 

What I'm more interested in, and what we (Huiyu and I) have sort of

been doing, is what Todd has often talked about, and that is dosing

like a loose herb formula- i.e., 5:1 extracts, divide the loose/raw

herb dose by five and you've got the herb powder dose. This can lead

to huge amounts of powder to be taken on a daily basis, which is

expensive and really goes way over the amounts suggested by these

herb

companies, and so what I've been doing with fairly good results, is

supposing that, in most cases, one bag of loose herbs can be boiled

twice and taken for two days, and so I end up figuring the daily

powder dose by dividing the loose/raw herb dose by ten instead of

five

(is everyone following me here?).

 

Example. Here is a formula an old Chinese doctor friend of ours gave

to a patient the other day. He only uses loose/raw herbs. How would

you determine the dose for it?

 

Dan Shen 9g

Dang Shen 9g

Xuan Shen 9g

Tian Dong 9g

Mai Dong 9g

Chao Zao Ren 12g

Bai Zi Ren 9g

Yuan Zhi 6g

Yan Hu Suo 6g

Sheng Di 9g

Shu Di 9g

Long Gu 30g

Mu Li 30g

Xiao Mai 30g

Da Zao 30g

Sheng Gan Cao 9g

Jie Geng 6g

Dang Gui 9g

Bai Shao 18g

Wu Wei Zi 9g

 

Now this is a rather large formula and was to be boiled twice and

taken one bag for two days, and if I followed my method the patient

would end up taking 26.7g of 5:1 extract per day (267g loose herb

divided by 10= 26.7 grams of 5:1 extract per day).

 

We would love to hear how different people would handle this

particular situation, as well as other examples and methods. Thank

you all so