Guest guest Posted March 6, 2010 Report Share Posted March 6, 2010 Does anyone know of particular herbs that can significantly elevate serum potassium levels? Thanks! Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2010 Report Share Posted March 7, 2010 What is the effect of Gan cao on potassium levels of the body? How about Bai shao? (thinking Shao yao gan cao tang). How about diuretics and the effect on potassium levels? I gave Shen qi wan to a patient a few months ago for KD Qi/Yang xu which worked wonders for 2 weeks and then she got calf cramps, which stopped immediately after discontinuing the formula. I have a patient who came in yesterday with the opposite.... high levels of potassium, along with adrenal insufficiency diagnosed by MD. Her TCM diagnosis was KD and HT disharmony.... fatigue, anxiety, stress, light sleeper etc, Pulse: thready HT and KD, Tongue:, pale and thin, redder at the tip, Hara reflexes: Ren 14, KD 16, Ren 6 pressure pain. Herbs to worry about for high potassium levels ? K On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 6:24 AM, Greg <drlivingston wrote: > > > Does anyone know of particular herbs that can significantly elevate serum > potassium levels? Thanks! > > Greg > > > -- "" www.tcmreview.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 Dear John, Gan Cao contains glycyrrhizin which increases extracellular fluid, sodium retention and loss of potassium. Diuretic info can be found at http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/diuretics.html as not all have a direct effect on potassium loss.  Ace inhibitors can increase the blood potassium. Typically, when potassium is elevated sodium will be deficient.  Warmly, Dianne ________________________________ <johnkokko Sun, March 7, 2010 9:52:48 AM Re: Potassium elevating herbs?  What is the effect of Gan cao on potassium levels of the body? How about Bai shao? (thinking Shao yao gan cao tang). How about diuretics and the effect on potassium levels? I gave Shen qi wan to a patient a few months ago for KD Qi/Yang xu which worked wonders for 2 weeks and then she got calf cramps, which stopped immediately after discontinuing the formula. I have a patient who came in yesterday with the opposite.... high levels of potassium, along with adrenal insufficiency diagnosed by MD. Her TCM diagnosis was KD and HT disharmony.. .. fatigue, anxiety, stress, light sleeper etc, Pulse: thready HT and KD, Tongue:, pale and thin, redder at the tip, Hara reflexes: Ren 14, KD 16, Ren 6 pressure pain. Herbs to worry about for high potassium levels ? K On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 6:24 AM, Greg <drlivingston@ gmail.com> wrote: > > > Does anyone know of particular herbs that can significantly elevate serum > potassium levels? Thanks! > > Greg > > > -- "" www.turtleclinic. com www.tcmreview. com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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