None known. However, avoid during early pregnancy.
NOTES
1. This type of bowel formula is a bowel regenerator, not a laxative. The
goal is to keep herbs working in the gastrointestinal tract, cleaning and
rebuilding.
2. The goal is not to have loose stools, but nice soft stools. If diarrhea
occurs, cut back on the number of capsules that you are taking. Bowels
work on 12-hour cycles. Start with two to three capsules in the morning
and two to three in the evening. With the above in mind, I always prefer
three capsules, two times a day, A.M. and P.M. It is better to have more
restorative intestinal herbs in your GI tract than less. You want the herbs
to do their cleaning and strengthening actions there. At the same time,
you don’t want to use laxatives or produce loose stools. Pushing your
food through too fast will void their proper digestion. If you want to be
more aggressive in your GI tract, you may wish to take a stomach and
bowel formula three times a day. However, the formula you use then
should have less stimulating herbs (like Cascara sagrada, Senna, and
Aloe) and more cleaning and healing herbs (like Plaintain, Marshmallow,
and Comfrey).
3. A liver/gallbladder flush is very important for everyone, especially those
who have small intestinal ulcers, constipation, diarrhea and high blood
pressure. (See instructions for Liver Flush in Chapter 9.)THYROID
An ideal herbal formula to help clean, enhance, strengthen and regenerate the
thyroid gland would contain all or most of the following in a tincture:
Bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus)
Fritillary Bulb (Fritillaria cirrhosa)
Poke Root (Phytolacca americana)
Mullein Leaf (Verbascum thapsus)
Bugleweed Herb (Lycopus virginicus)
Bayberry Root Bark (Myrica cerif)