Posted by verne on February 20, 2006, at 17:44:18
In reply to Re: Kanna Albizzia, posted by nolvas on February 20, 2006, at 17:20:15
I just ordered the Jarrow and http://www.iherb.com/ashwagandha5.html
The Jarrow is root and leaves - and doesn't say how much is leaf. Roots are typically used but the leaf is reported to have a more hypnotic effect.
The Paradise (link above) ashwagandha is all root extract in vegicaps. I don't think I even digest tablets so I always look for capsules.
After reading more about ashwaganha I'm convinced it will help with anxiety. I also ordered a pound of both powder and bulk from iamshaman.com - it was cheap. They recommend simmering the roots all day in a crock pot.
If ashwaghandha works out I'll order more from 1st Chinese Herbs where I got the Albizzia. Very high quality, judging from the packaging. Also looks like it came straight from the source, somewhere in the Orient.
I know that ashwaghandha (I'm quickly learning to misspell it) agrees with me since it's in numerous ayurvedic formulas I've taken in the past. (I live in an ayurvedic cult in the midwest - "pitta", "vata", and "kapha" are household names around here) I'd buy it a the local organic grocery store - a small supermarket really - but the store is usually so crowded, the people so blissed out, I get a little freaked.
I've never taken large doses of it by itself. And it looks like some studies used very large doses (10 grams or more a day - probably not refined or extracted). Still that's a lot.
Just awoke from another hard day's nap. Guess I'll go cap some albizzia bark and defy gravity for awhile.
Verne
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