Posted by verne on February 24, 2006, at 19:28:48
In reply to Re: Aswagandha Powder, posted by nolvas on February 24, 2006, at 18:28:41
nolvas, thanks for trying to figure this out.
I'll start keeping better track on Monday. I plan to keep a journal of every last milligram I ingest - especially supplements. I don't know why I need to wait until Monday - may have to do some hard napping on the weekend I guess.
I wish we could find out the bulk powder's strength. Could we use the Paradise formula and extrapolate that 4 grams of powder has ABOUT (big about) 250 milligrams at 1.5% withanolides?
I wonder what was used in the studies. I get the impression that when they talk about 10-30 grams per day they are talking about ordinary ashwagandha powder - not the supercharged or extracted variety.
I could be all wet but it seems like the study would have mentioned any extract or percentage of withanolides if it were anything more than just the ashwagandha powder found on the herbalist's shelf.
And in ayurveda, a tablespoon or more of powder is prescribed in warm milk with honey once or twice a day. Again, just the powder as far as I know. Back in the day, heaping tablespoons and even cups of the stuff was prescribed before they started measuring withanolides. My ex-wife used to take it every day. It was also called Winter Cherry and seemed to be the first ingredient in most ayurvedic formulas.
I'm too depressed - just trying to catch my breath between waves of anxiety - to figure any of this out right now.
I've been trying to take about 6-8 capsules of the Jarrow formula and about 4 caps of the Paradise formula per day. Usually split into a morning and evening dose.
When I feel like my kitchen is organized enough, I plan to break open the pound of powder I got from iamshaman.com I guess I will be converting tablespoons and cups to grams to figure out how much I'm taking then.
Just to complicate things I'm brewing up some albizzia flower tea tonight. I'm done trying to smoke assorted bark, twigs, and foliage in the water pipe.
Verne
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