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I just read Buhner's book 'Healing Lyme' and have a question about his eleuthero recommendation.
He recommends the liquid formula. I was wondering if it would be less effective to buy the herb in bulk powder form and encapsulate it myself. It's cheaper this way if you buy the herbs from 1st Chinese Herbs.
On planetthrive.com I read a thread where Buhner said he highly recommends the liquid formula over the powder. Does anyone know the reasoning? Does it really matter?
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Razzle
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Herbal tinctures in general tend to be more concentrated/stronger than powdered herb.
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I'm also wondering if the powdered herbs cross the blood brain barrier as well as the tinctures. Anyone know?
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canefan17
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Knight,
It depends more on the herb rather than powder vs tincture (regarding BBB)
Knotweed crosses the BBB Garlic doesn't
^ Just one example
Buhner recommends the Herb Pharm Eleutherococcus becaue it's also a 1:2 ratio (very potent) You won't get that encapsulating it yourself.
However you can encapsulate Knotweed, Cats Claw, and the others. Though I bought boneset in 1 lb dry leaves (tea form)
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