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Posted 5/25/2016 5:26 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone.
I'm having a bit if confusion with herbs doses. On the green dragon botanicals knotweed and cats claw it says take 1 tablet (500mg) 1-4 times daily. On bunhers website it says for a 150lb adult to take 1-4 tablets 1-4 times daily, or 100lb adult 10 tablets.

So for someone who weighs 140lb I should be taking how much?

The max dose would be 16 pills a day at 8000mg. That amount scares me. And cats claw hurts my stomach but I'm tolerating the knotweed quite well.

I know no one can tell you what dose is good for you it is personal but can any herbies give me a basic guideline of what they take at their max doses?

Thanks :)
Posted 5/25/2016 5:42 PM (GMT 0)
evianangel,

It is confusing. I have been reading Buhner's newest book and he states that these amounts are just guidelines. You start low on all of the herbs you are going to use and then start increasing them once you have them all started. You will want to do them one at a time so that you can gauge your reaction to the particular herb.

I had to go to tincture form for a lot of my herbs because they bother my stomach. Plus you can start very low that way and increase much more gradually than you can in pill form.

When you get to the dose that works that is what you will use. It may not need to be at the max dose or it may even be more.

This is what I have taken away from all the advice here on the forum and from what I have read so far in his book. If anyone has different information please chime in!

Hope this helps!

Denise K
Posted 5/25/2016 5:48 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with Denise. It's all about how your body is tolerating the herbs. I wouldn't really recommend going over what Buhner's max dose is by much, but if you reach the point where you feel an herb is effective and going over that amount causes issues, then that's too much and you need to back down. None of this is clear cut, no matter if you are using herbs or abx.

Just remember to keep detoxing well!
Posted 5/25/2016 6:30 PM (GMT 0)
Are you talking about what is written on the Green Dragon bottles?
I don't usually go by that. Remember - that's the company's information - not Buhner's.


When I was on the capsules - I think I went up to 3 caps 3 x daily. But, I started with 1 cap 3X daily which was too much in hindsight. I never herded badly on that...but I could have.


At the time I weighed 124 - 126 lbs.
Posted 5/25/2016 7:38 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you muchly everyone. I'm dosing exactly that way girlie. 1 pill 3 times a day now. I will work my way up to 3*4 a day I think for my weight. However I've been experiencing worsening symptoms since starting this. So I'm going to keep going slow every day is a battle. Right now I don't see any end to it.

And I have to go back to work in July, for financial reasons so I am really worried about that.
Posted 5/25/2016 8:54 PM (GMT 0)
My max dose for cat's claw was 2 capsules, 3 times a day. They are 500 mg each.

As maintenance I am doing 2 caps, 2 times a day.
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