Ask the Herbalist: Cycling Supplements, HRT, Burnout & Herbs for Infections (EBV focus)

SHOW NOTES

This week’s topics included:

• Community feedback

• Crying for good reason

• Dopamine and serotonin supportive supplements and how to cycle

• Slippery elm formats (and when to use tinctures versus teas, etc.)

• HRT and natural approaches to menopause

• Fertility resources

• Chronic infection, burnout, long-COVID, auto-immunity and how to rebalance the web of health

• Queue review!

Timestamps:

• 00:00: Question for the subscribers 

• 00:47: Community feedback: Crying as a good thing

• 2:44: Supplements for neurotransmitter balance 

• 13:42: When it’s a good thing not to notice a difference when stopping an herb or supplement

• 16:58: The best form to take slippery elm in, and other herb/supplement format tips

• 19:18: Menopause and HRT: My high-level perspective

• 24:24: My go-tos for promoting fertility

• 25:57: Protocol for burnout, to support long-COVID recovery & Epstein–Barr virus/chronic infections

• 35:40: Herbs for EBV

• 51:00: The queue for future sessions

Links, References & Resources:

• 50% off all Supernatural classes (code for subscribers below)

• Mucuna (I take one of these per day) and 5-HTP from NOW (code RACHELLE for 20% off)

• SAD supplement protocol

• My typical morning supplements (subject to change!)

• Herbalism for Fertility Class

• Fertility supplement protocol 

• Menopausal supplement protocol

• I created an Epstein-Barr Virus (and chronic infection related) list of supplements including ingredients we mentioned in today’s episode here.

• Myrrh tincture

See you next week! As always, you can leave questions for that and future sessions in the Open Thread for February, here.

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