Any herbs for a serious vitamin B 12 deficiency

14 years ago

My mom is 86, and has to get Vitamin B 12 shots every month, sometimes we can't get to the Dr. because of all the major snow lately. Her Dr. said vitamins are to slow (I agree). Does anyone know of a natural Vit. B 12 or an herb I can grow this year to help her?

Comments (4)

fatamorgana2121
14 years ago
Is there someone else who can get her to her Doctor? I'm sure there is someone that can get through the snow since few places in America stay snowbound for as long as it would take you to grow an herb and harvest it.

In the meantime, you could check out foods with B12....

FataMorgana

Here is a link that might be useful: B12 Foods
hemnancy
14 years ago
There are sublingual B12 tablets, which allow the B12 to be absorbed by blood vessels under the tongue, and bypass the stomach, which would help if there were stomach absorption problems. Some sources recommend the methyl form of sublingual B12. And I just saw on google a B12 patch that claimed to be more effective. But I assume more expensive.

Vegetarian sources don't contain B12 unless added for fortification, even brewer's yeast.
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cacye
11 years ago
B12 is an animal thing. You get it from liver.
gvozdika
11 years ago
Seems this is an old thread.
Recently run into this link, it claims Ashitaba contains substantial levels of B12. I haven't tried it myself yet but would love to.

Here is a link that might be useful: ASHITABA (Angelica keiskei koidzumi)