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Posted by sorrel z5 MA (My Page) on Mon, Oct 3, 05 at 15:05
| Anyone know of any herbs or essential oils to stimulate a poor appetite? I have heard caraway seed and alfalfa are good. Any others? |
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| Please have a thorough check-up with your doctor. There are many reasons for a reduced appetite, some life-threatening. Also, reduced appetite is a side-effect of many conventional medications. A reduced appetite may be a result of a poor diet, too, or lack of exercise. Also check with your doctor before beginning on any herb-taking regime. Herbs are medicines, you know, and just as you don't start popping pills, so you don't start swilling herbal medicines without proper expert advice. Here's a few herbal remedies you could discuss with your doctor: A decoction of the root of Angelica drunk as a tea before meals will act as a stimulant to the appetite. Drink a tea made from the seeds of Caraway, or the seeds eaten, will stimulate the appetite. Any of the following herbs, drunk as a tea, will stimulate the appetite: Barberry, Black Currant Chicory, Dandelion, French Sorrel, Garlic, Ginseng, Goldenseal, Ground Ivy, Hops, Horseradish, Mugwort, Oatstraw, Parsley, Safflower, Tarragon, Thyme, Wood Sorrel, Watercress, Yarrow. Use the essential oil of Grapefruit, Tarragon, Rosewood or Frankincense as aromatherapy. Holy Thistle is a good appetite stimulant. Drink 1-2 cups daily. Drink Cranberry juice or eat the fruit. This is especially effective in children. Eat some yoghurt mixed into some Apple sauce. A thiamine deficiency is often the cause of a loss of appetite. Take a thiamine supplement along with B-complex, vitamin A, zinc, niacin, and biotin. These work well together and help in the assimilation of the thiamine. Drink Peppermint tea to help increase the appetite. Cut 1 handful of European Centaury root into small pieces and mix with one handful of Dandelion leaves. Pour 1 litre of red wine over the herbs and cover. Steep overnight. The next morning bring to the boil and simmer for 13 minutes. Grind 3 Juniper berries to a powder, add to the mixture and simmer for 3 more minutes. Allow to cool, strain and fill bottles that can be closed tightly. Drink 1 liqueur glass of the tonic twice daily before a meal. This tonic is an excellent appetite stimulant and helpful for anorexia. Saw Palmetto berry stimulates appetite and improves digestion. Carefully peel the skin off 3 bitter Oranges, leaving as much white pith on the fruit as possible. Chop the skin and cover with 1 litre white wine. Boil for 13 minutes. Remove the pith from the fruit, chop the fruit and add to the wine mixture. Add 13 of the pips and 13 tablespoons brown sugar. Boil for 30 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove seeds and pour the syrup into glass bottles. Seal tightly. Take 1 tablespoon in the morning and at night to improve appetite. It is also a mild laxative. |
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- Posted by Cacye Denver,CO (My Page) on
Mon, Oct 3, 05 at 18:08
my favorite has always been to be around the smells of food
I love and find comforting. What do you like the smell of?
Make some, or buy some, take a deep breath of it. Remember
the first time you had some, or what good times you had
with your friends or family when you used to eat it.
Appetite can be a thing of the mind as well as a thing of
illness or health. Depression or unhappiness can put a
person of their feed. Maybe have a hot tub party for you
with a picnic basket of foods that you really enjoy and
associate with good events. Stress can be hard on enjoyment
of life in general, and maybe you need some time off or a
rest. If something is bothering you, try getting that out
of your system and you might feel better. Just a thought. |
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Hi guys,
Thanks so much for your wonderful responses. I am printing out Daisyduckworth's many great suggestions, for reference. Cayce's suggestions are also great. I have been eating just about nothing for such a long time that I almost forget what it is like to prepare an actual meal and smell it and enjoy it. Something is definitely physically wrong with me but I do not know what it is... this has been going on for a while and I have so far seen 3 doctors in the last 8 months, with no answers. I see a gastroenterologist later this week. Appetite loss isn't my only symptom but it seems to be the most prominent ... I am definitely not one to chug herbs willy-nilly with no thought to their effects, especially not knowing what is wrong with me. But I don't want to die of malnutrition/starvation while waiting for a diagnosis either. |
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| How strange! What are the other symptoms? Things are popping into my head that I don't want to suggest without further symptoms... |
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| Hi Heathen, my other major symptoms are that I am incredibly tired all the time, which is hugely abnormal for me (but I guess that could be from not eating?) and that I have had progressively increasing edema throughout my whole body. The edema is now under control by SEVERELY restricting water intake. But obviously, neither eating nor drinking is not a state that can continue long-term, ya know? |
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- Posted by Cacye Denver,CO (My Page) on
Tue, Oct 11, 05 at 14:40
| Does your urine have a brownish tinge? When you look at your tongue in the mirror in good light, what color is it? What color is the "fur" on top if there is any? Do you have mouth sores? Do you drink a lot of alcohol? Do you have bluish rings under your eyes? do you have any greenish or purplish areas on the palms of your hands? Do you have heart disease or family history of same? Chest or back or arm pains? Do you get minerals in your diet at all and to what extent? Have you had any recent head injuries? Any flu like symptoms? Are you pregnant? Any history of auto immune disease? Are your fingers their normal color? Do you get cramps or spasms in any of your muscles regularly, if so where? Do your thumb or thumbs get "stuck" or spasm? Do you have shin pain? Headaches? Nausea? Please get back with me. |
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Hi Cayce.
Currently my urine is very dark, orange-brown, but that is because I am not drinking anything. Before I was restricting fluids, it was normal looking. My tongue looks totally normal, dark pink. No mouth sores. Don't drink alcohol at all. No rings under my eyes. The palms of my hands are indeed an odd color, sort of splotchy purplish. I used to have a good diet and made sure to get plenty of minerals and nutrients, in fact I was fanatical about it, but I haven't eaten a normal quantity of food for almost a year, and am currently not eating at all. No head injuries, no heart disease, no autoimmune disease (none that I know of, anyway), definitely not pregnant. As for flulike symptoms, I do get pretty severe chills and have also had unbelieveable night sweats, but never a fever as far as I can tell. No muscle spasms or pains. No headaches. I do sometimes have nausea if I try to eat, but that seems to be related to the fact that I feel extremely "full" all the time... like I spend all day stuffing myself with food, even if I do not eat at all. By the way, I am 26, if that's significant. |
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| Drink plenty of water frequently, a minimum of 2 litres per day. Fluid retention is NOT directly related to fluid intake. To restrict fluids is to cause untold and endless problems, the least of which could be permanent kidney damage. Urine should pass almost as clear as water. Get thee to a doctor, woman! Pronto! |
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| Yes, get to a professional health care provider immediately. And wait until the provider tells you to increase your water. If your kidneys have shut down for whatever reason, drinking a bunch of water could literally drown you. |
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- Posted by Lucy 5b NE (My Page) on
Sat, Oct 15, 05 at 18:20
| Sounds like you could have hepatitis, or something serious. Get another MD. |
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hmm this all sounds bad, if ur not drinking enough then your body will be retainging the water produced through metabolism. putting less work on ur kidneys
have you tried exercising
i find if i get up and go straight on the computer all day (i.e. during school holidays) i can sometimes not eat untill about 8 pm, and i usualy eat about every 3 hours (n.b. i'm not fat, i'm actually underweight, i just thought that people might take that example the wrong way) and as for the origional topic, as a general rule, herbs used in cooking are used in cooking because they stimulate the apatite. |
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| My doctors know I am restricting water. They are okay with it. They are all baffled about the fluid retention issue, but NOTHING works except severe water restriction, so that is what I have to do. I have seen 2 GPs so far, and 2 specialists (gastroenterologist and endocrinologist.) I just had a new round of tests (ultrasounds, xrays etc) last week, and if those things don't illuminate anything I guess it's time to go somewhere where the doctors might have a better idea... like the Mayo Clinic, or at least a big teaching hospital in a major city. This is a bizarre, baffling, and extremely alarming situation and no one has any ideas what's going on. Anyway, thanks for your help, everyone. |
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- Posted by Cacye Denver,CO (My Page) on
Wed, Oct 19, 05 at 19:22
| Thank you for getting back with this, sorrel. Now for round two of questions. Is the edema more upper or lower body or truely all over--where did it start? The fever and chills question is to rule out shao yang conditions. Chills means you have a yin condition with either spleen or kidney yang deficiency. The question now is what is the cause and how to modify the herbs for you. Do you have difficulty urinating? Are you constipated or have diarrhea? Does the top of your tongue look "greasy"? The Chinese have several herbal formulas for your condition, and I want to direct you to the best one for you. On your lab workups, did they do C-reactive protein and what is yours? Any of your leukocyte counts outside of range? Did they test for hepatitis A,B,or C? What is your alkaline phosphtase? Is your edema right under the skin or is it deeper in? Is your abdomen distended? Are any splotches like the ones on your hands any where else? Where, exactly, are they on your hands, near your thumbs? On the pinkie side, etc.? Do you have a yellow coat on your tongue? Did they check you for rheumatoid arthritis factors? Congestive heart conditions?This group of questions is to detirmine which level your condition is at and where it arises. Thank you. |
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Hi there! My name is JoannaDanell I am 24 years old. I have been looking and reading the posting here with the great information that you have. Recently I been suffering from weight loss and appetite loss. I do eat but not as much as I would like too. I do, Yoga, exercise, shakes, high calorie snacks, and herbs that helps to stimulate my appetite but I only see very little response. Recently I purchase a appetite stimulant bitter which comtain the Herbs (Gentian, Centaury, Ginger, Scullcap, Thyme)? Here's the product Appetite Stimulant Formula Tincture, 100% Organic - 2 fl. oz at HerbalRemdies.com I heard its very effective. I just hope it will work for me. Can you please give me any information, or ways to improve my appetite? Herbs, Therapy, Aromatherapy, Tinctures, etc... Please I hope you can help me with this information and my questions? I am very worried and scared that I might get ill or even die! PLEASE HELP ME.. I just want to be a normal person like everybody else and eat more. I appreciate your time dearly and thank you very much for reading my letter. I truly hope to receive a response and many thanks for your time may God Bless You All... Please help my live!!
Sincerely, Joanna Danell |
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- Posted by Lucy 5b NE (My Page) on
Thu, Oct 20, 05 at 13:41
| Joanna, check with an MD before anything else to be sure nothing is wrong. Especially if you're planning on trying all kinds of things 'prescribed' here by strangers who know nothing about you. |
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| I agree entirely with Lucy... could be a nonmalignant brain tumor, depression or some kind of chemical imbalance... nothing that nonlicensed people interested in herbalism can help you with. |
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| yeah herbalism is great for small easyly and surely diagnosed problems but this is something else, there may be some perfect herbal cure and none in conventional medicine, but its highly unlikely regardless of that, good luck |
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| Alfalfa is also a good appetite stimulant. I recommend medical aid first...but I thought you would like another herb to add to the list. :) |
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| Hello everyone thank you for your replys I appreciate it so very much from the bottom of my heart God Bless you all! I know why I am feeling so weak and have a poor appetite. I have poor digestion and mainly Depression. I have gone through some horrible things in life and would like to express myself here if possible. Please can anyone give me some kind of advice. I am doing almost everything to stimulate my appetite and its working, I'll gladly tell you how. I thank you reading this and hope to hear from you when you have the time. I would just like to talk about why do we sometimes loose our appetite? what are the causes? get some information? What can be done? Thank you and have a great day to all! Sincerely, LunaDanell |
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| Not trying to be funny but Marijuana is a great appetite stimulate. |
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| One other thought about an appetite stimulent. Yeast tablets work wonderfully. As long as you take what the bottle recommends, you shouldn't have a problem. Fairly cheap and safe to give it a try. |
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| Hi, I am the one who originally posted this question. Just came back to check out the new replies... it's great that this thread is still accumulating new replies. Happydance, interesting that you mention yeast -- I assume you mean nutritional yeast or brewers' yeast? I just started eating this daily because I think I might have a B-vitamin deficiency. I am taking a B-complex supplement too, plus a mutlivitamin. I am currently wondering if all my problems could be due to malnutrition. I had a very restrictive, unusual diet before this whole thing started (a lot of leafy vegetables and little else) and then when I lost my appetite, my intake of anything went way down. As part of this whole phenomenon, I had this nasty, worsening skin rash which a dermatologist just diagnosed as a zinc deficiency. It has miraculously cleared up since taking zinc supplements. The appetite loss and edema are unfortunately as bad as ever ... but I am hoping maybe that stuff will be easily reversible with supplements and nutrition too. Anyway, just thought I'd check in in case anyone was wondering where I'd disappeared to. |
PLEASE!!!! any recommendations....
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| Hi there!! Thank you Thank you so very much for your advice, time for reading my e-mail, your kind words and help it means so very much to me and especially to my health.. Sadly there's no recovery I don't know what else to do, now I am very depressed and lonely. Here's a more detailed letter!!
Hi there! My name is JoannaDanell Duenas I am 24 years old. I live in San Pablo, California here in the bay area. I have been looking and reading some great information about Homeopathy and some products. I searched for some Homeopaths and saw your name came up. I hope your not bothered for writing to you. Im just so desperate, depressed, afraid, lonely, lost, so sick with all the problems my body, soul, and mind are going through. Please, Please I ask for your help if I may??? Recently and for a long time I been suffering from unintencional weight loss, no energy, weakness, stomach bloating and especailly appetite loss every now and then; but now its worse my digsetive syetem and body don't ask for food I don't get the feeling that I'm hungry. I do eat well sometimes but not as much as I would like too. I do, Yoga, exercise, acupressure, take shakes, high calorie snacks, etc when I feel ok and fell a little hungry.. Some examples are this high calorie shake which is called Suplimed Substi-Meal, Alive whole food energizer Ultra-Shake, Utrition Liquid Vitamin Plus, Pedialyte drink, Few whole grain, energy granola bars, a little fruit, alfalfa which ate very well before but not now.. I'm dying please help me Live!!! I just fear I might die at such a young age the reason being of the bad, decreased and poor appetite I have. I wish and dream every day to recover from this horrible and sad situation. I just pray that God will give me the force, strength, power, and luck to fully recover and live!! It's just that feeling like this really hurts and depresses me, and that's when I think about it too much and I sometimes think I make myself sick and loose my appetite; I just don't know what's going on with me. Something that really scares me is nausea and vomiting. I think about to much when I can't eat, it's all in my mind. When feeling that especailly in a empty stomach and fear if I eat I will get nausea and vomit. I don't like thinking that!! I just want to eat and get that stuff out of my head. That's one thing that I think has controll over me and is killing me.. Also I have taken and still am sometimes some herb teas that helps to stimulate my appetite which are Gentiana Lutea with Cardamon and I do see a response but not a big response getting that I'm so hungry feeling which I truy want and dream. I really want to gain weight. I have read about the Homeopathic medicine and I'm wondering if you could please help with this problem I have. I just hope it will work for me. Can you please give me any information, or ways to improve my appetite? Therapy, Aromatherapy, Homeopathy,Tinctures (I must say it's very hard for me to swallow pills, capsulles, soft gels) but I will do it to fully recover. I heard Homeopathy is great especially for having a better appetite and to improve it.. May you please tell or recommend me any of your Homeopathy products, advice, anything... I would appreciate it so very much. Please I hope you can help me with this information and my questions? I am very worried and scared that I might get ill or even die! PLEASE HELP ME.. I just want to be a normal person like everybody else and eat more. I will do my hardest to keep strong and be positive, once again I thank you for reading my letter! I thank God for that, its a miracle for me. I look forward in talking to you, and getting your help if I may. My deepest and most sincere gratitude and appreciation Thank You so much may God Bless You always. I appreciate your time dearly and thank you very much for taking the time. I truly hope to receive a response. May God Bless You All... Please help my live!!
Sincerely, Joanna LunaDanell Duenas
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~LunaEstrella628@aol.com P.s- I gone to the doctor and he told me that I have a poor appetite, poor digestion, and mainly mild Depression, he said to try Homeopathy. Can you please help me?
I want to be completely honest I been feeling like this for a long time almost 2 years and now its worse. I haven't gone out into the world or stepped out my house for light, sun, air, etc... in that amount of time also. I truly miss that so very much. I have a fear inside me about the no appetite issue, nausea, and vomit that is hurting and killing me. I wish I could go and see someone but I can't it s way inside of me. I am begging you please help me with this problem. Would it be possible to see you if I may? I know its asking much but if not I competely understand. During all that time I have not worked and I will try my hardest and what's in my hands. If there's a certain charge for your information and help I compeltely undestand. I will pay eventhough I don't have much I'll do what's in my hands. I have to say my parents would try but they don't have much and can't aford a lot. Please I will do what I can. May I ask is their like a certain time so I can play little by little or something. Please I hope to hear from you I know I'm asking a lot and please forgive me if I offend or cause you any problems with my letter and describing this issue. I know things and life will get better I know it will many thanks God Bless You!
Joanna LunaDanell
I was recommended that this kind of Homeopathy helps with promoting a better and improved appetite, vanish a poor appetite, and lack of appetite. They are cinchona off and Gentiana Lutea to take them together or lycopodium. Those are the main two I was recommended. But also they said the others above help as well.
Ars Alb
Calc Carb
Ferrum
Lycopodium which I was taking for a while, see very little response.
Nat Mur
Phos
Pulsatilla ( i heard this is the best) i don't know..
Silica
Sulphur
May I ask can I take a combiantion? How would that work best? what potencies are best to start and for how many days? Is there hope for me?? I just want to eat much more I am losing too much weight, my parents are suffering, it hurts me seeing them, I feel weak with no strength, and I'm scared I might die! Please Help me live!! I have tears in eyes, from the bottom of my heart I beg for help from you if I may. I thank you for your information and look forward to a bright, healthy, and happy life..
Beloved God has given me the blessing and
miracle of giving me the opportunity and prividge
to write to you and hope to have happiness just to hear from
you back. I can't thank you enough for your time!
I have a dream to be a healthy and happy person
to live, have faith, and stay in this world.
When I fully recover I look forward
in helping as many people as I can
with similiar issues and problems
like the ones I am going through at
the moment! I have a passion for Alternative Medicine!
I want to study all this in the future! |
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| FOR SOME REASON I CAN'T GET MYSELF TO EAT ANYTHING. I WOULD STAY THE WHOLE DAY WITHOUT EATING ANYTHING BECAUSE I HAVE NO APPETITE WHATSOEVER. I AM ALSO TIRED ALL TIME AND I CAN'T SEEM TO FALL ASLPEEP AT NIGHTS. MY HANDS ARE SOMETIME WHITISH PALE AND WOULD SHAKE AT TIMES. THEN AT TIMES I WOULD GET A HEADACHE BECAUSE I DIDN'T EAT ANYTHING. WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM? |
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| Sweetestjan is right. Some peope were had. Bigtime. |
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| Sweetestjan should respect those with reading related disabilities and turn off capslock. |
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| I'm sorry brendon. Do you have reading related disabilities. Had a grandson with that. Had to make tapes of his home work for him. |
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| I have quit smoking marijuana after 24 years of heavy use, and as a result of the detoxification process, I have had no appetite in a week - All I can take in are broths and light soups. I take a multi-vitamin daily, and have been to several doctors to rule out any 'medical' reasons for my appetite loss, and all the doctors all say the same thing: I am detoxing, and it will be a while before my body returns to 'normal'. I cannot take this weakness and no appetite anymore, and am at my wit's end as far as what I can do to stimulate my appetite. I have read all the above posts, and was wondering if anyone found anything that actually WORKS to increase the appetite? I am assuming part of my problem is physcological, because to me the worst thing in the world is vomiting, and because I feel nausea, I am afraid if I eat I'll get sick. Any help/ideas would be greatly appreciated! Thank you,
Jason |
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| Jason, a hard days work will go a long way towards stimulating your appetite. I don't think that Detoxing is the problem, what are the specific toxins? Withdrawal is no fun and I hope you get past it soon, have you tried things that are very easy to digest and get energy from, like fruit smoothies? |
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| And just so no one jumps down my throat I am referring to physical manual labor, not implying that you do not work hard normally, or spamming for the medical industrial complex. |
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| I haven't eaten any solids in over a week - I have ZERO energy - I have not been able to even walk around my house, so 'physical manual labor' is out of the question right now :( I haven't tried fruit smoothies - I assume they would be too heavy - I have been sticking with broths and soup stocks, and Pedialyte pops... |
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| Weirdest thing - I bought some all-natural peppermint tea, made a cup, and was amazed that I could actually eat half a piece of peanut butter toast after a week! I am going to try the tea again tomorrow, with a whole piece of toast in the morning, and then later in the day, and hoping that will help - The tea is very soothing, and worked wonders :-) |
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| You might also try a touch of honey in the tea, and some baby food (not in the tea dummy) both are easily converted in to blood sugar which will give you the energy to do something. I'm glad to hear that you are starting to do better. |
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| I never thought of baby food - Thanks for the idea! I can still only manage 1/2 a piece of toast, so maybe the baby food will be easier on my system :) |
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| Okay, here's the situation: I went to the Emergency Room today because I was starting to worry about developing an eating disorder, and had an INSANE amount of blood work done, full physical, the works - After 9 miserable hours, the doctor comes back, and says I am perfectly healthy - All my tests were fine, it is simply THC withdrawal, and I'll get better on my own... I figured, 'Great, another quack', because he mentioned that I may be making myself not hungry, because I wasn't sure if I was detoxing, or really sick... Well, it was psychological; I have been eating non-stop since I got home today! Knowing that I am perfectly healthy kicked my brain into gear! I know that this doesn't help many people, but I'm sure there are some cases where it really IS just psychological, and it CAN BE FIXED! Sometimes just knowing you are fine makes a big difference :-) |
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| I suspect that a quack told you that detoxing would be rough and thats what happened. Just FYI THC sticks around in the system for about a month, many people report that after a month they start craving cannabis more, but that too will pass. Plus by not smoking you drastically reduce the likely hood of impotence, one of the leading causes of damn it all. Glad things are going well again, I thought it odd that you were out of energy after just a week of no food, Cannabis use tends to encourage calorie storage. |
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Actually, the docs said I would have no problems at all quitting - They were wrong...
The problem I have is that I have a VERY fast metabolism, and need at least double the caloric intake as a 'normal' person would regularly take in... |
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| itsvery very rareto find someone with a different metabolism,a pound of muscle in you burns the same amountof calories per day as a pound of muscle in me, you are probably just active or at least fidgety. I walk for about two hours a day and because of that I can take in huge amounts of food and stay just a little over weight. Are you back to eating regularly then? |
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Hello-
I have a slightly different situation. I have a 7 year old nephew (that lives in Honduras) and eats close to nothing. He's been that way for over 2 years. He hides his food in his pockets and tosses it out later. I'm guessing he gets most of his nutrition from fresh fruits he occasionally eats. His poor mother his extremly concerned and his taken him to several doctors. At first they said he would grow out of it, and when that didn't happen they gave him tons vitamins and later prescriptions. all of which had no effect on his appetite and a very negitive effect on his normally sweet personality. The doctors suggest that she offer him food but not force him to eat because it may cause a negative association with food. I'm about to take a trip down there and she is begging me to find something natural to help increase his appetite. She actually told me once that she would probably cry(for joy) the day her son actually ASKED her for something to eat. I really want to help them, however, I am obviuosly not a doctor and I have never suffered from this problem myself (my hips would agree with that statment completely). So I am asking for some educated advice on this, before I offer them something completely inappropriate. I was concidering peppermint tea, cranberry juice, maybe B-12. (things that a 7 yr old might actually take) also they need to be things that they might be able to find down there, that won't put a huge dent in there extremely limited income. I look forward to any advice you my be able to give me (us) and sincerely appreciate your time and effort. Thank You from the bottom of my heart and I wish good luck and a prompt recovery to any who may suffer with this extermly difficult situation. |
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Hi laleia,
Your family will always find bottled/canned "Malta", malted beverage with good B vitamins, in Honduras. The more bitter & less sweet brands will act better on improving the appetite.
Your family will also have available "Naranja Agria", bitter orange, & the other ingredients to make the syrup described in the 2nd post from the top of this thread. Go see the last paragraph of Daisyduckworth's Oct. 3, 2005 explanation of using bitter orange conveniently. |
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| Hey gringojay- thanks for the advice. Your right, those are things they can find easy enough in honduras. I will pick some up in the city(teguc) before I head to their village. I hope it works! any other suggestions? |
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