What are the safety concerns with gulkand? Is it the roses themselves or contamination with something else?
Probably they add something which make them to act as a preservative. Mixed opinions lies about gulkand in internet as its widely used in many food items and also in tobacco and other products. Paan paraag chewing is linked to mouth cancers and its worse than smoking. Gulkand taste lingers in mouth for about two days or more and such a thing resembles close to paan like chewing which might turn to cancer in some and for some it might be perfectly fine.
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Tulsi really is a miracle supplement. It reduces OCD, makes mind calm etc.
Tulsi comes in tea form and in capsule too. Capsule contain bit more content thus useful for getting stronger effects. Organic India is the best brand to choose from. Their formulations and tea ranges are all based on Tulsi. Anyway its best to choose original Tulsi ingredient and not mixed version as they sell various mixed versions like Tulsi Green Tea, Tulsi Rose etc etc.
For getting deep sleep Chamomile tea is best. Just like Tulsi its also caffeine free and need to drink it few hours before going to sleep. Works best for sleep. Avoid taking it during day time as Chamomile can give slight drowsiness.
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I’d like to try organic India tulsi. At the moment I drink pukka brand tulsi which tastes amazing. I’m gonna buy some chamomile tea today and try it out.
I’m gonna grow my own soon. I’m gonna grow all organic with the best soil and water. It sounds fun.
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Organic India Tulsi tea is very strong version unlike other brands. Can easily make two cups of tea with a single tea bag. I recently tried their Tulsi capsule form which is very nice and gives results within few minutes. It activates the mind and thus might feel a little headache like effect just like when we feel when solving mental puzzles. Thus its very useful for reducing impulsive behaviors like OCD, anxiety, rage etc.
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I would be very careful about trying supplements unless they are given by your pdoc. There are 10 things you might know about a supplement and 10 things you wont know about them because some supplements are not gone through clinical trials and are not approved by FDA. You might find it helpful for now but do you know its long term effects ? And you wont even know some side effects unless you have symptoms.
Its just like clozapine. It was banned initially when it killed some people due to infections developed cuz of low wbc counts. Later it got approved with special instruction to measure blood counts when people are on this medicine.
Tulsi is safe, its actually a tea just like black tea, green tea, coffee etc with lots of benefits and people are taking this for so many years. Many people are not aware of its benefits especially for mental, cognitive issues.
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Can you get it as a pot plant and grow and pick your own, if so, does anyone know a supplier, preferably online, thanks.
Search in amazon, tulsi , holi basil you’ll see plenty of brands selling tulsi tea, as supplement etc.
Holy basil (tulsi) is drank everyday in India like coffee is drank over the world. But yeh everyone is different. Myself, I like tulsi. It would be a shame if you never try tulsi because the pdoc told you not to. But with everything you must be careful.
I’ve found this link about cultivation: homeguides(dot)sfgate(dot)com/grow-holy-basil-41969.html
It says you can grow them in containers, but they need plenty of sun.
You can get the seeds here: www(dot)amazon(dot)co(dot)uk/Herb-Seeds-Basil-Tulsi-1000/dp/B00M75RB30/
Make sure to use Amazon smile so as to ensure Amazon gives to charity.
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Yes you can cultivate too as its an easy growing plant.
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yes tulsi is used as tonic in ancient vedic sanatan culture i.e hindu … India has highest hindu population …
nepal is hindu country too… no offence lets not talk about religion…
there are other beautiful herbs that helps in Improving memory like Bramhi ,jatamanshi,Aswagandha,plus few other …
but i took shankapuspi but it interacted with seroquel i take … so i have to quit…
before usuing herbs pls seek guidence from professional … it Might interact …
If its helping you it is good and i am happy for you…
ANd i hope YOu recover faster then me…?
If your symptoms allows you pls learn meditation(guided) or mindfullness it will definetly helps…
i have started oshos dynamic meditation…
will update further later …
Green frn i still remember you but my memory is still not improving but i havent loose hope…
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Good on ya far cry, hope you get well soon.
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