BD: Nope, they are definitely chinese formulas--she is a noted herbalist/acupuncturist. (My latest formula is qing shi yi qi tang mixed with si wu tang; the former is a spleen/stomach formula called "clear the parasites and build the chi" or something like that. The latter is for blood deficiency.) She pushes patients to use the twigs, stems, etc. but sometimes this isn't feasible, and she also has these liquid extracts made with just a bit of alcohol (they're not tinctures). She uses them for lazy yuppies (like me) (but I couldn't tolerate the twigs and stems and can't really tolerate most herbs at all). She has had this company for a long time, and is well known, and she also sells liquid mixtures, (mixed for each individual client), to other herbalists to use with their lazy yuppie clients. They have helped me!! Basically, I need most formulas to be mixed with "si wu tang" or I cannot tolerate them. IT's very strange and if I try to describe you'll want to tune out. She just does what seems to work and has stopped asking too many questions, because my problems make no sense. Anyway, I don't want to hijack this thread any further, but not sure what "ICQ" is. Would it be inappropriate for me to give my yahoo address here? It's not my "real" address so if it gets funny e-mail I'll just stop using it.
--Meeso