Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Went to see a clininal herbalist today

Hello all!

Just thought I'd share my experience as I went to see a clinical herbalist today.
First of all, I THOUGHT I was going to a naturopath so I was suprised to find out when I got there that he was actually just a herbalist. This makes a difference for me personally because of what I can and can't have covered through my extended health, so that was a bit of an "uh oh" when I got the bill for $95!
So I went in, and the consultation lasted for just over an hour and a half. It was A LOT of questions about my symptoms, how often, when they started, details of BMs, everything.. If you are going to go to see one, I would totally recommend getting a good timeline straight in your head 'cause I did a lot of, "Um, well, I guess..." since I have been dealing with this stuff for over 10 years and some details are a little fuzzy!
He also asked me a lot about stress and anxiety, and said that the next time we would talk a lot more about hormonal issues.
After he asked me all the questions, he didn't seem to have a lot of advice to offer me. In fact, some of the things that he said made me a little worried that he won't be able to help me. He told me that with my condition I should not be able to eat things like rice and bread. That those foods should give me D. Now, I have been studying my own body in this regard for over 2 years and know for a fact that those are the things that do not give me D.
He told me that he would make me a tea, and that I should drink it rather than peppermint tea (which I have been drinking up to 3 times a day lately). I thought it seemed strange to tell me not to have peppermint tea, which is one thing that is helping me.
He recommended that I start taking rescue remedy, which I don't know anything about but I think I have seen past posts about it so I will do a search and see what I can find.
He said he was going to make a tincture, but it wouldn't be ready until tomorrow so I am going to pick that up tomorrow. Then I will drink the tea he made me (of various things I hadn't heard of) 3 times a day, and I think he said twice a day for the tincture (whatever that is).
We'll see how it goes, but right now I am not feeling overly hopeful. He said a lot of things about how it would be a lot of "guess work" and "trial and error" and I feel like that is what I am already doing, and have been doing for over 2 years, by myself.

I'll update on how things are going. Let me know if you have any other insight on clinical herbalists if anyone else has tried this route.

Cheers!!
--Steph

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