I am on my 2nd week of gan ma llng, ear formula and  goldenseal for a tooth problem. It is truly working and I no longer have the threat of a root canal hanging over me. However I've begun to have bloatedness and gas and discomfort which starts after my daily 2nd dose. It is gone in the morning.  Am thinking one of these may be the cause. Has anyone had this experience with these herbs?

One topic that did come up in the meeting was coffee.  It seems to be more people's vice than just me!  Thank goodness.  Matia said that caffeine for about 90% of the people did not bother them and that for the 10% it did, de-caf was usually fine.  Most people do BETTER on Bold or more intense coffees.  I work for Starbucks and can attest to this.  The BOLDER the coffee DOES NOT mean it has more caffeine, actually just the opposite.  The more mild the coffee usually means more caffeine and more importantly, more acidity.  Customers always say "give me the bold, I need the caffeine!"  I don'

I would just like to suggest if we can  choose our words more carefully. 

As a newbie(what others have called me) I have noticed on countless occassions that many of us on here state, "When I am healthy again " or "When I get healthy again" or "Can I eat this when I am healthy again" sets your concious and subconcious up for stating and assuming you are not healthy RIGHT NOW.

Would love to hear anything you learned.  Thanks. 

hey all. so ive been in treatment almost a year and while my bladder seems to be doing pretty well( which im thankful for) my bloating is still really bad and i get horrible headaches. its really hard to imagine this ever going away..has anyone else been in the same position of their bladder getting better but their stomach still bad??

Hi Everyone,

I'm really happy because my husband and I have started to be able to have sex again. Most of the time its without pain, but occaisionally I'm unable. I'm just really pleased with the change -- it used to be absolutely impossible, and I got IC just a month after we married!!

One thing I've noticed is that condoms are a problem for me. Presently we make love without condoms and he "pulls out" which I know is a lousy method of birth control.

Hi since this weekend got cancled last min I thought I will do a sunday chat at 1pm pst time. Let me know if you need the number it is not the same for Matia's call in

Nicole

Hi all, Happy New Year.
So to start off 2010 I decided I would go to a therapist to try to deal with my emotions and some childhood stuff I'd gone through involving parents, divorce, deaths, etc....

for those of you who can eat fruit how much do you eat? im still scared to eat fruit and every time i do i feel like im doing something bad even tho matia says its ok! would like to hear from others!

  I am at the end of my cold and Matia said to buy a bottle of Echinacea/ Goldenseal.  She didn't refer to a specific one.  I didn't know if gel caps were approved or if I should find veggie caps.  I have a Vitamine Shoppe nearbye.  I saw several choices on iHerb.  Do you think I should stick with the Ecclectic Institute brand?