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This daily blog has been about the struggles of juggling motherhood with being a full-time student for the first eight months of its existence.  I still share some of my life now that I've graduated but I also share information each day on herbs that I've learned along this journey.   While my herbariums are listed for free membership, I provide four fields from them in my blog: Constituents (the active ingredients of the herbs), the therapeutic actions (Examples are expectorant and stimulant), indications (colds, skin rashes, emphysema, etc), and safety information. More information can be found in the herbariums but these are the most important educational fields.  I also share scientific studies to help educate people who think there are no studies showing herbs work.

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Semester 3, Week 15, Day 1

8/15/2019

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Home stretch!  I have 3 modules left to study before I can take my test.  These other modules have gone pretty fast so I'm going to see if I can get this off my plate tomorrow but I'm not going to push myself.  My friend's daughter wanted to come hang out here while her mom moved stuff into their new house yesterday.  We were playing bubbles at the time so I just handed to bottle to her and let them play and I was able to get a small bit more studying done.  My daughter ate all her dinner then fell asleep at the table as a result of all the playing she did yesterday.  Then she woke up at 11 hungry again.  I gave her some carrots and she was able to sleep the rest of the night.  We still don't know when my friend can get into her house but I'm hoping it's soon.  She needs this. Time to go get breakfast done and such so I can get the studying done.

On to bladderwrack!

Constituents: Phenolic compounds (phlorogucinol, fucols), mucopolysaccarides (algin), sulphuryl-, sulphonyl-, and phosphonyl-glycosyl ester diglycerides, polar lipids, trace metals (iodine) (Hoffman, 2003, p. 552). Petersen says volatile oil, cellulose, mucilage, mannite, coloring and bitter principles, soda and iodine, and bromine compounds – sodium and potassium (p. 115).

Therapeutic Actions: Antihypothyroid, antirheumatic (Hoffman, 2003, p.551). Petersen says anti-aging, anti-bacterial/fungal, anticancer, anticoagulant, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, weight loss, and urinary tract tonic (p. 115).

Indications: The iodine in this seaweed is great for hypothyroid and goiter. Used internally and externally, it can help inflamed joints. (Hoffman, 2003, p. 551). Petersen, 2018, says the primary uses are thyroid disorders, iodine deficiency, lymphadenoid goiter, myxedema, obesity, arthritis, and rheumatism (p. 113).

Safety: may cause hyper- or hypo-thyroidism and possibly interfere with current treatments.  Prolonged use may prevent the absorption of a whole bunch of important things (Hoffman, 2003, p. 551). Petersen, 2018, says not to use with herbs that affect platelets as bleeding risk may be present (117).

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