Community Conversation => Transitioning => Hormone replacement therapy => Topic started by: Jill on January 17, 2012, 06:41:35 AM Return to Full Version
Title: Throat Coat Tea and HRT??
Post by: Jill on January 17, 2012, 06:41:35 AM
Post by: Jill on January 17, 2012, 06:41:35 AM
I had a sore throat the other day and tried some Traditional Medicinals Organic Throat Coat tea, and noticed that it contains a warning that says "Cautions: Consult a health care provider before taking if you have diabetes or hypokalemia, or if you are taking any kind of hormonal therapies, diuretics, potassium depleting agents, MAO inhibitors. Consult a health care provider if symptoms persist." I'm not on HRT, but I am curious as to what impact this tea would have on any of our hormone levels.
Any thoughts or insights?
From their web site: http://ca.traditionalmedicinals.com/nhp/product/102 (http://ca.traditionalmedicinals.com/nhp/product/102) :
Medicinal ingredients: Each tea bag (2.0g) contains: organic licorice root* (Glycyrrhiza glabra) 420 mg, organic wild cherry bark (Prunus serotina) 340 mg, organic bitter fennel fruit (Foeniculum vulgare) 300 mg, organic marshmallow root (Althaea officinalis) 120 mg, organic slippery elm bark (Ulmus rubra) 100 mg.
Non-medicinal ingredients: organic cinnamon bark (Cinnamomum spp.), organic sweet orange peel (Citrus sinensis).
Contraindications: Do not use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Do not use if you have impaired kidney or liver functions, high blood pressure or heart disease.
Any thoughts or insights?
From their web site: http://ca.traditionalmedicinals.com/nhp/product/102 (http://ca.traditionalmedicinals.com/nhp/product/102) :
Medicinal ingredients: Each tea bag (2.0g) contains: organic licorice root* (Glycyrrhiza glabra) 420 mg, organic wild cherry bark (Prunus serotina) 340 mg, organic bitter fennel fruit (Foeniculum vulgare) 300 mg, organic marshmallow root (Althaea officinalis) 120 mg, organic slippery elm bark (Ulmus rubra) 100 mg.
Non-medicinal ingredients: organic cinnamon bark (Cinnamomum spp.), organic sweet orange peel (Citrus sinensis).
Contraindications: Do not use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Do not use if you have impaired kidney or liver functions, high blood pressure or heart disease.
Title: Re: Throat Coat Tea and HRT??
Post by: Jill on January 18, 2012, 06:02:30 PM
Post by: Jill on January 18, 2012, 06:02:30 PM
Thanks. I also wonder about the warning about potassium depleting agents. I'm not on HRT, but I understand that spiro increases potassium. So what would the impact of a tea like this be on a spiro user?
Title: Re: Throat Coat Tea and HRT??
Post by: Jill on January 20, 2012, 01:55:09 PM
Post by: Jill on January 20, 2012, 01:55:09 PM
I'm not on spiro or HRT - yet, but I want to do my homework first. :)