Comment · Fri, November 12, 2021 · ND Owner
ND's Lemon Balm suggestions? Dose? Tips?
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OPengiun · 12 points
I'm a fan of Lemon Balm tinctures and whatnot, and just recently got ND's in-house Lemon Balm tablets.
Took 1 500mg with lunch and haven't felt anything from it. Normally, with tinctures I do (those are about equal to 600mg of fresh aerial parts). This tablet is presumably 8x more plant material than what I normally take with the tinctures, so I thought I might feel something.
So, couple of questions:
* What is the upper level dosage while avoiding potential toxicity?
* With or without food?
* Would combining a bit of magnolia bark extract help potentiate the effects?
* Are there any other compounds in this dual extract that could be counteracting the normal sedating effects of water extracts or ethanol extracts?
* Anything else or any tips I should know?
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OPengiun · 2 points
On a side note/update, I played around with dosages the last few nights of Magnolia + Lemon Balm and think I found that sweet spot like you had mentioned.
I was trying 500mg of Lemon Balm + half a Tablet of Magnolia Bark, but that felt stimulating and kept me up at night.
So I took 250mg + a quarter of Magnolia Bark, and holy moly what a difference! Literally night and day when it comes to the calming properties. Best sleep I've had in a long time.
I'm so used to taking more of something to get the effect I'm after, I often forget about these dose response curves.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Very good! Yeah, sometimes more is not always better. This is why we are trying to do more tablets. Allowing people to break the dose down really does help people find what works best for them.