Re: For Uny

I have some items still left and I was wondering if they would still be effective? Or perhaps over time they are no longer as strong? All of these have been stored in glass jars.
Sadly in my move the dates rubbed off so I don't know exactly how old they are. They could be as old as 2009 or might be 2011. Since I don't know how old they really are my guess is I would need to reorder to get the strongest products I can but thought I would check in case I could still use them.  I personally wouldn't depend upon 'dried herbs' stored at room temperature for longer than a year.  On one hand, they might be 'just fine', on the other hand they may have degraded substantially.   You could 'test them' against a fresh batch by making two small kettles of tea and then tasting them both.  If money allowed, I would get new ones, and then add the old ones 'as a kicker' to every batch of tea so they wouldn't go to waste.  (Example: if a recipe called for 1T of herbs, I'd use the full 1T of new herbs, and toss in 1-3 teaspoons of the old ones).  Some people might be concerned it would be too strong, but that's not something that would worry me much at all.

A few of the items I have are Liver/Kidney Tea, Liver/GB tincture, Kidney tincture, Charcoal, Cayenne and slippery elm. The tinctures should be fine; you can taste the cayenne to see if it still has the same 'kick'; I'd definitely ditch the charcoal and I don't know about the slippery elm.  It's your health and your body and your money.  It

Once I hear back your thoughts on a plan from my previous post I will go ahead and place an order. Looking forward to hearing what you have to say.   I don't know exactly what you're expecting 'my thoughts' to be.  You've already got all the information of what constitutes one 30-day cycle of the fundamental IP.  You've been using & learning about these therapies for quite awhile.  I'm obviously having difficulties finding time to devote to the forum (although I'm not having difficulty finding time to stress/worry about it :::sigh::: ...and that in part, is due to the fact that as much as I said "I'm not going to BE anyone's doctor, I'm here to teach everybody how to learn to be there own - I continually tried to be anyway - with very poor results). 

I realize this may not be the answer you're wanting to hear, but it's you that needs to decide what parts (or all) of the IP you need to do and whether or not to do them/it.  You need to decide if you want to do more than the foundational IP (as in, add additional herbs/therapies to treat hormonal imblances, fibroid, migraine, etc), or if you just want to start with one 30 day round of the basics, 'see what you get' and then make additional changes (or not).  I can't know or decide that for you, Jackie.  Once you decide that (to do the basic/foundational IP, part of it, or to do the basic/foundational IP plus more, for the first round), you'll need more information from me only if you choose to do the basic/foundation IP "plus more".  If you decide on that, let me know specifically what issues you're planning on addressing in the first 30 day round and I'll do my best to get you info on the herbs/therapies you could utilize in addition to the basic/fundamental IP.

Healthiest of blessings,

Uny