Are clients ever leery of your recommendations because of something they read somewhere?
Herbs are often subject to speculation. It is good to know what it is you’re taking and whether or not it is safe but sometimes clients are misinformed about the potential dangers of an herb formulation, and the arguments against its ingestion may sound very compelling.
This was recently brought to my attention when a colleague sent me an article on an old standby, tea made with cumin, coriander, and fennel, sometimes called CCF Tea.
The article in question may be found here. The author sounds very angry about this tea for some reason, even going so far as to say it has an “awful flavor” and that they “hate it”. I understand; this tea is not for everyone, but is it dangerous? They cite studies that, they claim, support this assertion, but I read their linked studies and came to a different conclusion. Follow me down the rabbit hole of this research…