06-04-2019, 02:53 PM
Hi all,
I recently decided to try pueraria and see if adding a potent phytoestrogen to my program of herbs would increase physical feminization. I had a bad reaction and wanted to post it here to both see if anyone else experienced anything similar, as well as to have others looking to try pueraria for ther first time to possibly be aware.
So, when i researched pueraria, i discovered that there were some medical studies conducted concerning its safety, and in those studies it was determined safe at about 25 to 100mg. On reading here at breast nexum and a few other sites i found that some people were taking upwards of 1000mg to 3000mg! That's incredible. My experience with herbs is that they can be very potent and lethal, not something to play with. My mentality with all supplements, medications etc. Is research, never do anything that the information you have says not to, start small and slow and listen to your body. Thus, to ME ( and every one mentally and physically is different, so im not saying anyone here is doing anything wrong or trying to be rude ) but to ME i believed that all information i could find said that if i went above the 100mg territory of pueraria, i would be dosing outside of what was scientifically studied to be safe.
That being said, i decided to research brands. Many brands have alot of red flags to me. Many seem to have mispellings on packaging, or look like companies who you could not verify the legitimacy of their practices. They could be coming from someones back yard in china, who knows. This is a big deal to me.
So, i ordered barlowes 550mg pueraria from amazon. Pueraria was just one of their products. They seemed like a good company with sound practices, etc. Their product was tested for heavy metals and claimed purity.
So, although i said it was my belief that starting at 100mg would be the most prudent choice, given the information i had, their bottle instructed users to take 1 to 2 capsules per day. So, the logic i used was that many males wanting breasts take up to 3000mg, and this bottle says to use at least one serving of 550mg. It didn't seem like a gigantic leap to take one capsule per day.
Day 1: around 10am i opened a capsule and poured it into a Gatorade. This way i could slowly sip it and gradually monitor any effects my body had. Didnt particularly notice anything.
Day 2: same time, same method. Then around 5pm that day i felt tightness around my heart area randomly.
Day 3: same time, same method. Throughout day i felt same heart soreness ( hard to describe )
Around 6pm i ate dinner, after dinner i started passing alot of gas and immediately got insane intestinal pains. For the next 24 to 36 hours i had intestinal soreness, constipation issues and the soreness and random pains in my heart. I felt out of it almost, like almost out of body experience, that while laying down i could float out. Ive only felt that on two other occasions and one was when i was very close to heat exhaustion at work.
Anyhow, while taking pueraria those days i was also taking:
500mg reishi and 400mg spearmint once in the morning and then both again in the evening ( 1000mg reishi and 800 spearmint total daily )
I also have a few other supplements that i use sparingly but I've used them all for so long that i can without a doubt say pueraria was the only new variable.
Its been a few days now and im feeling better. Anyone had similar experience?
I recently decided to try pueraria and see if adding a potent phytoestrogen to my program of herbs would increase physical feminization. I had a bad reaction and wanted to post it here to both see if anyone else experienced anything similar, as well as to have others looking to try pueraria for ther first time to possibly be aware.
So, when i researched pueraria, i discovered that there were some medical studies conducted concerning its safety, and in those studies it was determined safe at about 25 to 100mg. On reading here at breast nexum and a few other sites i found that some people were taking upwards of 1000mg to 3000mg! That's incredible. My experience with herbs is that they can be very potent and lethal, not something to play with. My mentality with all supplements, medications etc. Is research, never do anything that the information you have says not to, start small and slow and listen to your body. Thus, to ME ( and every one mentally and physically is different, so im not saying anyone here is doing anything wrong or trying to be rude ) but to ME i believed that all information i could find said that if i went above the 100mg territory of pueraria, i would be dosing outside of what was scientifically studied to be safe.
That being said, i decided to research brands. Many brands have alot of red flags to me. Many seem to have mispellings on packaging, or look like companies who you could not verify the legitimacy of their practices. They could be coming from someones back yard in china, who knows. This is a big deal to me.
So, i ordered barlowes 550mg pueraria from amazon. Pueraria was just one of their products. They seemed like a good company with sound practices, etc. Their product was tested for heavy metals and claimed purity.
So, although i said it was my belief that starting at 100mg would be the most prudent choice, given the information i had, their bottle instructed users to take 1 to 2 capsules per day. So, the logic i used was that many males wanting breasts take up to 3000mg, and this bottle says to use at least one serving of 550mg. It didn't seem like a gigantic leap to take one capsule per day.
Day 1: around 10am i opened a capsule and poured it into a Gatorade. This way i could slowly sip it and gradually monitor any effects my body had. Didnt particularly notice anything.
Day 2: same time, same method. Then around 5pm that day i felt tightness around my heart area randomly.
Day 3: same time, same method. Throughout day i felt same heart soreness ( hard to describe )
Around 6pm i ate dinner, after dinner i started passing alot of gas and immediately got insane intestinal pains. For the next 24 to 36 hours i had intestinal soreness, constipation issues and the soreness and random pains in my heart. I felt out of it almost, like almost out of body experience, that while laying down i could float out. Ive only felt that on two other occasions and one was when i was very close to heat exhaustion at work.
Anyhow, while taking pueraria those days i was also taking:
500mg reishi and 400mg spearmint once in the morning and then both again in the evening ( 1000mg reishi and 800 spearmint total daily )
I also have a few other supplements that i use sparingly but I've used them all for so long that i can without a doubt say pueraria was the only new variable.
Its been a few days now and im feeling better. Anyone had similar experience?