Hi, all. Melissa asked a while ago (sorry I fell behind) about herbs in general during BF. In general, I would be cautious. There's that reference about chamomille (and in Israel, EVERYone drinks chamomille tea), being related to ragweed, can sensitize a baby to allergy problems later. You really have to be familiar with actions of herbs, since some have very strong actions and are powerful medicaments (is that really a word?). Also very big here in Israel is fennel tea, especially as a tea for babies. This drives me nuts, since fennel is a diuretic, will lower blood pressure, may cause dehydration in certain conditions - say, summer in the Israeli desert, where I live......Just last night, a pediatrician who is also a new mom called because she is anxious about her milk supply (baby is 6 days old). She was told to drink a certain tea, but didn't feel that it was helping. I asked her to read me the ingredients. When I told her that the fennel that was in it was a diuretic, she said in a wondering voice "Gee, maybe that's why I've been peeing so much!" She wasn't by far my first mom who is a doctor, and again I was struck by two almost-contrasting thoughts (and there's absolutely no putdown anywhere here, guys): on the one hand, a woman doctor is still a *woman* and needs support, and on the other hand, because she's a *doctor*, she's liable to be even *more* anxious than a mom who knows almost nothing about her body or babies! My mind is wandering more than usual tonight, hmmmm? Judy Knopf in Beer Sheva, Israel