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I started my cycling program yesterday but I won't have my spearmint until next week. I also don't have goat's rue capsules. I have 1 lb loose goat's rue, but it's roughly chopped. I couldn't find powdered, but I probably should have shopped around more. I tried powdering it, but it didn't work out, and I don't really want to go through the trouble of powdering and encapsulating it. I'm thinking about crushing 4 tsp worth of the roughly chopped dry herb in a mortar and pestle. I hope 4 tsp crushed herbs is the same as 2 tsp powdered. There's no way I could powder it in a mortar. After I crush it, I'll boil it into a tea directly in the pot and then strain it through a sieve. I hope 1 cup of this tea per day will be roughly equivalent to 3 capsules, but I'm not sure. Goat's rue is generally considered to be a decent candidate for tea making, so that should mean most of it's active constituents are water soluble. I sure hope so.

I've decided not to do NB for 1 or 2 cycles. If I do I might not be able to tell if the herbs are producing any pain or swelling.