Indigo - Qing Dai Capsules (1:1 Herbal Extracts, 100 Capsules)

Update 4/26/25Been over a year since my review so I thought I’d come back and provide an update. About 3 months into supplementation, the effects began to wane. Before I knew it, the granules stopped working. I tried increasing dose, frequency, even combined with curcumin w/ black pepper but to no avail. Tried to take granules as capsules but that didnt help either. Disappointed, I went off treatment for 6 weeks. In my case, I began looking closely at what I was eating. The blood and skin tests to determine food allergens were turning up flase positives and negatives. 3 tests over three years with varying results, the last one came back with 0 allergens. But my body was telling me otherwise. Through trial and error and indeed a lot of misery, I zeroed in on tree nuts. Removed them from my diet and saw marginal improvement. But what was a real game changer was to combine the granules w/ Kutaj (3x/day, 2400 mg total). Keep in mind this is what worked for me and I am not taking it under medical guidance. Additionally, I started taking 1 clove a day and made sure to chew it in my mouth until almost nothing was left. Additionally, I started eating a small bowl of organic blackberries every morning. These additions overnight put me into remission. And I continued since for the last 2 months. I have also started taking probiotics 2x/day to repopulate my gut w/ healthy bacteria. I still take the granules once every two weeks. I’m only posting here to encourage others not to give up hope in case the granules dont yield the desired result initially. My recovery protocol is homegrown and I’m due for blood work in July. Please do your own diligence before you embark on your own journey. And from I am able to tell, if you have unresolved allergens, your body will not respond effectively to the granules unless the irritant is removed. Good luck and stay positive!I have struggled with IBS-D over two decades and attempted several treatments in an attempt to cure myself. Nothing comes close to Qing Dai. I was a skeptic but after reading reviews decided it was worth a shot. What you should know is everybody is different and likely to respond variably to Qing Dai. When I started about a year ago, I took granules (yikes!) three times a day. Almost instantly, this gave me nausea and headaches. Moreover, it do me much good in the bathroom. I abandoned treatment and forgot about it for 9 months. Another flare meant I was desperate to get into remission. I decided to give Qing Dai another try. Based on previous experience, I took one dose every alternate day. Within a week, I was symptom free! Well formed bowels- something I hadnt seen for decades. Unbelievable! But at this dose and interval, after four weeks, I can say that the pendulum has swung to the other side. I’m chronically constipated and have to strain hard in the bathroom. Will likely space out intervals between doses even further. I realize this is my experience and may not be applicable to everybody. But wanted to share in case you thought if giving it a try but walked away due to unpleasant side effects. Bottomline: you have to listen to your body and adjust dose accordingly. Also, stay on top of blood work periodically to make sure all parameters are in the normal range.

Purchased the capsule version, which I notice is not in stock all the time. I read Qing Dai can cause stomach upset and headaches. Thus, I ended up also purchasing gelatin capsules and I halved my first doses. I started with a half dose, once per week. Now I am at a half dose twice per week.Personally, I am using these to treat eosinophilia. In some medical journal I read about its usage in bone marrow derived issues. Always one to try alternative things, I gave this one a whirl. I am due for bloodwork the last week of October 2022, so I will update my review at that time. Currently, I use high doses of liposomal C + reishi mushroom to treat eosinophilia and although I lowered it 1000 points (which is great in my book) I cannot seem to keep in the normal range. I am hoping this is the ticket. Normal treatment of hyper-eosinophilia is glucocorticoids or a low dose chemo drug, so I am pretty happy that my current regimen kept me off those.As a "side effect" ... on the days I take the Qing Dai, I notice my overall inflammation goes down. I tend to have more pep in my step and less achiness. I call that a win, so I had to come here and write a review stating it. So far, no complaints or regrets. I was impressed enough, I just told a friend, whose husband suffers from Crohn's, about this stuff.

May work for some but made me insanely sick. Nauseous, diarrhea, dizzy, sweating, aches, headache, massive fatigue. Just awful! It lasted for a week. I didn't realize this was the issue and started taking it again and in a day ans a half, boom, all over again. Beware!

I took 1 gram of it in a tea. I got a bad headache and very dizzy. And I threw up. I'm too scared to try it again to make sure it was the indigo that made me throw up. But it did seem to work for a few days even after I threw up. It is powder/granule form which didn't mix well into the tea. The taste is also not great. And my poop seems to be a darker color, kind-of green. I can kind of smell it in my poop too.1 Month Update: I ordered a capsule version of indigo to try again and it seems to work and hasn't made me throw up. I do get some dizziness which is probably due to the indigo. I will keep this bottle just in case I run out of the other one. The other bottle is capsule form which comes in half gram (500mg) doses. I take one of those everyday. I had some headaches for the first week or so but I started being more careful about things that hive me headaches and I don't really get them anymore. My UC symptoms have gone away a lot. I can tell I still have the ulcers and it might take more time to completely heal.1.5 Year Update:I still take capsules everyday (500mg). And sometimes my poops gets worse and I get blood in my poop (1-2 days every 3-4 months). I want to try to decrease how often I take it.2.5 Year UpdateI did try getting off of it bc of some symtoms I was having. It was okay for like 2 weeks and things started going downhill. I started taking it again at like 1 or 2 months after stopping. I don't take everyday though.. only every other day. I'm working on getting stuff to put my own capsules together for smaller doses. This should help with decreasing my headaches which I get sometimes. Also I want to do it so that I can just take it everyday at a smaller dose.4.5 Year UpdateI stopped taking it because I was in a flare up for over a year and it wasn't getting better. And bc I want to try to have kids but wouldn't try while on Indigo. I will keep my bottles of it and the intention to use it again for whenever the meds I'm on now don't work anymore. Right before I got switched, I noticed it was still helping. It's kind of like a safety or a last resort for me.