Wouldn't it be better to buy something that a company made, like nature day, mamarapril or breast gain plus? If you get the separate herbs yourself you'd be missing out on some stuff that they say helps with hormonal balance.. I know you're supposed to have the highest potency but it seems like they'd know better than me what to take. If you take straight herbs, how many capsules a day?
It's not that they know more than you what is best to take, it's that they have a business to run and they don't stay in business unless they sell their product. This is not bad, just a fact of life for them. So, they put as many things that they can in their capsule to attract the widest possible range of customers, or, some mix that they think will have an effect on the most women that try their product.
The problem is that almost all of them put so many things in their capsules that there is not enough of any one thing to have the desired effect to the intensity that it needs to be. Not only that, but all women are a bit different from each other in their hormonal makeup, and hormones change at different times during during their lives. So as a manufacturer you have this multidimensional problem that is being addressed in two dimensions. I have noticed over the years that these companies do not have very good track records.
By using individual herbs, women are able to detect any allergy to any one herb that they may have, much easier. Women are able to try different herbs and combinations of herbs to see what mix works best for current conditions. Not just different herbs, but different amounts for each one. By using a pre-mixed capsule, you lose much of this freedom.
There are some pre-mixed ones that may work. Many of them are look alikes just with different dosages. But if one decides to use any of these, it would be more effective to do some research on each of the contents to find out what the maximum safe/effective dosages are for each ingredient, and then ramp up the pre-mix as you would normal herbs until growing pains are felt, growing is experienced, or the maximum is reached.
Don't forget to take a good multivitamin and get plenty of rest.