with Stephen Harrod Buhner, master herbalist
What else can I take to reduce brain swelling? What helps generate tissue for the small intestine? I have an irritation there and if I eat too much or drink too much it opens up and hurts. I take 4 gms sodium (Real Salt) and 4 gms vitamin C per day. I have gone thru the three week herx at week 20, 21, 22 on the Salt/C protocol for Lyme. I had very strong body chills, swelling in my head (no headache), brain fog, some rage and leather/numb face. The head swell or brain swell is of concern. To help with toxin removal during this time I added milk thistle, red root, artemisia annua, boneset and sarsaparilla. These have all helped. The boneset is most noticeable in relieving the chills and cold body feeling. This is the first time I have felt warm in many years! It feels great to be warm. Currently I am taking one sarsaparilla 3x a day. Using a high dose increases the brain swell. Less and I get a swelling as well in different area. With the artemisia annua I have woken up a few times at night choking/coughing up thick mucus. OVERALL I am feeling much better. My ears are working better. Hearing is much clearer than in the past 4 years or so. Very noticeable clear crisp sounds. The twitch from my left eye lid is gone. My energy level is good. My stomach problem is less. I eat cooked food, smaller quantity 4x a day, Gottschall SCD diet, no dairy, no grains. I have very good and frequent bowel movements. My lower left eye lid is still swollen and I use the rue fennel eye wash 3x a day. My eyes are less itchy.
Stephen’s response:
I would suggest a juice fast for your intestines, please see my book The Fasting Path (see below for book link) for details. A water fast would be even more effective but I have a number of considerations about those with Lyme doing one. Mainly, I think that the level of fatigue they normally experience would be extremely exacerbated on one, so I think a juice fast would be much better.
As to the brain swelling: I would suggest that you use the supplements for Lyme neurotoxins along with knotweed as well as adding a ginkgo tincture. These should help clear that up in a month to six weeks. If they do not, please email again.
posted on March 1, 2007 | 915 views | tags: Borrelia burgdorferi, brain inflammation, fasting, gut inflammation, Healing Lyme, Japanese knotweed, juice fast, lyme disease, Polygonum cuspidatum, resveratrol, water fast
Andrographis
400 mg tablets: Nature's Way
<400 mg tablets: Paradise Herbs
400 mg tablets: Planetary Formulas Full Spectrum
Japanese Knotweed (Resveratrol)
Green Dragon Botanicals
100 mg tablets: Paradise Herbs
bulk, wildcrafted: Woodland Essence
bulk and Source Naturals 500 mg tablets: 1st Chinese Herbs [Editor's note: As of September 2011, we have received reports that some people have had bad reactions to Source Naturals brand Resveratrol but have done fine with Paradise herbs. Sometimes the brand makes all the difference.]
Cat's Claw (Uncaria tomentosa)
500 mg capsules: Raintree
bulk, sustainably harvested: Raintree
Cryptolepis
tincture: Woodland Essence
Eleuthero (Siberian Ginseng)
Herb Pharm tincture - alcohol-based
Herb Pharm tincture - glycerite (alcohol-free)
250 mg capsules: Nature's Way
Stephania Root
Caution: New research has shown stephania
unsafe for use in pregnancy.
1st Chinese Herbs
Woodland Essence
ARTICLES BY STEPHEN BUHNER
The Use of Apis and Bi-Edta in the Treatment of Lyme Disease
Some Arguments against the Standardization of Herbalists
Gaian Voices Interview with Stephen Harrod Buhner
Depth Diagnosis in the Practice of Sacred Plant Medicine
The Lost Language of Plants
The Health Benefits of Water Fasting
Herbelegy
The Fall of Gruit and the Rise of Brewer's Droop
Paradise Lost: Of Healing, the Sacred, and Beer
The Yeast of the Ancients
BOOKS BY STEPHEN BUHNER
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