Posts Tagged astragalus

  • Using astralagus Using astralagus
    Dear Stephen, I understand that astralagus can act as a preventive against tick embedding. Can I take it and if so what brand do you recommend and what dosage? Thank you.
  • Carditis and warm/cool herbs Carditis and warm/cool herbs
    Dear Stephen, I noticed that stephania, houttuynia, and artemesia are all "cool" or "cold" herbs in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theory. Can you recommend good warming herbs to combine them with?
  • Astragalus okay for Astragalus okay for “accelerated” lyme?
    Dear Stephen, I was recently diagnosed with acute acclerated lyme disease...and wondered if because I was an accelerated case, I needed to be careful with the astragalus as I know it can be contraindicated when you have chronic lyme.
  • Buhner Healing Lyme program Buhner Healing Lyme program
    Herb sources for the treatment protocol outlined in the book Healing Lyme by Stephen Harrod Buhner.
  • Protocol if lyme is detected early Protocol if lyme is detected early
    Dear Stephen, If one has treated very early for lyme do you still recommend following your protocol for at least 60 days?
  • CD57 levels on protocol CD57 levels on protocol
    Dear Stephen, After being on the herbs for 4 months, plus 2 months antibiotics before that, my CD57 levels have only gone up to 17 (from 16). It was 11 before the antibiotics. This is hugely disappointing.
  • Re-Infection during protocol Re-Infection during protocol
    Dear Stephen, I pulled another tick off me yesterday. Damn. Too soon to tell if I was re-infected, but now what?
  • Confused by prior post on pregnancy and herbs Confused by prior post on pregnancy and herbs
    Dear Stephen, Previously you advised that cat's claw, astragalus, eleutherococcus, and stephania show no contraindications for pregnancy but on page 103 cat's claw is contraindicated for pregnancy.
  • Preventing lyme transmission through body fluids Preventing lyme transmission through body fluids
    Dear Stephen, Our 21 year old son was diagnosed last month with chronic Lyme. Is there any herb to keep his future wife from getting infected?
  • Protocol for 4 yr old Protocol for 4 yr old
    Dear Stephen, My 4-year-old daughter was just diagnosed with lyme (tick bite then rash). She's on amoxicillan for 30 days. Which herbs would be best for her?
  • Breastfeeding on protocol Breastfeeding on protocol
    Dear Stephen, I am nursing a 10-month-old. Which herbs can I safely take while breastfeeding and are there any herbs that will help protect the baby or do I just assume the baby is going to come down with it?
  • Orthostatic tachycardia (POTS) Orthostatic tachycardia (POTS)
    Dear Stephen, A year ago I very suddenly developed what has been labeled as P.O.T.S (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome). When I sit or stand up my heart rate increases by 20-30 bpm or more.
  • Skin fungi herbs Skin fungi herbs
    Dear Stephen, The only problem that's still with me, is pre-lyme skin fungi (before only in my toes, now in my fingers). I suffer from that in winter only, for more than a decade.
  • Protocol for young children Protocol for young children
    Dear Stephen, My 3 year old daughter was recently diagnosed with Lyme and has been on antibiotics (abx) for about 3 months now. I would like to transition her to herbs.
  • Pregnant with lyme Pregnant with lyme
    Dear Stephen, I found out that I am pregnant. Is there anything I can take—from what I understand lyme can pass on to the baby?
  • Treating other stealth infections with herbs Treating other stealth infections with herbs
    Dear Stephen, I would be very interested to know if you have any experience of treating infections particularly mycoplasma and chlamydia pneumonia with herbs?
  • Getting pregnant with lyme Getting pregnant with lyme
    Dear Stephen, I would like to know if you would suggest a maintenance protocol during pregnancy, I mean, herbs that would not harm the fetus but keep borrelia under control.
  • Herbs against TBE? Herbs against TBE?
    Dear Stephen, I would like to ask about any good anti-viral herb 'specific' against tick-born encephalitis (TBE).
  • Eleuthero as preventive for small kids? Eleuthero as preventive for small kids?
    Dear Stephen, Your core protocol herbs cured my daughter last year of an acute borrelia infection in less than 2 months! Would it be okay for her to take eleuthero as a preventative for about 6-8 months a year?
  • Astragalus for new tick bite? Astragalus for new tick bite?
    Dear Stephen, I read your discussion regarding not using astragalus in late-stage Lyme, but wondered if that still applies in the case of a new tick bite?
  • Chinese herbs Chinese herbs
    Dear Stephen, My question is about Chinese herbs: forsythia, isatis, gardenia, coptis, phellodendron, houttunya, lonicerae.