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Posts Tagged Borrelia burgdorferi

• Cryptolepis for MRSA
  Dear Stephen, My mother has a "Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus" (MRSA) infection that has been there for a year. Do you have a "recommended dose" for treating that with cryptolepis?
• Biopure tincture dosages
  Dear Stephen, I was given andrographis and Japanese knotweed as Biopure tinctures from my doctor before I was aware of "Healing Lyme." I was wondering if you could provide a number of drops to be taken per day.
• Encapsulating Japanese knotweed
  Dear Stephen, I have decided to encapsulate the Japanese knotweed myself...if I already have "0" caps, how many of these would be comparable to the recommended "00" dosage?
• Herbalist in Fairfield, CT
  Dear Stephen, I would like to find an herbalist to work with, using your protocol, in the Fairfield, CT area. My daughter is struggling with lyme disease.
• Stephania causing constipation
  Dear Stephen, I have one problem with using stephania root tincture that I hope you might have a suggestion for - even a small dose of stephania causes constipation.
• Do you have to herx for the protocol to work?
  Dear Stephen, Does everyone have to have herxheimer reactions as a sign that bacteria is dying and treatment is working? If you don't react, does it mean what you're doing isn't working?
• Hair loss on protocol
  Dear Stephen, Last November we started on andrographis and built that up to the 4-4x a day. Since doing that, I have not been able to taste food and my beard which was always very thick developed holes.
• Bartonella infection
  Dear Stephen, I have recently been diagnosed with bartonella infections. I would appreciate your recommendations for attacking these critters.
• Almost symptom free – what next?
  Dear Stephen, I've been on antibiotics and your core protocol for nine months and am now almost symptom-free. How long do you think one should continue these herbs?
• Inflammation caused by lyme
  Dear Stephen, How do we get better from lyme when all the inflammation pathways are shut down with knotweed - are we essentially starving the buggers by not having them feed on the destruction of the inflammation process?
• Hearing issues
  Dear Stephen, I can feel sensations in my ears- slight transient pains, congestion, stronger tinnitus...any recommendations?
• Bartonella and babesia
  Dear Stephen, I have the Fry Labs bartonella mystery bug and also babesia duncani (Igenex) as well as candida and lyme and ehrlichia. Just wondered if cryptolepsis is still the herb of choice for this BLO.
• Cat’s claw after cornea transplant
  Dear Stephen, I read in your book that cat's claw is contraindicated for people who have had an organ transplant. Would that include a cornea transplant?
• Weakening immunity with antibiotics
  Dear Stephen, Do you find it effective for people to pulse herbs/antibiotics if they're not able to wean off of antibiotics?
• Astragalus and cryptolepis
  Dear Stephen, I found another deer tick on me 4 weeks ago. With my past history should I add astragalus and what is the adequate dose for cryptolepis?
• Artesunate inhibits XMRV retrovirus?
  Dear Stephen, On CFS specialist Dr. Paul Cheney's website it says that artesunate might inhibit XMRV. Should those with CFS/ME and lyme be adding that to their arsenal?
• Glaucoma
  Dear Stephen, I have recently been diagnosed with Glaucoma, do you think it is possible to heal the eyes with stephania or is it a support only. Any other suggestions?
• Air hunger
  Dear Stephen, I know there are other people that have this issue and that I am not crazy, but it seems like I have forgotten how to breathe. Have you heard of this and is it solvable?
• Herbs for intracellular infection
  Dear Stephen, Which herbs would be good for cat scratch fever infections? Herbs for fighting infections, particularily intracellular organisms, are a preference for this earth grounded patient.
• Vulva and vaginal pain
  Dear Stephen, I experience vulva and vaginal pain, bladder irritability and colon irritability. This has been going on for 10 years. Is there anything you can suggest?
• Correct dosages for decoctions
  Dear Stephen, I take your core protocol herbs as a decoction of all three herbs which I make the night before. My question is about appropriate dosage for a decoction.
• How much knotweed for bartonella?
  Dear Stephen, I have some questions on dosages and forms for the bartonella herbs.
• Recently bitten – help!
  Dear Stephen, This morning I found a tick crawling on my blanket and from the pictures, it looks like a male wood tick. What treatment do you suggest for me?
• Children and the Buhner protocol
  Dear Stephen, Just wondering if your herbs are safe for my ten year old son who weighs 77 pounds?
• No improvements
  Dear Stephen, So far I am not seeing any improvement on your protocol. Would you say it sounds unlikely that I have lyme disease after 4 months?
• Herbal protocol for 4 year old
  Dear Stephen, My 4 year old niece was just diagnosed today with lyme disease. From what I understand, astragalus is a must. Are there any other herbs that should be added ?
• Will my sense of taste ever return?
  Dear Stephen, I lost my sense of taste being on the core protocol, stopped everything a week after no taste, and am now off of the protocol for about two weeks but still no sense of taste.
• Stephania eye wash with decoction
  Dear Stephen, How is the stephania eye wash decoction made, and what strength should it be?
• Thyroid support
  Dear Stephen, Currently, I have symptoms of hyperthyroidism at night and symptoms of hypothyroidism during the day. How can I treat this?
• Hepatoxicity of boneset
  Dear Stephen, I read that boneset is a member of a family of herbs that have a hepatoxic property. How can I take it safely if it is hepatoxic?
• Samento increases borreliosis population?
  Dear Stephen, I've read that a Swiss lyme research team discovered that samento didn't help anything; it even could increase the lyme population. What do you think about this?
• Meningoradiculitis (Bannwarth’s syndrome) and bitten again
  Dear Stephen, In 2004 I suffered from severe meningoradiculitis along with seven others in my area. Was this lyme? I recently found a tick on me, how should I proceed now?
• Cryptolepis buchanani
  Dear Stephen, I was able to locate Cryptolepis buchanani on the web in capsule form. Is that the same as "Cryptolepis"? And what should be the dosage for fighting babesia?
• Many symptoms, including mouth/eye
  Dear Stephen, I want to stop the antibiotics after 3 months and start taking resveratrol, cat's claw and andrographis. What else should I include in my treatment?
• Cytotoxicity of cryptolepis
  Dear Stephen, I have been made aware of an Oxford study stating the cytotoxicity of cryptolepsis. I wanted to get your opinion on the safety of cryptolepsis considering the findings of this study.
• Lyme arthritis
  Dear Stephen, My symptom is arthritis. So should I take every herb listed on the core protocol, plus the arthritis protocol?
• Lyme and Hepatitis C
  Dear Stephen, I have Hepatitis C and Lyme. What protocol would you recommend?
• Too late to treat lyme?
  Dear Stephen, If I've had lyme my whole life and only started treating it at age 50, is it too late for me?
• Ginger root caused herx
  Dear Stephen, I recently ate some fresh ginger root that seasoned a Chinese dish I had and had a strong herx afterwards.
• Newbie needs help
  Dear Stephen, I have neuro lyme and need help with starting your protocol.