Planet Thrive

resveratrol

• 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.
• Wasting time and resources?
  Dear Stephen, I started your herbal program at least a year ago and have only ramped up to 4 Sarsaparilla 3x day and 2 Resveratrol 3x day. Have I been wasting my time by not including the other herbs?
• Core protocol and antibiotics longterm?
  Dear Stephen, I would like to know whether you have any experience in having patients use your core protocol along with antibiotics long term. Are there any contraindications?
• Plant estrogens
  Dear Stephen, I am extremely sensitive to plant hormones or precusors, which makes certain herbs and essential oils impossible for me. I worry about resveratrol therefore. Will knotweed have a similar effect?
• Herbs against TBE?
  Dear Stephen, I would like to ask about any good anti-viral herb 'specific' against tick-born encephalitis (TBE).
• Mixing Cowden and Healing Lyme protocols
  Dear Stephen, I am on the Cowden protocol and am considering adding in andrographis and japanese knotweed and just wondered if you had any suggestions.
• Bell’s palsy of the gut
  Dear Stephen, Do you have any herbal suggestions for the lyme associated symptom, Bell's Palsy of the Gut? I am having some success with Triphala and Neem.
• Severe skin burning
  Dear Stephen, My primary symptom from Lyme is severe skin burning. I have not been able to wear shoes/socks for five years. What do you suggest to stop this awful pain?
• Herbs for Morgellon’s disease?
  Dear Stephen, I am curious whether you have had experience treating Morgellon's Disease with your Healing Lyme protocol.
• Herbal interaction with Klonopin
  Dear Stephen, Do the herbs andrographis, red root tincture, or smilax interfere with Klonopin (Clonazepam)?
• Intolerance to knotweed?
  Dear Stephen, My question now is about knotweed. I could take it for a few months last year in low doses but recently developed a clear reaction to it.
• Brain swelling and small intestine help
  Dear Stephen, What else can I take to reduce brain swelling? What helps generate tissue for the small intestine?
• Andrographis allergic reaction
  Dear Stephen, I wanted to report to you another allergic reaction to Andrographis - I had a sudden attack of hives that gradually worsened until my whole body was bright red with huge white welts that were extremely hot and itchy.
• Chinese herbs
  Dear Stephen, My question is about Chinese herbs: forsythia, isatis, gardenia, coptis, phellodendron, houttunya, lonicerae.
• Low blood pressure
  Dear Stephen, Can andrographis make your blood pressure TOO low? My normal BP is 90 over 60.
• Biopure tinctures
  Dear Stephen, What do you think about Biopure tinctures? Do you still think the whole herb is better/ safer than these tinctures?
• Decoctions vs Capsules
  Dear Stephen, Does it matter whether we take Japanese knotweed (resveratrol) as the whole herb in capsule form or as a decoction?