Dear Stephen,
I want again just to thank you for your wonderful suggestion of herbs. I believe I’m again free of lyme and many tick borne co-infections I caught in a recent reinfection in May 2007 due to a combination of “your” plants, some Chinese plants and Dr. Klinghardt’s cleansing protocol (heavy metals, etc). 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 (but during the whole months of winter) for more than a decade (so, pretty chronic). I wonder if the herbs you suggest for intestinal candida (chaparro amargosa and desert willow) will work for skin fungi too? I certainly need to ingest herbs; skin application alone is not enough.
I want again just to thank you for your wonderful suggestion of herbs. I believe I’m again free of lyme and many tick borne co-infections I caught in a recent reinfection in May 2007 due to a combination of “your” plants, some Chinese plants and Dr. Klinghardt’s cleansing protocol (heavy metals, etc). 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 (but during the whole months of winter) for more than a decade (so, pretty chronic). I wonder if the herbs you suggest for intestinal candida (chaparro amargosa and desert willow) will work for skin fungi too? I certainly need to ingest herbs; skin application alone is not enough.
I had good experiences with pau d’arco tincture, tee tree oil, astragalus, stephania and propolis tincture, all helped but did not solved the situation. Garlic never helped there. I’m also on anti-candida diet to avoid flares. I believe my main problem is a weak immune system and problem of microcirculation in the extremities (fingers/ toes) specially during the winter… But who knows? Thank you again.
Stephen’s response:
This kind of thing is often difficult to treat for many reasons. If you are using tea tree oil you should apply it to the affected area 2-3x daily, especially after bathing (every day). If it is a nail fungus it will take until the nail grows completely out before it is gone, so the treatment takes months in recalcitrant cases. A wash of goldenseal, black walnut hulls, and usnea herbs, done daily am and pm, can also help immensely. For internal uses I would suggest using cryptolepis tincture (www.woodlandessence.com) 1 tsp 2x daily for a month. For immune support I would suggest astragalus and eleutherococcus. For microcirculation Japanese knotweed daily, and a combination of cayenne, prickly ash, and ginger is especially good. The use of a ginger cayenne tea daily will also help a lot here (juice of fresh ginger, a piece about the size of your thumb, 1/16 tsp cayenne, squeeze of lime, honey to taste).
This kind of thing is often difficult to treat for many reasons. If you are using tea tree oil you should apply it to the affected area 2-3x daily, especially after bathing (every day). If it is a nail fungus it will take until the nail grows completely out before it is gone, so the treatment takes months in recalcitrant cases. A wash of goldenseal, black walnut hulls, and usnea herbs, done daily am and pm, can also help immensely. For internal uses I would suggest using cryptolepis tincture (www.woodlandessence.com) 1 tsp 2x daily for a month. For immune support I would suggest astragalus and eleutherococcus. For microcirculation Japanese knotweed daily, and a combination of cayenne, prickly ash, and ginger is especially good. The use of a ginger cayenne tea daily will also help a lot here (juice of fresh ginger, a piece about the size of your thumb, 1/16 tsp cayenne, squeeze of lime, honey to taste).
Stephen
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