Dear Stephen,
My wife and I started on your protocol last year and have been building up one herb at a time. 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. I used to need to trim the beard at least every 2 weeks. I have not done so for 3 months! And it looks shorter than it did then. My hair is also coming out in mass amounts when I brush or wash it. We have been having trouble getting andrographis lately and started using stephania. I did see improvement after taking andrographis. Less hand and finger pain making it much more comfortable to play and teach musical instruments. I do wonder if we should try to get a new supply of andrographis or not. My wife has heart palpitations and asthma and I have a rash that looks like it might be guttah psoriasis which comes out every year about January. We also tend to stay up all night and sleep during the day. I wonder if that could be an effect of lyme. Any thoughts or insights you may have would be appreciated. We so want to become part of the new world again.