Should I take herbs with food or without?

by | Sep 18, 2011 | Columns, Healing Lyme, The Basics, when/how to take | 9 comments

Dear Stephen,
Does it matter when the herbs are taken with relation to meals? Either with meals or between? I’ve been on some herbs, such as reishi, that I’ve been directed to take on an empty stomach to be most effective. Just want to make sure I’m using these new herbs correctly. Thanks for your help!


Stephen’s response:
Nope, take the herbs whenever and with whatever.
Stephen

This protocol was incredible. After only a few weeks most of my symptoms were gone. After six months all my symptoms were gone… it has given me my life back.

– Amazon review by Joseph

Please note:

Stephen Buhner is no longer living and this Q + A column on Planet Thrive is closed to new questions. It will be kept on our website so readers can access vital information in the archives, communicate with each other in the comments section, and find herbs, books + lyme adjuncts in our directory. If you want to read more of Stephen’s writings, please see his website at: stephenharrodbuhner.com.



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9 Comments

  1. Andrew of Boston

    is it ok to take tinctures mixed in water?

  2. healing lyme admin

    Yes, you can dilute tinctures in water.

  3. Michele

    How should I start using cryptolepis? Is it !ike starting banderol & samento where I began with 5 drops each on an empty stomach & slowly built up to 30 drops 2 x’s/day? Also should cryptolepis be used 3 x’s/day unlike ban & sam ?

    Thanks….

  4. Natasha Nolan

    Hi I see Stephen says it doesn’t matter whether you take with food or not, but I have just been reading that saponins can increase the permeability of the gut (this effect is used in some chinese formulations specifically to allow some components to enter through the gut wall that normally wouldn’t be able to). I am wondering whether saponin containing herbs may in fact allow substances from food to pass through that shouldn’t, and may be a problem for so many of us that have allergy issues due to the immunomodulatory effects of Lyme and coinfections?

  5. Frank

    I was diagnosed with two strains of Lyme 80 days after infection I’ve been taking 200 mg of Doxycycline a day and I’ve been using teasel wormwood cat’s claw spilanthes black walnutand tu fu ling.
    I’m supplementing with 7 grams of vitamin C and using detoxifiers like Chlorella berberine milk thistle astrologus and fenugreek also ashwagandha. My lyme doctor recommended only 21 days of Doxycycline.
    I’m going to finish my course in about a week and that will actually be a 35 day course.
    I’m eating healthy lots of fiber veggies protein no Dairy no gluten trying to eliminate sugar as difficult although not using refined sugar. Staying well-hydrated. Sleep is a problem difficult to get more than 5 hours using all the typical amino acids and CBD oil that covers the falling asleep part.
    Does anyone out there have any advice comments criticisms.
    In the beginning it had affect the speed of my heart at one point a hundred 35 beats a minute. After 4 weeks of treatment now on all of the above my heart rates back to normal and I don’t feel very fatigued that seems to be fading.
    Had a few powerful herxheimer effect episodes. But seem to feel much better afterwards.
    Any comments or advice be greatly appreciated I’m considering possibly starting a 30 day course of amoxicillin after possibly 30 days after finishing this course of Doxycycline.
    I don’t want to take any chances on this I also don’t want to overdo it.

  6. Jazz

    How can I treat Morgellon’s

  7. Lynn

    Dear Frank I hope you are doing much better. I too had cardiac conditions which ate the very thing that brought me to the ED. I treated myself with the protocols for all the coinfections because frankly no conventional practitioner tests for. I saw the records of 3 anonymous patients that had over 20 different positive infections via $1000 comprehensive test. Better safe than sorry.

  8. Sam

    Can you tell me which test is comprehensive for $1k? I’m looking at igenex which is $2700 for the most comprehensive

  9. Natasha Robbins

    Hello,

    Would you mind please telling me what herb would be best to add to your core protocol for debilitating, burning nerve pain, specifically in the feet, due to Lyme disease?

    Thank you very much

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