Dear Stephen,
I have been diagnosed with lyme after 2 years of investigations and research. My current doctor recommended the antibiotic course because this is what he works with, but I feel like I have to take the herbs and your input in all that concerns lyme has been of great help in understanding the disease better. There are only two lyme specialists in my country (I am from Europe) and none of them works with alternatives to antibiotics. Do you think it’s a smart idea for me to choose the herbs based on what I know I have and see how it works? If I have both babesia and mycoplasma, can I treat them together with a combination of cryptolepis, Artemisia annua, serrapeptase, eleutheroccocus and Myco Formula? Would you still advise the use of cryptolepsis in favor of Artemisia annua? Thank you very much for all the work you do to help people with lyme.
I have been diagnosed with lyme after 2 years of investigations and research. My current doctor recommended the antibiotic course because this is what he works with, but I feel like I have to take the herbs and your input in all that concerns lyme has been of great help in understanding the disease better. There are only two lyme specialists in my country (I am from Europe) and none of them works with alternatives to antibiotics. Do you think it’s a smart idea for me to choose the herbs based on what I know I have and see how it works? If I have both babesia and mycoplasma, can I treat them together with a combination of cryptolepis, Artemisia annua, serrapeptase, eleutheroccocus and Myco Formula? Would you still advise the use of cryptolepsis in favor of Artemisia annua? Thank you very much for all the work you do to help people with lyme.
Stephen’s response:
Yes, you can treat them this way, however, I would highly suggest you add Sida acuta to the mix as it is crucial for both mycoplasma and babesia and I would use that rather than the cryptolepis for that reason. It is essential, with mycoplasma, that you add some fairly strong herbs or supplements to reduce the inflammatory cytokines they produce, specifically EGCG, NAC, and knotweed. It is also crucial to use herbs to protect the proteoglycans in the body, I would suggest beginning with glucosamine sulfate. And finally, you need to add the following nutrients: fish oil or equivalent (must contain oleic if possible), multi-vitamins, l-arginine, and a broad grouping of amino acids. Mycoplasma scavenges nutrients from host cells and many of its symptoms are caused by nutrient depletion. If you don’t replace what it is using you basically end up suffering various forms of nutrient depletion. There are some sites that strongly recommend NOT using any of these nutrients, they are terribly misguided. The research is plain on this one, if the nutrients are resupplied, the symptom picture decreases. I am just finalizing a complete protocol for mycoplasma but it won’t be done for a month or so. This will cover the basics and will help reduce problems.
Yes, you can treat them this way, however, I would highly suggest you add Sida acuta to the mix as it is crucial for both mycoplasma and babesia and I would use that rather than the cryptolepis for that reason. It is essential, with mycoplasma, that you add some fairly strong herbs or supplements to reduce the inflammatory cytokines they produce, specifically EGCG, NAC, and knotweed. It is also crucial to use herbs to protect the proteoglycans in the body, I would suggest beginning with glucosamine sulfate. And finally, you need to add the following nutrients: fish oil or equivalent (must contain oleic if possible), multi-vitamins, l-arginine, and a broad grouping of amino acids. Mycoplasma scavenges nutrients from host cells and many of its symptoms are caused by nutrient depletion. If you don’t replace what it is using you basically end up suffering various forms of nutrient depletion. There are some sites that strongly recommend NOT using any of these nutrients, they are terribly misguided. The research is plain on this one, if the nutrients are resupplied, the symptom picture decreases. I am just finalizing a complete protocol for mycoplasma but it won’t be done for a month or so. This will cover the basics and will help reduce problems.
Stephen
Hi Stephen, I’ve just found your site, which looks like a remarkable resource. I’m sure you’re inundated with queries all the time, but I would appreciate your advice if you can spare the time.
Fifteen years after a tick bite, and 15 years of weird symptoms later, I tested positive for Babesia antibodies. I live in the UK where chronic Lyme ‘doesn’t exist’, apparently. I’m now waiting for test results to determine whether the infection is still active. The way I feel it’s either still active or it’s done permanent irreversible damage. I ache all over all the time, have dreadful neck pain, frozen shoulder (healing very slowly after arthrogram, won’t ever be back to normal I feel). Frequent chiropractor visits and daily use of a ‘Back In Action’ Mobiliser massage machine. Plus infrequent but scary episodes of dizziness that start in the early morning before I get up then dissipate in a few hours. Plus tinnitus and some loss of hearing in one ear, fatigue, anxiety , episodes of confusion, cognitive problems. I’ve been taking teasel tincture along with oregano oil for about a month. Previously took teasel tincture on its own. Any advice would be very welcome indeed. The NHS here in the UK is useless for Lyme unless you present with a bullseye rash. I can’t afford a LLMD. I can afford a herbalist – local herbalist with international standing who I’ve already spoken to but haven’t had a consultation with yet as I’m waiting for test results (see above!).
Thank you.
Jane
Hi Jane, As noted above, the comment area on Q & As is reserved for dialogue related to the topic in that Q & A; it is not how questions are submitted to Stephen. If you have a question for Stephen we ask that you submit it through the “Submit a question” link in our navigation menu. That said, he is currently backlogged and it would take a while to receive a response. Have you checked the babesia archive to see what he recommends for babesia currently? https://buhnerhealinglyme.com/category/co-infections/babesia/
Dear Stephen, Just wondering if you have finalized your Mycoplasma protocol and if so, can you direct me to it? If it’s not ready yet, I am also wondering if you can provide more info on EGCG dose.
With Gratitude!!! :)
Dear Stephen,
I’m also hoping that your Mycoplasma protocol might be ready and posted soon. Thank you so much for all you do to help and support us, it is an amazing service.
In gratitude,
Susan