Detox for theobromine poisoning in dog

by Stephen Harrod Buhner | Sep 14, 2016 | miscellaneous, pets | 5 comments

Dear Stephen,
I went to your seminar in Western Massachusetts a few years ago. You saved my life from bartonella and lyme co-infections! Thank you! Now, my dog had a near-lethal dose of cacao nibs (theobromine poisoning) and survived, but we want to help her further get it out of her bloodstream and to reduce after-effects. Suggestions for detoxing and for healing from poison ingestion? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

Stephen’s response:
So sorry, I am not that up on what herbs dogs can take without side effects. They can take most of them but there are a few that we can take that they cannot. You might contact Mary Wulff in Montana. She does consults on herbs for pets.

Stephen

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Stephen Harrod Buhner

Stephen Harrod Buhner was an Earth poet and an award-winning author of twenty-four books on nature, indigenous cultures, the environment, and herbal medicine including the acclaimed book Healing Lyme: Natural Healing & Prevention of Lyme Borreliosis & Its Co-infections.

Stephen came from a long line of healers including Leroy Burney, Surgeon General of the United States under Eisenhower and Kennedy, and Elizabeth Lusterheide, a midwife and herbalist who worked in rural Indiana in the early nineteenth century. The greatest influence on his work, however, was his great-grandfather C.G. Harrod who primarily used botanical medicines, also in rural Indiana, when he began his work as a physician in 1911.

Stephen’s work has appeared or been profiled in publications throughout North America and Europe including Common Boundary, Apotheosis, Shaman’s Drum, The New York Times, CNN, and Good Morning America. Stephen lectured yearly throughout the United States on herbal medicine, the sacredness of plants, the intelligence of Nature, and the states of mind necessary for successful habitation of Earth.

He was a tireless advocate for the reincorporation of the exploratory artist, independent scholar, amateur naturalist, and citizen scientist in American society – especially as a counterweight to the influence of corporate science and technology.
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kim on September 14, 2016 at 4:38 pm

It would depend on if your dog has the MDR 1 mutation.
stephanie safka on September 14, 2016 at 4:57 pm

If Lyme turns into an autoimmune disease, should I treat Lyme or autoimmune and do you have any suggestions for autoimmune disease?
Dana on September 14, 2016 at 5:58 pm

As Australian medical system doesn’t recognise Lyme or Lyme-like disease, what can a person do in terms of self-diagnosis to confirm that the symptoms are Lyme/Lyme-like disease. Thanks.
healing lyme admin on September 15, 2016 at 8:24 am

Hi Dana,
You can start by looking at a list of Lyme symptoms and seeing if you match any/many of them. Also, Stephen has written before, that if you are unsure if you have Lyme, you can always try the protocol and if it has an affect on you, you’ll know whether to continue. Hope this helps!
healing lyme admin on September 15, 2016 at 8:28 am

Hi Stephanie,
The Buhner Healing Lyme Q & A is no longer open to new questions. My thought would be to treat both. I am healing autoimmune disease myself, and I have found that eating an anti-inflammatory diet and addressing stress/emotional symptoms to be the most effective. What is helping me is myofascial release therapy (MFR) with practitioners trained by John F. Barnes, meditation and hypnosis.