Astragalus for lyme

by Stephen Harrod Buhner | Nov 1, 2016 | astragalus, Herbs | 5 comments

Dear Stephen,
I have seen variations of this question in your Q & A. Basically, I’d like to know why astragalus is contraindicated for people with chronic lyme? I noticed this information on your site here, but have not noticed any such information in the second edition of your Healing Lyme book. Also, to confirm, astragalus is safe to use as a preventative tonic indefinitely at 1000 mg per day during “off season” for ticks?

Stephen’s response:
For some people it can make symptoms worse, I talk about this more in depth in the second edition of Healing Lyme where I do note that for some people it really does make the condition worse, for some it helps. It is safe to use indefinitely.

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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Pam on November 2, 2016 at 5:03 pm

My worse condition is the parasites in nose brain body
Little worms crawling everywhere
And the candida can’t get rid of for years – gut underlying problem
healing lyme admin on November 2, 2016 at 6:06 pm

Hi Pam,
Have you done 23andme.com genetics testing? Do you know if you have 3 variants for the FUT2 gene? Just wondering. I just found out I have that issue and I have lifelong Crohn’s disease. The 3 variants on my FUT2 gene means I cannot keep prebiotic sugars in the lining of my intestines and so there is no food for beneficial bacteria. I must now supplement with the prebiotic sugars for life. I just started Digestacure. Just wanted to share that in case it could help you in some way. If you do have the 23andme results, you can run it in the report from MTHFRsupport.com for $30 and then have the founder of that site, Sterling Hill, do a consult. She is brilliant when it comes to methylation genetics – she is the one who told me all that^^. Best, Julie
Frances on November 2, 2016 at 10:05 pm

Hi Pam, I believe it is Lyme which has morphed into something else; I have the same if not worse problem in just about every pore in my body, scalp, ears, etc.
Sonya Nelson on July 1, 2018 at 10:34 am

Hi Julie- how did the DigestaCure work out for you. I’m currently researching it myself.
healing lyme admin on July 5, 2018 at 6:25 pm

Hi Sonya,
I did high amounts for many months but it did not ultimately make a big difference for me so I stopped it. I am a difficult case though, it seems. Don’t let my experience sway you from it. You should see how your body reacts to it. Best, Julie