Dear Stephen,
I am 50 years old and only weigh 90 pounds. I was diagnosed with late stage neurolyme and babesia ducani. I took antibiotics for 6 months and then artemesinin for almost one month but didn’t get up to the full dose. I am still having severe stomach issues. Since I didn’t get up to the full dose should I try it again so I can try to cure the babesia? Also, should I finish that treatment before I start any of the core protocol for the lyme? Should I take the recommended dosage of the herbs since I only weigh 90 pounds. I’m so ill, please let me know. I also have severe nervous system damage. I have constant humming, buzzing, vibrating, and tingling, and so much more. I’m in agony. Will the protocol relieve it and help me rest? I hardly ever get any sleep. Thank you for your help. I’m in misery and hell. I just want to feel well. Also, one other question: are any of the herbs you recommend addictive, or do they work in the same way as benzodiazopenes because the doctors gave me benzos when they should have been giving me something to treat the lyme. My body became addicted to the ativan and so I’m concerned whether any of the herbs would do that. Thanks for your help. Sorry for so many questions – I have no where else to turn.
Stephen’s response:
You can take the lyme protocol at any time. Take 2/3 the recommended dose at your weight. Try niacin and B-12 for the vibrating/tingling and stephania for the humming. If you take liquid melatonin just before bed it should help your sleep. I recommend melatonin nano-plex from Premier Research Labs. Put one drop on the back of your hand and lick it off – the best way to control dosage. The herbs are not addictive.
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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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

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15 Comments

  1. Otter

    My husband and sister had Lyme, Babesia and Bartonella that went undiagnosed for 20 years. I had Lyme that was under treated and thus I continued to have it for 6 years. Between the 3 of us we have used IV Rocephin (2 grams a day for 5 months) doxycycline (300- 400 mg a day for 2 – 4 months), azithromycin (250- 500 mg a day for 2- 4 months) , minocycline (100 to 200 mg a day for 2- 3 months), Meprom to treat the Babesia (1500 mg – 3000 mg a day) and then rounds of the cyst busting drugs Flagyl (750 mg a day for 6 – 8 weeks) combined with Biaxin (1000mg a day)— and also a continual host of herbal supplements and vitamins. We also ate no sugar, and avoided bad carbohydrates

    All of the above got each of us to a certain point but not completely better. In the end it was a “Doug Coil” Rife machine that finally eradicated Lyme in each of us. Babesia, Bartonella and the other various co-infections can only be gotten rid of with antibiotics BUT LYME will persist unless you use a good Rife machine. There is a book by Brian Rosner called “When Antibiotics Fail..Using a Rife Machine. I suggest you buy it and read it from cover to cover. The machine sound complicated to use, but they really aren’t once someone talks you through it. And the cost ranges from about $500 to $3000. The mahine we bought (it has several components) cost about $1200 in total so split between the 3 of us it was very cost effective. The Rife treatments are short so many people could use a single machine in a day and you don’t do a treatment every day.

    No doctor will tell you to use a Rife machine– they would have their medical license taken away.

    I am sorry you are so so ill. You can get better— but it will take time. The herx you have from a Rife machine feels different than the ones antibiotics cause– although the herx makes you feel bad, you don’t have that wired feeling– you actually feel kind of calm. Lastly, YOU MUST DRINK ALKALINE WATER all the time. Nearly all bottled water–Aquafina, Smart Water, Perrier, Fiji, etc are ACIDIC– this is because these waters are not federally regulated . Tap water is alkaline but just barely. If you have money, its best to buy a Kangen water ionizer–they are miraculous– I travel with mine because I can’t bear being without it (they are very expensive $1200- $3800). If you can’t afford one– which I know most people can’t, there are several new alkaline waters on the market—Essential, Evamor and Iceland– and there may be others deoending on where you live. I have been told that in Los Angeles many small supermarkets have Kangen machines and you can take your own jugs and fill them up for a few dollars–I would look into this if you live in the LA area.

    Drinking the 9.5 Alkaline Kangen water flushes out the Lyme toxins better than anything else in the world– you can actually feel the difference. Also Lyme cannot exist in alkaline environment.

    x Otter

  2. Carol

    I have found a serious problem the use of antidepressants,
    Melatonin, serotonin St John’s Wort and the newer antibiotics
    increase the level of Quinolinic Acid. Lyme Disease and other infections also increase this acid break down of tryptophan into a neurotoxin.
    Which can cause heart attackes, strokes and fits.
    The d-Dimer test may be absent. As other inflammatory marks are masked
    by the infection and inflammation.
    It also intereacts with codeine and other narcotic substances.
    Such that schizophrenia and bipolar are also linked.
    Naroxiten none morphine based pain killers should be used.
    Dyslexia, aultisum Parkinson’s other neurological conditions are linked.
    It also crosses over to insectercides sheep dip oregano phosphates

    Which also link to military application of bioweapons.
    There maybe a feed back mechanism with melatonin and selenium?
    Cause melatonin crosses the blood brain barrier. The others are too large at a molecular level.

  3. Carol

    Rife and other similar machines Quantum Healing have had a military
    application. A small amount of radiation helps stimulate the immune system.
    But on a regular basis it can lock the system up.
    Personal treatment rather than practitioner treatment .
    But you are then exposing others in your household to this
    treatment as well as those outside. Who might not wish to be part
    of the program. It’s a chicken and egg situation.
    It rasis concerns about geopathic and electrical stress.
    The FDA did ban theses devices in some states.
    Lymedisease.org had a comment about a Radioham tracking down interference near his home. He found a house with a rice machine the husband had brought it for his wife.
    He told the husband that it was illegal to use rife.
    It caused interference on emergency equipment. Not that they bother
    nowadays nothing complies to human exposure to electromagnetic fields.

  4. jean

    does anyone know where I can purchase the doug coil machine ? I am in the los angeles area ? desperate to try it. Antibiotics are making me so sick. depression is getting worse.

    j

  5. Kairi Gainsborough

    It is really interesting how coil machines can be used to cure certain diseases, even when antibiotics aren’t working. I’ll have to look up the book you mentioned to find out how it works. Thanks for the suggestion! Once I learn a little more, I’ll know if this is an investment I want to make.

  6. Janene

    Husband has had Lyme for 5 years, he was missed diagnosed and got Bells. Been on antibotics for 1 month to clear bells, after one year he relapsed and started with a ilad doctor who had him on 6 months of antibiotics which has not helped. But doc says he’s better. Now, he’s being treated by infectious disease and on more doxy but no improvement. We get conflicting information about medical and supplements. Which do we go with, have tried both. Does he need to do them longer, does he try a Rife machine, where does one get a rife machine? Any information would be appreciated.
    thanks

  7. Nick

    Hi there,
    so much to learnb about all these interactions of nutrients and bacteria…
    what about having Neuro Lyme and Mycoplasma…L-Ornithine is supposed to clear Ammonia from the brain -which can be a byproduct of Lyme infection as far as I understand – but then what about L-Arginine?
    Herbs is one subject but the interaction and effect on other supplements is sadly not often enough discussed or expertly explained…

  8. maria

    You got that information from Hulda Clark Nick. Yes l-arginine does help also, but more people report about l-ornitine as a good detoxer. One of the reasons it is not discussed is there is no school where people go to really which teaches all the interactions between every single herb and other supplement and there probably never will be. But then again there are some that have been studying herbs like Stephen Buhner, who might have some idea. Please realize what is directing the world. The military are creating diseases and patent infections and are working with the medical cartel. The medical cartel makes money on keeping everyone ill and dying. The ones who are in control of both fields are a few elite families who most people know the names of now. Therefore it is very hard for a few smart people to teach you every single thing about interactions of herbs and vitamins/minerals and drugs. You have to do your own research a lot of times, which of course takes time..

  9. Tim

    Hate to say it but gabapentin has been a life saver for me. I was rushed to hospital due to herxheimers. You have to work up to a high dose. I take 2400mg a day but am a big guy 220lbs. Good luck. This stuff sucks. I would watch how long you take antibiotics and take breaks. It wears out your immune system.

  10. Susan Berking

    Hi i have a diug coil rife machine custom made by alex L ( one of the 2 who make them) we are going to sell it as we r moving it is in perfect condition. We paid 7,000. Selling for 3,500. Contact me if interested. Susan

  11. Moritz Lunghamer

    Hi Susan.

    I am interested in your doug coil machine. Is it still available?
    I am from germany!
    Greetigs Moritz

  12. Kim

    Hi Susan, I’m interested in buying a Doug Coil. Do you still have yours for sale?

  13. Barbara

    Hi Otter,
    I’m looking for a good Rife machine. Where did you buy yours?

    Thank you!
    Barbara

  14. Nanceen

    Carol maybe this can help: Quinolinic acid is a potent and self-perpetuating neurotoxin when unopposed in the brain. It generates ROS (reactive oxygen species indicative of mitochondrial oxidative stress and damage) and over-activates NMDA glutamate receptors (the brain’s primary excitatory neurotransmitter) to the point of apoptosis (cell death), all the while inhibiting brain astrocytes’ ability to clean up the excess glutamate. Once that cycle becomes initiated, quinolinic acid potentiates its own release and that of other neurotoxins, ensuring continued brain inflammation and damage.

    With the appropriate vitamin B6, quinolinic acid is not the final product of tryptophan catabolism, NAD+ or niacin is, and any damage initiated by quinolinic acid as a natural by-product within this pathway is offset by two neuroprotective factors, kynurenine and picolinic acid. Vitamin B6 is critical for the kynurenine aminotransferase and kynurinase enzymes; enzymes that lead to neuroprotective compounds, kynurenine or picolinic acid. Kynurenine blocks the cytotoxic effects of quinolinic acid by blocking the NMDA receptor, making it unavailable to quinolinic acid, while picolinic acid is the primary metal chelator (remover) in the brain (likely critically important in post vaccine reactions). In other words, vitamin B6 controls the balance between inflammation and anti-inflammation within the brain and the body.

  15. Shaynna

    I have had symptoms since a stingray piece was left in my foot. A dense feeling went up my leg and into my back and right arm neck and face. Horrific spasms and audio hallucinations. I was diagnosed with unknown fungus in my blood and lyme disease.

    My symptoms are not going away and in fsct i think 3 of the antibiotics i was taking at once hurt me. Tindozole, cefdinir and doxy put together.

    My right leg feels like lead. Yesterday its going into my left arm.

    I had a break where i thought I could just work on the damage that was done. But reading on muscle spacisity has gotten me discouraged. Of its damage to my spinal cord, will I ever recover?

    My lyme only shows on igm even after 7 months.

    Is there anything with all these complications that I can tske or do?

    Has anyone ever returned to a normal healthy life? Or had symptoms like mine?

    What should I do?

    UCSD marine biology dept thought it coukd be tetanus. I convinced an ER to give me a treatment. It stopped the spasms and audio hallucinations. But now its acting up again..and spread to my left arm.

    I have very little hope left. Ive tried 7 different alternative practitioners.

    Is there any advice you can give me?

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