Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever with lyme

by Stephen Harrod Buhner | Jan 17, 2012 | antibiotics, bacterial infections, Co-Infections, Columns, eleutherococcus, Healing Lyme, Herbs, japanese knotweed, miscellaneous | 5 comments

Dear Stephen,
My 21-year-old son was diagnosed in 12/09 with lyme and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. He only has neuro lyme symptoms, nothing physical. He’s completely lost, confused, speaks only one word sayings, and you can’t even ask him a question because he can’t answer. He’s been on multiple antibiotics and IV since. My question: He’s not getting better, any herb that might help the antibiotics? He came off 9 months of IV doxycycline, and is currently on rifampin/bactrim/bicillin shots.

Stephen’s response:
Knotweed, rhodiola, ashwagandha, eleuthero. The knotweed is essential. But I would highly recommend work with an individual practitioner, my partner Julie McIntyre is excellent ([email protected]).

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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Linda Stoffel on November 10, 2018 at 9:38 am

A month ago I was diagnosed with ehrlichia and also at the same time informed I had rocky mt spotted fever in my system for quite some time. 1 1/2 yrs ago I got about 20 tick bites, no typical reactions; about 2 weeks of roaming itching, all over my body. Changed constantly, then subsided mostly except sporadically; but did not associate with tick since no common reactions. Now I think it was the RMSF. For 1 month taking tinctures 3x/day of Knowtweed, Teasel, Sweet Annie. The muscle, joint pain better but not gone. Fogginess, memory loss is worse. Sometimes itching. Am I taking the right herbs? Thank you so much for any advice you could send me.
Linda Stoffel on November 10, 2018 at 9:41 am

Hello again
I forgot to mention that I am taking Astragalas also. Was suggested at health store. Is that ok?
virginia borrelli on December 4, 2018 at 3:47 am

I would like to know what could help the chest burning from babesia also what do I take for rocky mountain fever thanks G
Alysia villanueva on July 19, 2019 at 6:24 am

I’ve been informed whole time I’ve had rickettsia more than lyme. I can’t find any info at all online on what herbs to take for rickettsia or rmsf?? Are rickettsia and rmsf the same??
Maria on October 25, 2019 at 7:08 am

Yes. I was cofused about that too but rmsf is one of the rickettsia.