Dear Stephen, Do you know of any connection between cryptolepis and cipro/quinolone adverse effects? They seem to share the same mechanism of being topoisomerase inhibitors and messing up DNA replication.
Stephen Harrod Buhner
Breastmilk for healing?
Dear Stephen, Is there anything specifically beneficial about me giving my toddler with lyme some breastmilk to help him heal, recover some good flora in his gut, etc?
Will the protocol be harmful if I don’t have lyme?
Dear Stephen, I highly respect the potency/efficacy of herbs and wonder if there would be any potential harm in doing the protocol if I don’t actually have lyme (or if I have a different kind of infection)?
Okay to take pain narcotics with Buhner herbs?
Dear Stephen, My mother has been on antibiotics and pain narcotics (hydrocodone) for 2 years and is not improving. She is starting your herbal protocol. Is it okay to take the herbs with pain narcotics and antibiotics?
Astragalus and neuro lyme
Dear Stephen, It’s believed that I have chronic lyme. My naturopath recommended Health Concerns Astra 8, which is astragalus based. He said that you only need to avoid astagalus if you have neurological lyme and he doesn’t think that I do.
Babesia herb dosages and long term safety
Dear Stephen, What is the current dose for the babesia herbs, and the maximum length of time for adults and children (9 yrs old and 60 lbs)?
Bartonella protocol explained
Dear Stephen, I am currently on the Sida acuta/hawthorn/etc. protocol for bartonella. Can you please describe briefly what each herb does?
Eleuthero dosage clarification
Dear Stephen, I have found conflicting directions for the eleuthero tincture on this site. Can you please clarify the best way to take it?
Cat’s claw and tendonitis
Dear Stephen, I am on the protocol and I am now experiencing something that I used
to experience before treatment; a kind of tendonitis – big pain and such a strange sensation of melting at the level of the ligaments.
Heart issues
Dear Stephen, I see that you recommend stephania, hawthorn, and coenzyme Q10 for heart issues. Which one should I take?