Dear Stephen, I started Smilax tincture yesterday with 15 drops. Today I did 15 drops diluted in water and the OCD symptoms were through the roof. Are 15 drops too much?
Co-Infections
Treating brucella
Dear Stephen, I have been treating lyme for two years now with some progress. Currently I am on the core protocol. My last blood test came back positive for brucella. Are there any herbs recomended for brucella?
Taking artemesia and cryptolepis at the same time
Dear Stephen, I am being treated for babesia with larium and septra. Can artemesia and cryptolepis be taken along with these medications, and can they both be taken at the same time?
Treating Coxiella burnetti (Q fever)
Dear Stephen, Can I use your protocol to treat Coxiella burnetti? I’m suffering with this for 20 years now and I am 51 years old.
Cryptolepis dosage and spacing from probiotics
Dear Stephen, I was wondering if you have to space out cryptolepis when taking probiotics.
Cryptolepis dosage for kids
Dear Stephen, I understand the adult dose for cryptolepis is 1 tsp 3x day. Can you please tell me what the dose is for a 50ish lb 7 year old?
Sudden onset explosive rage from herbs
Dear Stephen, My 21 year-old male relative has neuro lyme, bartonella and babesia. He tried the Buhner core protocol which caused extreme mood lability during the hour after each dose, so bad that his family had to leave the house for an hour each time.
New directions in lyme treatment
Dear Stephen, I wonder if in the future you could concentrate on medicinal mushrooms? Also, do you know whether the Verruga peruana infection caused by Bartonella bacilliformis is effectively treated with herbs in South America?
Persistent sore throat and cough
Dear Stephen, I got what seemed to be a cold about 10 days ago and although the fatigue and common symptoms are gone I have this persistent sore throat that seems to go down my bronchitis and the cough gets pretty bothersome, especially at night.
Vertigo, candida, and classic MS symptoms
Dear Stephen, Since the onset of lyme, I have been experiencing very disturbing, constant internal motion, along with all of the classic symptoms of multiple sclerosis.