Dear Stephen, Is there a preventative course of herbal treatments to help prevent ticks from getting on the dogs? We do tick/flea baths, they wear a collar and they get the Frontline but they still get ticks.
japanese knotweed
Dark urine from knotweed?
Dear Stephen, I’ve just started on Japanese knotweed 3x daily (no other supplements), and it’s turned my urine a dark yellow color. Is this a common effect?
Taking knotweed as a powder in juice
Dear Stephen, In response to your reply to the Ayurvedic practitioner in France, I’m very curious about taking the powder in juice that you spoke of.
Knotweed may reactivate hepatitis C
Dear Stephen, Are you aware that knotweed can reactivate hep C? I am wondering if you have this posted on your website? People who have a history of this virus should be aware of this herb’s ability to reactivate the hep C virus.
Japanese knotweed and copper contamination
Dear Stephen, In your book “Healing Lyme” you write on page 104 that Japanese
knotweed “is a potential plant in phytoremediation work as it removes copper from copper-contaminated soil and concentrates it in its roots.”
Should resveratrol only be white in color?
Dear Stephen. I came across a site that said (basically) if resveratrol isn’t white in color, you’re paying for filler. Could you comment on the site’s claims?
Local knotweed species
Dear Stephen, I currently live in Albuquerque; are any of the more “local” knotweeds active against lyme/borrelia?
Resveratrol alternative
Dear Stephen, I have lyme, hep C, hemochromatosis, mycoplasma, and ehrlichia. Recent research shows that resveratrol would not be good for hepatitis C and silymarin can cause harm if you have hemochromatosis. What would you advise?
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever with lyme
Dear Stephen, My 21-year-old son was diagnosed with lyme and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. He’s completely lost, confused, speaks only one word sayings, and you can’t even ask him a question because he can’t answer.
Delayed orthostatic hypotension
Dear Stephen, I have delayed orthostatic hypotension in which my blood vessels dilate when my body is in prolonged upright positions. Therefore I am afraid to use knotweed or stephania, since both herbs are supposed to dilate blood vessels.