Dear Stephen, My 4 year old niece was just diagnosed today with lyme disease. From what I understand, astragalus is a must. Are there any other herbs that should be added ?
Healing Lyme

My root canal extraction adventure
When my front cap unexpectedly came out one day a couple of months ago, I was more than ready to have my 30-year-old root canal extracted.
Will my sense of taste ever return?
Dear Stephen, I lost my sense of taste being on the core protocol, stopped everything a week after no taste, and am now off of the protocol for about two weeks but still no sense of taste.
Stephania eye wash with decoction
Dear Stephen, How is the stephania eye wash decoction made, and what strength should it be?
Thyroid support
Dear Stephen, Currently, I have symptoms of hyperthyroidism at night and symptoms of hypothyroidism during the day. How can I treat this?
Hepatoxicity of boneset
Dear Stephen, I read that boneset is a member of a family of herbs that have a hepatoxic property. How can I take it safely if it is hepatoxic?
Samento increases borreliosis population?
Dear Stephen, I’ve read that a Swiss lyme research team discovered that samento didn’t help anything; it even could increase the lyme population. What do you think about this?
Meningoradiculitis (Bannwarth’s syndrome) and bitten again
Dear Stephen, In 2004 I suffered from severe meningoradiculitis along with seven others in my area. Was this lyme? I recently found a tick on me, how should I proceed now?
Cryptolepis buchanani
Dear Stephen, I was able to locate Cryptolepis buchanani on the web in capsule form. Is that the same as “Cryptolepis”? And what should be the dosage for fighting babesia?
Lomatium for flu virus
Dear Stephen, Members in my community are coming down with a severe flu that tests negative for swine flu. Is andrographis appropriate to try?