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?
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Grapefruit seed extract (GSE) – toxic or not?
Dear Stephen, Do we know for certain that grapefruit seed extract does not have systemic absorption, or is there just not enough research about that? Do you think that grapefruit seed extract really has toxic quarternary ammonium compounds?
Sleep and weight loss problems
Dear Stephen, I weight 320 pounds, and I’m trying to lose weight. When I work to resolve my blood sugar problems, my sleep problems and all the rest of my symptoms get worse; if I ignore the weight issue, then I can sleep. Any ideas on what I can do?
A thank you from a recovered reader
Dear Stephen, It took time for your herbs to bring me back to normal, but they did. Thank you so much for researching and writing the book. My life (and family’s life) has been made better because of your contribution to it!
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.
Cat’s claw worsening tendonitis pain
Dear Stephen, Since a most recent tick bite, I have tendonitis pain in both of my arms. I find that now when I take cat’s claw, the pain worsens. So I have stopped using it, and my immune system is worse now. Any idea why this is happening?
Cryptolepis dosage and spacing from probiotics
Dear Stephen, I was wondering if you have to space out cryptolepis when taking probiotics.
Turkey tail and cordyceps mushrooms
Dear Stephen, I’d like to know your opinion on Coriolus versicolor (turkey tail mushroom) extract, and Cordyceps sinensis, in the treatment of late-stage lyme.