Dear Stephen, If one is able to tolerate it, do you still recommend andrographis or are the potential risks greater than the potential benefits? Should these herbs be taken with or without food?
Lyme & Co-Infections
Healing lyme?
Dear Stephen, Can you HEAL lyme with your protocol or does it just suppress symptoms? I have read of people becoming symptomatic again after stopping your protocol.
Malaria and artemisinin
Dear Stephen, I am in East Africa and had malaria which cleared with traditional medicine. I am wondering if I can use artemisinin for prevention. If so, what is the dosage? What other herbs?
Astragalus okay for “accelerated” lyme?
Dear Stephen, I was recently diagnosed with acute acclerated lyme disease…and wondered if because I was an accelerated case, I needed to be careful with the astragalus as I know it can be contraindicated when you have chronic lyme.
Neural Therapy
A brain healing technique developed in Germany which involves the injection of local anesthetics into various points on the body to restore electrochemical function of tissues.
Klinghardt Lyme Protocol
Protocol involving 4 distinct steps: 1) Decreasing toxic body burden/unloading the system; 2) Improving disturbed physiology; 3) Decreasing microbial count; 4) Immunemodulation.
Herbal Protocol: Buhner Healing Lyme
Comprehensive program of potent herbs that can be used either alone or in combination with antibiotics for healing Lyme disease and co-infections.
Herbal Protocol: Cowden
Lyme protocol using various herbs from Peru, nutritional supplements, and dietary recommendations, including Samento (TOA-free Cat’s Claw), Cumanda, Quina, Burbur, Bromelain, Chlorella, and Magnesium Malate.
Herbal Protocol: Zhang
Comprehensive treatment program for Lyme and Babesia infections using Chinese herbs and acupuncture which has been successful at symptom remission with some people who were previously unhelped by antibiotics.
Salt / Vitamin C
Based on the theory that increasing sodium chloride concentration in the body will create a hostile environment for certain Lyme bacteria and co-infectors causing them to die from osmotic shock.