Sida Acuta Question

I took it for a suspected... well something... I don't know what I have anymore to be honest. Babesia or Bartonella potentially.

I felt really great on it. I was doing 40 drops 3x daily. I started it at the same time as other Buhner herbs so hard to know what was helping.

Then I ran out of Sida and started C.S.A instead (a 3 herb blend, one of which is Sida Acuta).

I'm not feeling as good as I was before. Probably because at the same dosage, I'm getting 1/3 the Sida Acuta I was getting before. So now I'm trying to up the C.S.A to 80 or 90 drops.

In general, I give it 5 lyme-infested cess-pool ticks out of 5.
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Krimpet, thank you for bringing this up. Because the herb is one that should be considered with some thought and research as are all herbs.

Yes it does contain Ephedra, but in very minute quantities. Buhner addresses this in his newest "Healing Lyme) on pages 419 and 420. If anyone is nervous about this it would be a herb they would want to avoid.

According to him, there has been a lot of inaccurate reporting of ephedra, even from people who should know better.

I won't go into all the details but he sites a couple of reasons. (I can relay this if someone without the book wants to know what he has to say about it.)

I am totally comfortable with using this, but realize that not everyone would be.

The heart problems I have been having (which just until recently I thought were normal), out of breath easily, problems with heat, heart palpitations, dizziness on rising, but no chest pain, I have had ever since I can remember. It wasn't till reading this forum I realized these were not normal. I know...Duh!

It's in Buhner's babesia protocol too.
Start at just a few drops. Up it by a few every few days. Vague advise but listen to your body.

Blueberry...

I agree with Mustard Seed, start slowly. I can say I don't think that I had any adverse reactions to this one but everyone is different, including their protocols so it is always wise to proceed with caution! :) I started with 2 drops 3 times daily increasing a drop every day, but I do not herx really bad generally.

One thing to be noted is this herb should not be taken when pregnant.

Buhner says that there are no known substance interactions but feels that it may affect diabetes medications. So just to watch blood sugars.

He uses it in the Lyme protocol also.

Thank you very much.

And do I take them with water?

Yes with water or even with cranberry or pomegranate juice.

I use water. Most juices have too much sugar in them for me.

I use a glass glass and in go my drops. I kept track of how many drops and each herb so I would know how to up them. Then I poured in good water and swirled the tinctures and down the hatch.

I take quite a bit of it. It was the greatest thing that is helping me recover to almost no symptoms.

I take three droppers full three times a day. Its actually above the normal dosage in a lot of protocols. However, it's about right for what Buhner recommends for anemia issues. Of his protocols, he praises herbs that have multiple effects. Sida Acuta for example, is supposed to both be anti-microbial, as well as a blood protector, among other things.

I order mine from www.woodlandessence.com. At first, I had felt indifferent with the company, until recently. They sent me two bottles that I had ordered, but one was the wrong one. I wrote them an email, and within hours, they replied, put in an order for the correct bottle, and told me to keep the erroneous one. Awesome company in my book.

It doesn't taste great, but I just water down the dose and chug it.

PeteZa said...


Low and slow for all herbs and meds. You want to see how you react to the herb and if it causes a huge herx. Herxing can be detrimental to your health, including life threatening. Toxins are no joke. They are poisons.

The aim of the game is to balance meds or herbs in with toxins going out. When you have balance, you will not herx. If you herx you can either cut back on the meds or herbs or detox more. But it all has to be done gently. No radical moves in detoxing or taking of meds or herbs. - Balance young grasshopper -- that is for the oldies that saw the original Kung Fu tv series.

PeteZa - thanks for this!

I think perhaps what the thing to do is, if you test something, and it causes a herx, know that it IS working, and cut back a bit, and know that if one is cutting back, even if you aren't herxing, you are still getting the benefit.

I needed the reminder to slow down a bit.

thanks!

I haven't tried side acute yet - my intuition is saying wait - working with hottuynia first.