Looking for referral to Clinical Herbalist for Buhner Protocol

Hi Sunshine - One of our Mods mentioned another herbalist recently..
I'll see if I can get the name for you.

Hi Denikeef,

Thanks for your suggestion. I will check out the link you provided.

I do have Buhner's latest book, but would prefer working with a professional, as I know the herbs can affect the liver.

Curious to know how the herbs are working for you?

Since you have his 2nd edition of Healing Lyme, go to page 453. He lists several (4) practitioners that you could contact. Buhner states that they are all very good.

Good to know! Thank you Sunshine!

The thing is - an herbalist won't be able to gauge how much is your optimum dose either.
Buhner's dosages are just a guide. The herbalist will be able to guide you to adding in some herbs that maybe you hadn't thought of using...

That is why we start on a very low dose...gauge how we feel...and then increase...when we herx, we either stay and detox until we feel better...or go back to previous dose for awhile...before upping again to the dose that caused the herx.

Sunshine - you're right about that...he can individualize your treatment...based on what infections and symptoms you have...
I think it would be some comfort knowing you are working with an herbalist who KNOWS these herbs...and can help you design a protocol...

Going it alone - is kind of scary sometimes - second guessing...etc.

I also do as Girlie posted. One herb at a time, low doses and slowly raise them - holding at any dose when I experience herxing until I get it under control, then continue on. Knowing that the herbs that I use usually work synergistically, I add in more herbs as soon as I'm up to a low dose and tolerating it fairly well.

I had an exceptional Herbalist to work with when I went through treatments the first time, and while it was really wonderful to have her guidance and help, the process is still the same. There isn't a specific order of herbs to take necessarily, you just want to work them all in.

Who's herbalist???

LOL! Oh!! You meant me!! Sorry.

She had to move out of state to help care for her parents and is no longer practicing. She was a Master TCM practitioner, Master Western Herbalist, plus an incredibly intuitive acupuncture therapist. She lived in a little bitty town (under 500 population) in north central Arkansas. It was such a surprise to find out just how good she was and she was tucked away in this little bitty town!

And I don't blame you one bit for wanting a little support and hand holding. We can get so overwhelmed with options and issues that it's maddening to try to unravel it all. I surely couldn't have done it all on my own the first time I went through treatments.

Oh, and I forgot to tell you that although I didn't know what it was like without Lyme and company, when I was healed for about 2 years, I discovered that I still had low level anxiety - then when I got reinfected, my anxiety levels returned to their heightened state. So I have seen a few things like that, but I can't be sure that it's not due to some damage that I had yet to heal from, or if that's my "normal" state. At this point in time, I'm leaning towards it being my normal state, and it's increased when I have these infections. Fortunately, I've found an herbal tincture that really helps me with anxiety (avena sativa) so much that I've gone to growing my own oats, and making my own tincture of it so that I can always have it.

Ah laughter - medicine for the heart and soul!

So appreciate your support and understanding, Traveler. Yes, been on the journey for almost 2 years - most of it solo. I am a little tired and a little hand holding and support would be most beneficial (-:

So great you found someone to help you - love the way the universe works! One never knows where we will find our "Good!"

Great to know about the anxiety tincture. Will definitely keep that one in mind. I've had a couple of episodes that were off the charts. Never felt anything like it before. Fortunately, it only happened 2 or 3 times, over the course of a couple of days - which has been the case with many of the symptoms I've experienced. Then, there are the ones that are taking longer to treat.