Heart palpitations with one of the Buhner herbs or Pinella

I vote andrographis. I've been noticing the same thing - I had been on cat's claw for a few months, and resveratrol for about a month, and then I started the andrographis and noticed the palps, which is weird because it's supposed to be a cardioprotective herb. I'm still taking it, for what that's worth. You could always try lowering the dose to see if that helps. Otherwise, luckily (according to Buhner's protocol) andrographis isn't considered one of the most important herbs, so you can still have great results without it.

You could try looking into neem leaf (azadirachta indica) - I know literally nothing about it besides its name but I just read something that said it has a lot of the same properties as andrographis (and is supposedly less bitter) so that's something. Hope you feel better soon!!

Do you have a doctor or anyone who is helping you out with all of this? If so I'd call him/her. The tricky part is that a lot of people get these same effects from the lyme itself, or from herxing, so it's so hard to tell whether it's a bad reaction to what you're taking, or if it's part of the disease.

Are you maybe taking too much of something? The resveratrol? Are you taking a resveratrol supplement that includes the whole herb? That's supposed to be really important.

I really don't know if I've been doing the right thing. It seemed like my symptoms could all be explained by Lyme. So, I have been reading, researching, etc. I decided to try the Buhner protocol, because it was fairly inexpensive and all available locally.

I started really slowly, at the lowest dose of the three things (Cat's Claw, Andrographis, Resveratol). Within 24 hours, I hurt everywhere. That got a bit better and ignorable. So, maybe it had been coincidence? So, after a few days, I bumped up the doses a little. This time, there was pain, but it was odd pain. For a few hours, my lower back hurt so bad I could hardly walk. My mid back started going numb. Was it coincidence? I do have disk issues. Muscles in my back started twitching. Then, last night, the heart palpitations. I stopped the Andrographis. Didn't take it at bedtime. Didn't take it at breakfast. Took the other two, though. Took the before lunch dose, and within 15 minutes, my heart is going nuts again. Fluttering, skipping beats, pounding hard for few beats, etc. There is a also burning midway up my back. And pain, here and there - nothing terrible. Neck very stiff (but I have neck problems)

Could the heart thing be a panic attack? I feel calm. It's very, very hot here, but I'm in air conditioning.

Granted, this heart thing is very scary, and probably influencing me, but now I feel like I've just dumped a bunch of stuff into my system for no particular reason. Maybe I should just quit everything and wait until I get a positive test for Lyme.

Except that maybe, my brain is a tiny, tiny bit better since starting this. I'm still very foggy, but I actually read most of a book yesterday.

That is a big question. Are reactions just simple herx or are people having side effects from the herbs? Hard to tell.. Start slow, maybe one at a time for a few days each, or cut certain ones out and see if symptoms resolve. Difficult issue. May happen with antibiotics as well..

It would be very helpful to hear from people who have resolved this issue through trial and error on their own and figured it out.