I started out taking 1/4 tsp of the dried herb root twice a day, but now I only take 1/4 tsp daily, and only as needed - when it all comes back again.
I had to do a ton of detoxing, far more than one or two products to reduce my brain fog early on in my treatments though. My detoxing routine:
I use a foot soak,
dry skin brushing,
Lymph massages as needed,
making sure my bowels moved at least once a day (sorry if it's TMI!)
pushing myself to drink at least 64 ounces of lemon water each and every day,
liver/gall bladder flushes (all natural) as needed,
Apple cider vinegar,
Quercetin,
Alpha Lipoic Acid,
oil pulling with coconut oil and a few drops of tea tree oil,
using Yogi brand detox tea,
taking activated charcoal (when necessary),
and I know I'm still leaving stuff out.
You can find some really good detoxing suggestions in the "New to Lyme?" thread that sits at the top of the forum. And this is another good list of possible detoxing routines:
www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html But, there is such a thing as over detoxing, which can bring on a herx as well. There's a very careful balance we each must find with treatment and detoxing. Most of our toxins are in our tissues/organs, not in our bloodstream, so we have to do methods that will help 'release them' and move them into our bloodstream so they can be detoxed out.
Over detoxing is when we move more toxins into the bloodstream than can easily be detoxed out by our body. So there's a careful balance that we must maintain between killing bacteria (which creates more toxins) and detoxing so that we can still be functional.This is why we suggest adding in more detoxing methods slowly (no more than 1 new routine every 3 - 5 days), and stop adding in more when you seem to be feeling okay or good.
www.tiredoflyme.com/4-reasons-why-you-still-feel-bad-despite-detoxing.html