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Posted 8/10/2017 6:10 PM (GMT 0)
Hi all!!!

OK. So, a few weeks ago I started Buhner's core protocol. I pretty much just dove right in. I was up to his full recommended dosages within a week's time. Probably a mistake as I was suffering super anxiety among some other symptoms. Anyhow, I stopped taking them for a week to see how I felt. Pretty much all of the anxiousness went away and some of the peripheral neuropathy went as well. When I first started, I added a new herb every day. Didn't notice the emotional issues until I hit the andrographis. I started the protocol again last night. But, this time I am somewhat easing into it. I am taking less than 500 mg powder of each 3x a day. This morning, I felt like a space cadet and had a little anxiety.

Could it be that the andro is causing a brain herx?

Anyone else get this from andrographis?

Post Edited (Hoagie) : 8/10/2017 12:14:40 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 8/10/2017 7:54 PM (GMT 0)
Those herbs can hit lyme bacteria pretty hard, destroyed bacteria is very toxic to human body so that's why you experience some herx reaction. Those toxins can cause very serious anxiety and many other issues so it's very important to do detoxing on daily basis (like sauna, epsom salt foot baths and others). For some people alka seltzer gold with lemon juice works great and pretty fast.
Posted 8/10/2017 7:55 PM (GMT 0)
I haven't taken Andographis - but it has antibacterial properties - so most likely killing some lyme and resulting in a herx.
I would drop the dose again...maybe just do 500 once a day...for a few days?
Posted 8/10/2017 11:43 PM (GMT 0)
Make sure you are detoxing!!! This is so very important.

By the time I did all the other parts of the Buhner protocol and finally reached the Andrographis, it was nothing for me. I did tinctures, so I can't relate to the powders too much.
Posted 8/11/2017 6:47 AM (GMT 0)
andrographis hit me harder than rocephin...
Posted 8/11/2017 8:15 AM (GMT 0)
The andrographis attacks the cysts, that can build up in important number. So it can give strong herxs.
Posted 8/11/2017 1:44 PM (GMT 0)
Buhner says this about androgaphis which I find interesting!

"Actually I do recommend andrographis, it is a part of the protocol outlined in the second edition of the book. I have gone back and forth with the herb for two reasons: 1) it only helps around 60% of the people who use it and 2) there are severe allergic reactions to it in about one percent of users. Nevertheless, it does offer significant help for many and does help most to some extent. It is the best antibacterial for lyme, at least that we have seen in clinical practice."
Posted 8/12/2017 7:47 AM (GMT 0)
I herxed big time with Andrographis, it is super powerful. I had to start with 1 pill 1x a day and work up from there. Hang in there and keep detoxing!
Posted 8/12/2017 4:46 PM (GMT 0)
Andrographis sent me to ER after getting total body paralysis. Only my face and mouth could move.

It's EXTREMELY powerful, and I would never touch that without many binders.

Andrographis was my best teacher about herxing. Since that episode, being carried off in an ambulance without being able to breathe or move, well, I learned the bad way what it is to take binders in great amounts and go very slow on killers. It's really potent!
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