Japanese knotweed experiences

I know there is a lot of people taking JKW, can you please share your experiences.
In what way do you feel it has helped you, what symptoms has it reduced, did it help with inflammation etc?
I am wondering if it could be a good herb to just help me generally, with inflammation, to stabilize my system a little bit. I also listened so much about resveratrol lately, but I would rather use the whole herb than the resveratrol extract.
Have you been taking it for a long time? Did it have any side effects?

Thanks a lot for the replies!

do you make your own powder Christian?

JKW is an invasive plant here. My neighbor must get rid of it next year. It's now been frostbitten and dried up.

wondering if crushing it to a powder would work?

I didnt notice much difference. Although I initially did feel like it stirred some stuff up. I think for me I had to consume too much of it for it to actually do anything and at that point I got to many side effects from it. I used it about 5 months.

I had a good experience with Japanese Knotweed but like all herbs with meit eventually wore off. I could cycle it but I'm on disulfiram.

I have taken knotweed for over 2 years now. I have only used powder, either Nuherb or Plum Flower. I will probably continue it lifelong, if possible. The powder is the best and most affordable form, I would say.

Although Buhner tauts it as anti-inflammatory, I definitely herxed on it with increased joint inflammation. I believe knotweed along with houttuynia is what reduced the stiffness in my fingers. That stiffness retuned somewhat in the past few months, likely due to mold exposure.

The first 10 months on Buhner’s protocols, I dosed 3x day and was at 1/2 tsp of powder 3x day and trying to increase, but herxing would pick up again.

At the end of 10 months, I had a major gut expulsion of what I now think was Candida after taking Candicid Forte. I had to stop everything but knotweed for a week, because my gut was so inflamed. When I restarted my protocol, I could only tolerate dosing 2x day instead of 3 and restarted everything at lower doses.

I stayed at that level for a long time and stopped trying to increase anything until recently. I increased knotweed to 3/4 tsp a few weeks ago. I need to try a full teaspoon.

I consider Japanese knotweed to be the core herb for my Lyme and bartonella treatment, with other herbs built around it. My impression from reading Buhner is that it’s pretty important.

From reading comments on the old buhnerhealinglyme site, I remember some folks had wonderful relief of inflammation with knotweed. On this site, I remember reading comments where others, like me, have some herxing from it.

In spite of herxing, knotweed is one herb I take larger doses of and was able to slowly increase without too much issue. I suspect it is pushing inflammagens out of the joints.

Thanks all for the replies! I guess it's worth giving it a try.
I have to figure out now which one to get.
WBF it;s encouraging that you had some improvement with it, I always look for experiences of people that are also dealing with mold.

JovaLyme where did you get the ticture from? Buhner recommends the powder, I saw Bristol Botanicals sell it and lyme herbs. eu also, I contacted both of them, they both replied the herb is not organic, but "meets the standards of pharmacopeia regarding heavy metals etc" (I asked about the contamination), lyme herbs even provided detailed certificate of analysis, for example Arsenic <1μg/g, also lead etc which is kind of worrying when you look at it. Bristol Botanicals source their jkw from China, while lyme herbs said "the raw material is sourced from Germany" - I don't know if this is a confirmation that the plant grows in Germany. I am wondering why is this necessary if the herb is actually invasive even in the UK.
I also saw some sellers on ebay.

WalkingbyFaith said...
I order mine from 1st Chinese Herbs online. I have used both Plum Flower and Nuherb.

These are the sources Buhner recommended. If you have a knowledgeable herbalist in your area, they may know of a good local source. I have not foraged for herbs or processed my own. Would love to have that knowledge and confidence, though.

Those are the two brands I have used also.

dcd2103 said...
Am I the only one who cannot find information on what "Buhner recommends"?! It drives me f*(@#$#@ nuts!!!

Everyone is always talking about his core protocol, or buhner recommends this dosage, or he recommends buying them here. His core protocol lists like a 100 different supplements in his book, but if you check his website there's a different set of supplements, and that varies depending on which part of the website you look. His dosages are all over the place, and different everywhere you look. Same with the sources he lists. Its insane.

So when you say he recommends "Plum Flower" and "Nuherb", where exactly did he recommend those? Not to mention he'll mention dosages like "500mg of Source Naturals resveratrol standardized to 80mg resveratrols" and then in another spot he'll recommend the same 500mg of reserveratrol but its standardized to 50% (250mg) reserveratrols by a different brand. This drives me insane I've been reading about his protocol for months and literally cannot get a definitive answer of what it is comprised of.

Here’s one reference to his recommendation for Plum Flower brand of powdered knotweed and 1st Chinese as a source.
http://buhnerhealinglyme.com/resources/herb-source-list/

Here’s his okaying the Nuherb. I started with Plum Flower and had to get Nuherb for my 2nd bag as Plum Flower had no powder at the time. I actually like the Nuherb better. It was lighter colored, milder tasting, and finer texture. Can’t say about the potency comparison. I felt less herxing maybe with Nuherb but don’t know if that means it’s less potent.
http://buhnerhealinglyme.com/herbs/nuherbs-organic-japanese-knotweed/

honestly also hard to say if any benefit - i didn't really think i felt any benefits but who knows lol

i feel benefits from raw garlic mimosa pudica and ginger

I was looking at Beneficial Botanicals’ website and noticed they had an article on knotweed. The article is an excerpt from Buhner’s bartonella book. I remembered that knotweed protects the endothelium, but I didn’t remember all the other stuff.

https://www.beneficialbotanicals.com/the-role-of-japanese-knotweed-root-in-treating-bartonella-coinfection-of-lyme-disease/

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