herb advice

I would like to start some sort of herbal lyme protocol and just do it consistently for a year or two. I've read the buhner site but I tend to get a bit overwhelmed when things get complicated. I took the beyond balance herbs for a while and that was great because there's literally a bottle for borrelia, bart, babesia. I do best when I can just set it and forget it although that might sound bad. I realize there are different herbs for different symptoms but I would just like to do a broad spectrum and simple option.

If I just get order from woodlance essence and get japanese knotweed, cats claw, andrographis, sida acuta, eleuthero does that sound about right for covering lyme, bart, babs? I wish there was almost like a "buhner in a bottle" option. I know this has probably been talked about a lot but my brain is a little fried and I'm just looking for the simplest option available. Thank you.

Lyme Guy,

I did Buhner’s protocols and tried to include something to cover all 3 B’s. I built a protocol based on the assumption that bartonella was my main infection.

I started with Japanese knotweed, Chinese skullcap/danshen combo, and cat’s claw. I then added Gouteng (Chinese cat’s claw). Then houttuynia and then sida acuta.

I never took andrographis, as I was afraid of getting hives. If you get hives, skin itching, rash or something similar, then drop the andrographis.

These are what I would consider the main herbs:

Lyme - knotweed, cat’s claw
Bartonella - knotweed, houttuynia, sida acuta
Babesia - sida acuta, artemesia, cryptolepis
Immune modulation - Chinese skullcap, danshen (red sage)

I took a number of other herbs at some point - ashwaganda, hawthorn, milk thistle, rhodiola, bidens pilosa, isatis, alchornea, Chinese cat’s claw, lion’s mane, red root, cordyceps. Probably more I’m not remembering.

It was very overwhelming to start, but well worth the effort. The hardest part was deciding what to start with and ordering the herbs. Once I started using them, I got more comfortable and kept going. There were many here using Buhner’s at that time, and they were a lot of help.

my protocol is based on Buhner's books for lyme and bartonella - and a added a few others for co-infections as i cant be sure which i have


The lyme herbs are mainly focussing on immune modulation and CNS inflammation - the co-infection herbs are more direct anti-microbial

numbers to the right are dose in ml - 4x per day
Lyme herbs:
• Knotweed 1:5 70% - 6
• Chinese Skullcap root 1:4 50% - 2
• Uncaria Rhynchophylla 1:4 60% - 4
• Cordyceps Mycelium 1:4 50% - 3
• Salvia Miltiorrhiza root 1:4 60% - 3.8
• Uncaria tormentosa bark 1:4 60% - 3
• Kudzu root - 50% - 3
• Licorice root – 50% - 0.5
bartonella / coinfection herbs:
• Mahonia 1:5 70% tincture 2.1 (a berberine containing herb)
• Houttuynia 1:5 50% tincture 3.2
• Sida acuta 1:5 60% tincture 1.0
• Teasel root 1:3 45% tincture 0.8
• Alchornea leaf 1:5 50% tincture 1.0
• Cryptolepis root 1:5 60% tincture 1.0

and about how much does that cost you monthly? Most sources I see online are about $25/ 2 mL each

I bought most of my tinctures from Woodland Essence. I use powdered Japanese knotweed and get it from 1st Chinese Herbs (use LYME in the discount code). I mix the powder in water and add my tinctures to it.