Japanese Knotweed - Anyone Else Have A Bad Reaction ?

While trying to figure out what to do next as far as doctors and treatment, I thought I would give Japanese Knotweed a try ..

I am extremely sensitive to what seems like everything, and I am seriously concerned about that ... So I opened one 450 mg capsule of Japanese Knotweed ( Green Dragon Botanicals ) and divided into about 5 smaller caps ...

I took one capsule with dinner, and then another with a late meal yesterday - probably a total of 200mg - when I woke up today, I could tell something was "off", then the anxiety absolutely exploded, along with some terrible pain ...

I am having a hard time believing those two small doses are creating a herx so soon ... but I have become so hyper-reactive to taking anything ..

Has anyone else experienced an exaggerated reaction so soon from Japanese Knotweed ??

Thanks

Yes. Japanese Knotweed put me in the hospital unable to swallow anything, severely dehydrated and in ketoacidosis. In other words, it almost killed me.

This is from 1 week of 1 capsule/day.

Japanese Knotweed is in the buckwheat family. I'm allergic to buckwheat. I think it was a combination of a severe herx and my allergy to buckwheat that did this to me.

It took me a year to be able to swallow anything again, and 2 1/2 years after that before I could go without IV nutrition or hydration support.

I will never touch the stuff again.

I had an allergic reaction to Japanese Knotweed too. Not so severe as to put me in the hospital but, some mouth and throat swelling. Cat's Claw and Andrographis did the same thing. Nix the Bruhner protocol for me.