Rifampin Question

I am trying to go off all abx and go only herbal. It was an interesting point someone made in my other thread about having enough herbals in the system before stopping the abx to prevent a flare of symptoms.

I have been on the lyme herbs for 2 weeks and not really herxing from them anymore.

But I am just on the beginning of the bartonella. I don't know if I am herxing from it-- it may actually be the cause of this hard to breathe thing that comes and goes for me in the last two days, I don't know.

I think bartonella is abigger problem for me than lyme right now. not sure, but seems like it.

So, perhaps I should go a couple of weeks on both rifampin and houttuynia before sopping the rifampin.

the thing is I am so very ready to not be on abx anymore, I cant take it anymore with the side effects.

But isn't it true that rifampin alone is ineffective? Otherwise I could still stay on a low dose of rifampin while I get used to the houttuynia-- but stop the doxy and malarone.

Can someone please clarify this?

-Is it okay to do rifampin alone without doxy and malarone or will it not work?

- then what about the people who treat with just herbals and never even do the abx-- in a way is it okay just to stop the rifampin now too and go to the houtttunynia?
What do you guys think?

Today is my first day ( so far) off abx because I just could not stand them anymore. but I want to do the transition right.

I'm with Opugirl on this, I think it is important to find a LL herbalist.

Houttuynia is a very powerful herb. I experienced one of my worst herxes on it. It felt like I was walking through jello for a couple of weeks.