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Posted 12/21/2014 4:05 AM (GMT 0)
It all mine. My precious.

Just made one cup of tea (guessed) its drinkable.

I have to look at travs Houttuynia post again so I dont OD and herx like mad, was to impatient for my first fix.

Picked up some gliserine to possibly make tincture out of it too maybe- or at least preserve more tea at a time. Have to read up on this, gliserine makes it more potent.

Die Bart die!
Posted 12/21/2014 4:09 AM (GMT 0)
yay! I FINALLY started mine last night-- one cup, and two weak cups today. Had a weird day yesterday with breathing issues but I know it was unrelated . Today with the two cups in me I actually feel really good right now. Tomorrow I am going to do 2 weak cups or maybe 3 weak cups, and just keep building from there.

For me every day it is getting clearer that bartonella is my main issue. It seems weird to me that after all these months I am only now starting the houttuynia! But I feel like- finally!

I also feel like-- really, can this one tea really wipe this stuff out? But I have read a lot of success stories of it. So I think mabe it can.

Also crazy that my llmd doesn't even know about it much.

But yeah I feel like, after all these crazy months I may be finally on the right medicine with the houttuynia. Since we are starting at the same time we can compare notes! yay.

Post Edited (Katebirch) : 12/20/2014 9:17:02 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 12/21/2014 4:26 AM (GMT 0)
I just bought his 2013 co-infection book too.

Since I'm still on flagel, any alcohol is a no no.
Posted 12/21/2014 4:59 AM (GMT 0)
I used 3 grams of Houttuynia to 3 cups of water - but I only started off with half that dose - 1.5 grams to 3 cups water and herxed hard for 3 weeks straight. I would encourage you start off with a lower dose than the 1.5 grams to 3 cups water. I did, presumably, have a heavy bacterial load, so use good judgment.
Posted 12/21/2014 6:45 AM (GMT 0)
I'm waiting for my Hout tincture to arrive. Ordered it from Woodland Essence...but it will take awhile to get here - hoping it doesn't get delayed at the border.

Already taking Sida Acuta - hoping to kill bart with herbs but will be staying on the ceftin/biaxin for now to treat lyme.

I guess I better read on Buhners website how much to take.

Keep us updated Astro and Kate - Hope your herxes aren't too bad!!
Posted 12/21/2014 11:14 AM (GMT 0)

Traveler said...
I used 3 grams of Houttuynia to 3 cups of water - but I only started off with half that dose - 1.5 grams to 3 cups water and herxed hard for 3 weeks straight. I would encourage you start off with a lower dose than the 1.5 grams to 3 cups water. I did, presumably, have a heavy bacterial load, so use good judgment.

This!
Posted 12/21/2014 2:49 PM (GMT 0)
I was just looking up houttuynia in the cowden protocol. So now I realize it is in the buhner cowden and zhang protocols to treat bartonella.


http://www.nutramedix.ec/ns/houttuynia

that is encouraging to me because it shows that it has been studied enough to make it into all three of these protocols with reports of good success. Here's hoping it can help me get my life back.
Posted 12/21/2014 4:04 PM (GMT 0)
The bag of Houttuynia cut looks like yard waste. I thought someone cleaned their gutters and gave it to me! I have it in my regular bag and felt like I had to hide it cause maybe I would get pulled over. hhahah.

I started using it and herxed a bit already so it works! I am using it to make tea version.
Posted 12/22/2014 1:09 AM (GMT 0)

Girlie said...
I'm waiting for my Hout tincture to arrive. Ordered it from Woodland Essence...but it will take awhile to get here - hoping it doesn't get delayed at the border.

Already taking Sida Acuta - hoping to kill bart with herbs but will be staying on the ceftin/biaxin for now to treat lyme.

I guess I better read on Buhners website how much to take.

Keep us updated Astro and Kate - Hope your herxes aren't too bad!!

Please don't start out with Buhner's recommended dosages. The one's listed are max. dosages, and you should take a while to work your way up to them. We are still only using 1/4 of suggested doses of houttuynia and CSA, and only one drop per day of bidens.
Posted 12/22/2014 7:16 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks Rowingmom - I am currently on 20 drops of Sida Acuta - and only 5 drops of cyprolepis (I know it's for babesia...but my LLND wants me on it anyway...says it's good for all infections).
I was already on JK and CC (Green Dragon - 2 caps 3X daily of each).

When I start the hout - I will start at 5 drops and not raise it for at least 5 days.

I think Buhner's website says 1/4 tsp of sida...and maybe the same for hout?
the 20 drops looks like a little more than 1/4 tsp (I just use a tsp and count the drops).

What is bidens?

I'm finding it difficult to fit everything in during the day without taking too much at the same time. If I'm not home all day...it's really a challenge.
Posted 12/22/2014 4:00 PM (GMT 0)
If you had some really small bottles, you could put your doses in bottles and take them with you!! I take my tea with me if I think I might not be home to take them. Just be sure to take along a small bottle of water to mix into the drops before you take them!
Posted 12/23/2014 5:10 PM (GMT 0)
@ Girlie - when I was measuring I found 1/4 tsp to be approx. 32-35 drops.

Bidens is an herb that Buhner uses for protozoan infections (ie babesia). He says that it isn't as powerful as the CSA combination, that it is more gentle acting, but we find the opposite.

We are able to use 15 drops of CSA (which contains 5 drops of cryptolepis) 2x daily, but anything more than 1 drop daily of bidens causes huge amounts of dizziness for both my daughter and myself.

Everyone is so different. You have to find out what works for your body and bacterial load.
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