Adding in houttyunia - now good time?

I'm anxious to start it, have had it for over a week now...but few things going on...and wondering when i should.

I am on Ceftin and Biaxin along with JK, CC, Sida, Crypto.

I am trying to get to the bottom of what's causing my rash. So, I stopped the biaxin a couple days ago...have also stopped the milk thistle. If the rash goes away, I will add the milk thistle back in. I may never go back on the biaxin.

So, should I start the houttyunia (sp?) first, then go back on the milk thistle? I really want to get at the bart...and want to test it out before my next Dr. appt. which is in two weeks.

Or, should I go back on milk thistle, then the houtt?

Also, I am up to 20 drops Sida, and only 5 drops Crypto. I think rowingmom said it's best to get on all of them low dose...and then raise...rather than get to full dose and add the next one.
So, stay at 5 drops crypto, and add in hout? Then slowly increase each of them?

Sorry - there are several questions in this post...I'm all over the place.

Yes, I do have trouble with milk thistle -it increases my liver pain likely due to my rag weed allergy. So I do periodic liver/gall bladder flush with *gasp* Orange juice, grapefruit juice, garlic, ginger and Olive Oil for 7 - 10 days about 3 or 4 times a year, or as needed (if stools get pale). I no longer have a gall bladder, so I don't have to worry if it's safe for me to be doing this- ie because of gall stones.

I would agree with Rowingmom about the rash. I would figure out what that is and get it resolved before starting something else. Your body is showing you that it's struggling with something (hence the rash) and to give it something new - & powerful since we are talking about Houttuynia - it could mean bad news for you at this time.

I know that you are anxious to get these things started and heal, but rushing it is the fastest way to put yourself back to the beginning or make yourself worse. I've seen it happen with members on here several times. So please take your time and allow your body to guide you through this. I would recommend that you tuck that Houttuynia into a corner of your frig or a dark, cool corner in your house and give it a promise of coming to get it soon to put it to use.

If you can take milk thistle, it would be good to get that back into your routines first - as the Houttuynia is powerful and will dump toxins into your liver at a fairly high rate, from what I can tell - so protecting your liver needs to come first. Otherwise you'll find yourself herxing from the Houttuynia and not being able to add in the milk thistle for fear of just overloading your body again.

that's my 2 cents anyway.

With Lyme, most anything is possible - but is it likely? Depends on what the rash actually looks/feels like.

Have you tried taking Benedryl to see if it has an effect on the rash? If it does, that means it's an allergic rash - if not, then it could be caused by most anything else.

Does the rash itch or feel rough or hot? Those are usually allergic type rashes from my experience.

Is it showing any signs of clearing? If so, keep on doing what you are doing. You might want to consider putting a little coconut oil in it for moisturizing and the other benefits of coconut oil. Just a thought. I use coconut oil on the areas that I developed psoriasis in last time I was infected to help keep them from being overly dry. I also used coconut oil last time when I had psoriasis along with witch hazel (first after a bath, then the C. oil) to help ease the symptoms.