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Posted 1/13/2015 9:04 PM (GMT 0)
So I started Houttuynia (sp?) at 5 drops 3x daily. On Day 3 evening dose, I increased to 10 drops.

Yesterday was Day 4.
Day started out crappy - not enough to consider it a herx...but crappy.
After dinner - it ramped up, and by 8:00 p.m. I think I was in full-on herx. All I know is I haven't felt this bad in months.
Mostly nervous system - Nerve pain left arm/hand/finger, shivers (but I'm not cold), pressure behind my eyes. Also, my neck muscle on the left side tightened up along with the clavicle lymph node hurting.
I know it was bad, because it had me in tears. I can never tell if the tears are from the pain, discomfort solely, or if there's some worry adding to it.

It mostly subsided in a few hours...and when I went to bed, it was minimal. I didn't do much, other than drink water...

I'm quite sure it was a herx.
Posted 1/14/2015 12:51 AM (GMT 0)
Don't increase too quickly. Did you dose 10 drops TID on day 4 - if so you doubled the dose after 3 days, that's much too much.

I would decrease back to 3 TID for a couple days more and then increase to 4 TID for another 5 days or so before increasing again. You can really whollop yourself with herbs! Once you get to a level where you are herxing consistently, back off a bit and stay there for a couple of weeks before you try increasing again.
Posted 1/14/2015 1:05 AM (GMT 0)
Okay - that makes sense going from 5 - 10 on all three times is probably too much.

I will drop down the dosage....maybe try 5 drops? Since it was okay for the first three days.

I did 10 drops twice today...so will go to 5 drops for the third dose.

The herx did subside quite quickly though.
Posted 1/14/2015 3:14 PM (GMT 0)
I know it's hard but don't rush things. You don't have to be herxing for the herbs to work. A gradual die-off that your body can handle (ie, you don't build up too many toxins) is better than hurting yourself. The bacterial load will still decline even if you don't notice. In a while you will simply feel better.
Posted 1/14/2015 7:31 PM (GMT 0)
The interesting thing is the herx resolved quite quickly. I felt much better the next morning.

So I backed down to 5 drops and so far it's good!
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