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Posted 3/12/2016 4:43 PM (GMT 0)
I was wondering if anyone had tried this mix out. I thought it might be a bit less expensive to buy them together rather than buy the herbs separate. http://greendragonbotanicals.com/products/lyme-protocols/lb-core-protocol.html I think I might give this a go for the next round. Had a really gnarly herx from using colloidal silver as a mouth wash, plumber won't arrive until Monday, so couldn't get in a tub, last night I used a footbath, and that actually helped! Decided not to have dental work done until I get a second opinion, and read here I think about using colloidal silver to swish about in the mouth. I've been taking it nasally, and had herxed that way. Was up all night in pain. idea Decided I am going to just begin treating my adrenals - my body has been telling me for years they are fatigued, and I am just going to flow with right action rather than wait for a Dr. to give me some sort of fancy authorization to give them support. This process of seeking support here, doing research, intuitively flowing with what herbs to integrate is bringing life back into my body. With the exception of the aneurysm repair, and the naturopath, the other Dr.'s have just added stress and frustration. I also wanted to know what people's experience has been with taking a bit of a break from herbal protocol. I was thinking, once the herbs I have are up, to take a few weeks off, then start up again, to give my body a chance to recover.
Posted 3/12/2016 4:52 PM (GMT 0)
Let's approach your question about Green Dragon's mix first. I believe it's a good product, but never recommend it until a person is up to full strength doses of all the herbs contained in Green Dragon's product. The herxing could be really dangerous for some if they start off with that before easing into using the herbs first.

It's not really a good idea to take breaks from herbal protocols - it's not needed because of possible resistance issues, and many find that if they take a break from something for even just a few days, they will herx even when restarting at lower doses - so you kind of loose ground.

In my humble little opinion, it's best to just be slow and steady with the dosing - if you need a break, back down on the dose size, but don't stop the herb. And if you find you are needing to do that regularly, then it needs to be considered that the person is pushing their body too hard and they should slow down the rate of increasing the dose size.

We have to remember that while it's nice to know that we are being effective with our treatments, keeping the body in a herx state for long, or for frequently, means we aren't healing as well or as effective as we would if we would slow things down. The body is really struggling (or we wouldn't be this ill), and it can't be spread too thin trying to balance things that can't be balance on their own, healing, resting, and trying to maintain all functions. It will pick and choose what is most important for our survival. So it's best to continue to allow the body to direct us in how fast to push through as well.

I'm very happy to know that you have found the foot soaks to be helpful too! They are one of my favorite ways of detoxing.
Posted 3/12/2016 7:44 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with Traveler about doing the herbs individually - at least to start.

You may not ever get to full doses on a particular herb, but full dose on other ones...so the ratio may be different in the core protocol.
Posted 3/12/2016 9:59 PM (GMT 0)
Great! Thanks for the feedback. So, so, so, appreciated! I am making very slow but steady progress - so will stick with it.
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