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Posted 5/11/2016 12:31 AM (GMT 0)
Anyone have any experiences with Green Tea/EGCG for Bart? Or experience a herx of any kind?

I have read it can be effective for Babs, but both when a I made a cup of tea on one occasion and when I took 2000mgs in capsule form on separate occasion, I had really strong burning sensation on the sole of my left foot. Not only burning, but tenderness as well. This is a symptom I have had in the past. And I have read over and over that this is a sign of Bart?

I haven't noticed any Babs herx symptoms with taking it though, so it is all interesting to me.

Just wondering if anyone else has had experiences to share.

Thanks!
Posted 5/11/2016 1:25 AM (GMT 0)
I've been taking Green Tea extract since August of last year when I first started Buhner's Babesia and Bartonella and Lyme protocols.

I got the entire protocols going at low doses and was herxing quite a bit with symptoms of all the infections I was treating. The herxing changed as I added different antimicrobials and I can only attest to my experiences when I started Cryptolepis and Artemisinin. Everything else was a mess lol

What a long strange trip it's been ;)
Posted 5/11/2016 2:08 AM (GMT 0)
The EGCG is part of Buhner's bart protocol...so that would make sense that you herxed with a bart symptom - feet burning.


Is it part of his Babs protocol now , too?
Posted 5/11/2016 9:31 AM (GMT 0)
Sounds like a herx from die off decreased blood flow. I can see how EGC can affect the life cycle of babesia but not how it affects bart.
Posted 5/11/2016 12:21 PM (GMT 0)
It is not Part of Buhner's protocol for Babs but there is some evidence:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20025823
Posted 5/11/2016 12:35 PM (GMT 0)
GH-

Does a general herx create burning feet if blood flow is poor? I have never heard of this before. But I have had the burning feet before I ever started treatment, just didn't know what it was.
Posted 5/11/2016 12:41 PM (GMT 0)
Two things usually cause burning in the feet. Neuopathy caused by decreased blood flow or pain from nerve conduction issues.

I had already seen that link and actually tested it on myself with similar results. Stay in the literature and learn as much as possible. It won't take long before you know more than the physicians about what you have because they don't know much about vector borne disease.
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