cats claw side effect or herx?

Dave, go back down to 1 pill, 3x times a day and gently do more detoxing. Your body is not ready to eliminate those toxins you are creating.

You became out of balance - killing versus eliminating. We have to have those elimination pathways clear and flowing. This is detoxing. Then when we go for killing (herbs or antibiotics) they don't stack up and make us herx.

Pretty much an unscientific way of explaining it but I was a Nanny. lol!!

See if you can add in a little more detoxing. Dry brushing is easy. Drinking more water with a splash of lemon is easy. Eating more ruciferous vegetables is easy. Lymph drainage massage (/www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA-wi0d7-Ro) is easy. Let me know if you need even more options.

Also can you break your pills in half? Maybe going to 2, 3 times a day is too much to fast. How about 1 1/2?

Peteza .....thank you for your comment...ive been drinking 4 quarts a day water with lemon, and 3 cups of dandelion tea for the detox....havent seen an issue after taking japanese knotweed, just the cats claw....i assumed it was probably a herx, but i guess i should go slower, though i spent 2 wks at 1 pill 3x a day

thanks for the youtube link too, ill try that

I agree you are herxing - sorry. Once you get past this herx, you might want to add one capsule at a time (vs 3x day) and see how you do....

PeteZa explained the reasons we need to detox really well and I agree that you might want to consider adding more things for detoxing....and continue to add them as you move along.

Here's a link to a thread wherein members shared what they are doing for detoxing:

www.healingwell.com/community/default.aspx?f=30&m=3602759

Making a variety of detoxing methods part of your day can take as little as 5 extra minutes in total, depending on your choices.

Slow and steady wins this lousy race.