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Posted 7/25/2016 3:22 AM (GMT 0)
My main symptom since I have gotten sick is extremely intense air hunger. It is very scary and I am not having a panic attack at all, but it is particularly bad tonight and I want to get to the bottom of it. If I have extreme air hunger, as far as lyme and coinfections go is it likely Babesia or something else? How can it be treated? What herbs have you had success with and where can you purchase them?
Posted 7/25/2016 3:32 AM (GMT 0)
Cryptolepis, sida Acuta, bidens pilosa, alchornea cordifolia, Artemesia annua are all potentially helpful for babesia. Montana farmacy and woodland essence are good. And yeah air hunger is common for babesia
Posted 7/25/2016 3:51 AM (GMT 0)
I have been taking Crypto, sida acuta for many months while treating lyme and bartonella with antibiotics, and about two months ago added in the alchornea cordifolia.

I decided I wanted to focus on babesia...and started to do pulses of Artemisinin. 4 days on, 10 days off.

On the off days, i take the other herbs I listed above (I don't take them when I'm pulsing Artemisinin)


I have been herxing on the Art. It is powerful.
Posted 7/25/2016 10:52 AM (GMT 0)
I haven't used artemesia yet but the crypto/bidens combo gave me horrible herx reactions.
Posted 7/25/2016 2:19 PM (GMT 0)

Psilociraptor said...
Cryptolepis, sida Acuta, bidens pilosa, alchornea cordifolia, Artemesia annua are all potentially helpful for babesia. Montana farmacy and woodland essence are good. And yeah air hunger is common for babesia

Start at very low dosages with any herbs you try. WoodLandEssence has a combination tincture of the Buhner's recommended babesia herbs - CSA - cryptolepis/sida/alchornea, which we use.

Be aware that higher dosages of herbs may increase your symptoms as bacteria/protozoa are killed and lysed, releasing cell contents.

It sounds as though you already have a very high bacterial load and will need to start very slowly (ie one drop) with only a single antimicrobial herb (or with CSA if you wish). One drop each of the three constituents might be too much.

You do not have to herx to heal. If you are treating with any dosage at all, it will eventually impact load.
Posted 7/25/2016 8:03 PM (GMT 0)
Yes please start at low dosages. I would also suggest taking the crypto, sida, and alchornea separately first. It will allow you to quickly identify any issues with taking any of those. Also you may need to titrate them differently. If all goes well, then you could go with the blended herb.

As rowingmom stated any dosage will eventually impact load.
Posted 7/25/2016 8:11 PM (GMT 0)
Krimpet - do you have Buhner's Babesia book?

I have been using the older protocol (that's on his website) - which is CSA, but I think the core protocol changed and I thought the Alchornea was substituted with something else.

I can't remember...and I don't have the book.


But, the old protocol has healed many...too.
Posted 7/25/2016 8:21 PM (GMT 0)
I have the 2015 book. The main herbs are crypto, sida acuta, bidens, artemisinin (or artesunate or artemisone)....it's weird because the website says he doesn't really recommend art anymore.
There are other herbs listed but those are the top 4 on the page. Oh and he also says Chinese skullcap may turn out to be a primary herb for babs. It is a fairly strong immune modulator. It alters the response appropriately.
Posted 7/26/2016 2:16 AM (GMT 0)
Alchornea is now part of Buhner's latest Bartonella protocol....
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