When to give up on a certain Herb

Just wondering your thoughts on when to quit or when to keep going with a herb.

Mine is Teasel, I have been on an off of it now for 2/3 weeks. Nasty herx. I am currently taking the lowest dose every other day. Like literally 2 drops in my water. Herx is easing ever so slightly, but still I can feel it.

Is this a good thing? It means it is killing or finding bacteria? Do you think I should keep trying with it, or quit.

I don't think I'm allergic to it. But that first week I did 20 drops, the next few days I developed headache, heart palps, insomnia, body pain, fatigue the whole shebang.

Now I'm just dealing with back pain and my usual muscle/joint stuff.

Thanks! :D:D:D

At this point, I would stop the 2 drops and see if you find instant relief.

You can always start it again.

The object is not to hurt and be sick.

Artermix- ah yes, I did read that he suggested it for arthritis problems in particular in his book too. That's why I tried it. It is weird how it does nothing for some but herx like crazy for others.

Bluelyme - is Japanese knotweed or cars claw or sarispirlla a killer? That's all I'm taking. Maybe I should try andrograpis..

I think you started too much too soon and are still herxing from it all despite the lower dose of teasel.

I consider one drop daily to be a low dose and some people actually have to put that one drop in water and take 1/2 of that or even less.

It's always best to start one thing at a time and wait a few days to gauge response (aka see if you herx).

IMHO, the teasel is doing for you exactly what it's supposed to do and that's why you are herxing.

It makes sense to me that you stop the teasel for awhile, increase your detoxing (and continue to increase it) to tame your current herx.....and then restart one drop of teasel and hold at that dose for awhile.

Not every herb (or even every med) works for everyone. After all, everybody's body is different.

It's clear to me that you are responding to teasel but, again, too much too soon.