Starting Red Root - Advise Needed

I am starting Red Root this evening for swollen glands. Are there any words of wisdom that I can glean for those experienced with using it? Is it something I want to start low and slow? Is it possible to have die-off symptoms from it? Does it help other things like anxiety, insomnia, jaw pain, etc.?

Thanks!

Sissy63, I loved Red Root. It made a huge difference in me. I may be the strange one, but I did not herx from it. I was very gentle in my dosage and like Traveler said, go low and slow.

I started out with 1 drop, 3 times a day. The next day I did 2 drops, 3 times a day. Because I did not feel anything at this point I upped it another drop.

Really pay attention to how you feel. If on the morning drop you feel the least bit different, do not up that lunch time drop!!! Stay at the lower dose. And stay there until you feel super confident that you are not hurting.

Always detoxing and especially drinking lots of water. Take your body weight in and cut it in half. Turn that half into ounces and that is the water you should consume a day.

Weight -- 120 pounds divided by 2 = 60. So you would drink 60 ounces of water.

This is critical!!! You can't move the sludge and guck out of your lymph system and give it no where to go.

So you must clear a path for it to go.

Another easy detox is dry brushing your skin. One of our biggest organs is our skin and it needs to exfoliate those toxins. If you don't have a dry brush a wash cloth will do. Begin brushing by starting at your feet and moving in long sweeping motions toward your heart. Always brush toward your heart.

Agree as always with traveler & PeteZa... red Root is a staple for me. I noticed immediate improvement in lymph node swelling... I am at 30 drops (1 dropper) and it was very easy for me to increase this herb... but i still went slowly because I know it can build up.

But, pay attention to any changes and be wary, just like the others have said. I think different herbs hit us all differently!

Sissy,

Good luck with the Red Sage root. Please come back on and tell us how it is for you. I herxed terribly from it but wonder if I should try again.

Definitely keep up the detox.

Peteza, You said to dry brush towards your heart. I have been dry brushing since before lyme and always thought it was away from your heart. Gosh, I have been doing it wrong all this time. LOL.

Happy weekend everyone.

I was impatient last night and started the red root before waiting for your experienced answers. I took 8 drops in 2 oz. water. A few hours later my lymph nodes swelled even more, but I slept like I have never slept for over two years.

This morning I woke up and it feels like I have a bad cold coming on, but I assume it is the red root doing its thing.

I took 3 drops in 2 oz. and fell asleep hard in the couch for a few hours and have a plugged sinuses and ears. My lymph nodes are back to their normal swelled state.

Would you say this is a reaction to introducing red root and I just need to stay at a few drops a day and probably at night until my body gets use to it?

I know I need all this sleep! I just up it doesn't rev me up.

Thank you all for your help!

Traveler said...
Yes, please stay at a lower dose, and raise it up very slowly. You are releasing more toxins into your bloodstream (that were 'stuck' in your lymph nodes) to be further processed out of your body. Lymph massages would be very helpful as well.

Here is a great video of how to do your own lymph massages in your neck area (you have them throughout your body though), although she says to do this like 50 times, and that's too much for us - so just do it until your lymph nodes are a bit sore, then stop. You can do them several times throughout the day, any time your lymph nodes get a bit swollen:
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA-wi0d7-Ro

Also be sure that you increase your detoxing in other ways as well. Dry skin brushing will help move the lymph fluid more, which will also help deal with the toxins that are being 'released' from your lymphs, Epsom salt/peroxide soaks would be helpful as would several other detoxing routines.

I drink a ton of water every day. I take an Epsom salt bath daily, plus take milk thistle and curcumin. I need to get a brush for the dry brushing.

I pulsate my antibiotics right now and last night was a night that I took it. Maybe it is kicking my booty somewhat today.

Huddie said...

Peteza, You said to dry brush towards your heart. I have been dry brushing since before lyme and always thought it was away from your heart. Gosh, I have been doing it wrong all this time. LOL.

naturalhealthtechniques.com/healingtechniquesdry_brushing_technique/

Tips and Tricks for Dry Brushing:

Always dry brush your dry and naked body before you shower or bathe because you will want to wash off the impurities from the skin as a result from the brushing action.
You can do the brushing head-to-toe or toe-to-head. It really doesn’t matter as long as the entire body is brushed. Long sweeping strokes starting from the bottom of your feet upwards, and from the hands towards the shoulders, and on the torso in an upward direction help drain the lymph back to your heart.

Note: Stroking away from your heart puts extra pressure on the valves within the veins and lymph vessels and can cause ruptured vessels and varicose veins.

Huddie said...
Peteza,

Thank you! I have been doing it wrong every day. Hope it will be ok.

Red Sage vs. Red Root - have I also been doing that wrong? I am on Stephania/Elu/Ash. Had to go away suddenly so I didn't add anything new.

Before leaving I tried Red Sage and herxed badly. I want to add more herbs to my protocol.

Thanks.

Sissy, It is it great that you slept so much. Your body needs it for healing. If you are sensitive perhaps wait until abx is done and you have upped detoxing before starting herbals. I did a ton of detoxing while on abx. then continued with detox and building immunity (all at the great advice of the lyme angels -but everyone is different and many can do abx/herb together. I couldn't ). Keep us posted and feel better!

Thanks Huddle, I was mainly interested in a herb that would help with my swollen lymph nodes.

It would be great if this much sleep becomes a regular thing for me.

If the anxiety would completely leave, I could deal with most of the other stuff.

CD3764 said...
I absolutely love Red Root and have been taking it for over a year. Any time my lymph nodes swelled even a little, I would increase my dose of Red Root until things settled down. It didn't take long.

Red root also clears the red blood cell debris created when pathogens in our blood vessels die.

Huddie - there is no right or wrong with treatment. It's all about finding what works best for the individual.
Based upon the herxing you reported, you might want to hold off with the Red Sage and start a support herb - Red Root is definitely a good choice.

Truly, I think you'd be best served by starting an herb that will treat your worst symptom (if you're not doing so already).

And, definitely continue to add to your daily detoxing protocol ;)

How many drops do you generally take in a day? Do you take it all at once?

CD3764 said...

Sissy63 said...
How many drops do you generally take in a day? Do you take it all at once?

When I first started taking Red Root, I took 1 drop 3x daily and slowly increased to 25 drops (1/4 tsp) 3x daily.

After consultation with one of Buhner's recommended herbalists in July, I now take anywhere from 1/2 - 3/4 tsp 4x daily.

Herbs are best dosed throughout the day to provide for more even "coverage".

Thank you so much!! That helps me a lot. How often did you increase?