Teasel users: did it make your joints swell?

Recently DS has had new joint pains, a few that started before I gave him teasel and now after starting teasel, 2 drops a day at once, off and on for a week, he has new swelling in his original Lyme joint-his left knee- and a day prior to that cropping up again, his right ankle hurt and was swelling. He thinks that could be sports-related but I don't think so because he remembers no injury.

So, I read in Buhner to use teasel for joint pain so I bought the tincture. Then after the swelling started in the knee and ankle I did more research and read that it coaxes Lyme out of joints and it can be attacked by whatever method one is using to kill Lyme. It is hard to get reliable, consistent information on how these herbs work sometimes.

This happens to be an abx week plus he backslid some after going to 2 weeks of pulsing and 2 weeks completely off abx so we have that going on too. He is going back on 1 abx during his off weeks, in part because his mycoplasma numbers went back up. He was sick for 2 days this week with chronic fatigue rather than his usual 1 day.

Has anyone experienced joint swelling as a result of using teasel? I don't know whether to continue it or not. he is off it now for 3 days so I will see how he feels later today. We need to get rid of the Lyme but it also interferes with his life - the old Catch-22.

I bought Teasel, but haven't started yet.
I read a lot about it, it is very powerful and a lot of people had positive effects. It "warms" blood and pushes bacteria from tissues into the blood, where our immune system and abx get rid of them.
But I don't know about the swelling. Could it be allergic reaction?

Hmm. I herxed tremendously from teasel, and my symptoms have always been primarily joint related. However I haven't had any swelling.

I think it sounds like he is herxing from it, so maybe take a few days off then start off really slow one drop then two. It took me a while now I take 1/4 teaspoon 3x daily. I feel that teasel really helped my joints.

Best of luck to you and your son.

evianangel said...
Oh another thing I forgot to say is, after I started Japanese knotweed and teasel I felt like it drew the bacteria from out of my joints. Now I tend to have more muscular pain but even that has been reduced quite a bit Thankfully. Id encourage you to stick with it, in hope's it will do the same, but keep an eye on the swelling.

Hi, I was wondering to hear more about your experience with Teasel.

Did you feel the sensation of your muscles/tendons/ligaments rearranging into the right place while on Teasel? I think this is the way Teasel Heals the body, it basically returns the musco-skeletal system to its original blueprint for your body. Its like having surgery done. When I was on Teasel I experienced this feeling. It was really painful. But, I think if I start with a very low dose and slowly increase I can make it through. Did you have to push through a lot of pain to get to the healing from Teasel?