question on cytokine remodulators

Well, I read Buhner's book with horrible lyme brain fog and in it he said on page 214, " Combine tinctures, equal parts, of Salvia miltiorrhiza (Red Sage) and Scutellaria baicalensis (Skullcap; Huang Qin): 1 tsp 3x daily.

So being as brain foggy as I was.... I went to the kitchen, got a measuring cup and dumped both 4 ounce bottles of Red Sage and Skullcap into the measuring cup. Then I gently mixed them with a wooden spoon and used a funnel and put the mixture back into the 4 ounce bottles.

I took my doses, starting at one drop one time a day and slowly moved up.

I think it was about a month later that I realized that if I had of been allergic to one of those tinctures I could have never figured out which one.

It is one of those lyme laughable moments. Obviously I was not allergic to either one and I did heal. But it still is an example of how brain fogged I was.

Now someone go read that page and see if you don't read it the same way. If you do, we are related!!

PeteZa said...
And Patty, the answer should be that you take one at a time and low and slow.

PeteZa - I believe she's asking if she can just use one..and not both.

Patty, there are no stupid questions.....

If it were me I would try to take both as recommended by Buhner. But if one of them give you problems, definitely eliminate it.

I had no problem with either one. thankfully

I tried to stick closely to Buhner's protocol. But, there were 2 herbs that I could not tolerate.