Japanese Knotweed - side effects anyone?

Hi there, yes I've had most of those symptoms pop up when I've herxed. The only one I haven't had is the tailbone pain and pupils, but the rest yes.

You might want to try cutting back on the antimicrobials and see if that helps. In the first part of my treatment journey I often had to be extremely conservative with how I dosed; 1 drop of a tincture a day for instance.

arieco said...
Hi everyone!

I’ve read on one of blogs better to introduce
each herbs from Buhner Protocol one by one.

So on week 5 I am still
1(500mg)x morning, 1xlunch, 2xdinner.

Herxing pretty bad, cannot increase dosage,
use lots of binders.

And weird effects I haven’t seen people mention—>
pain behind eyes, crying a lot(without emotional
connection).increased puppils, muscle twitching, horrible pain all
over body, fever, tailbone pain..

Does anyone has (had) one of those???
What am i missing? maybe some special binder?
i use charcoal, bentonite clay, eat lots of rice

You don't need to rush when increasing the dose. If you're herxing...then stay at that dose...you could even drop it a bit if it gets to be too much.

I had tailbone pain...it was bartonella in my case. It was kind of weird. I could sit....and not feel it...then when I'd go to stand up...it would hurt...and then after awhile standing...go away.
It was after extensive bart treatment that it subsided and has not come back...
I cried a lot too....and also muscle twitching all over my body...and nerve pain as well.

You can do more to detox. My favorite one is the warm (not hot) epsom salt baths. I also put a drop of lavender essential oil in the tub and marjoram (for my nerve pain).

I dry brush my skin prior to bathing. It helps keep the lymphatic system working and sloughs off dead skin.

I did epsom salt baths a minimum of every other day. I would get a lot of relief from them...although it only lasted a few hours.

Are you taking something for your liver? Milk thistle seed extract is good. (Unless you have an allergy to ragweed).

Also...you should be taking probiotics daily.

Hi! Thank you for the suggestions!
Its good to know there are other people fighting same battle.


You are writing about milk thistle—
> i’ve ordered on amazon burbur, will it work same way?

Girlie said...

arieco said...
Hi everyone!

I’ve read on one of blogs better to introduce
each herbs from Buhner Protocol one by one.

So on week 5 I am still
1(500mg)x morning, 1xlunch, 2xdinner.

Herxing pretty bad, cannot increase dosage,
use lots of binders.

And weird effects I haven’t seen people mention—>
pain behind eyes, crying a lot(without emotional
connection).increased puppils, muscle twitching, horrible pain all
over body, fever, tailbone pain..

Does anyone has (had) one of those???
What am i missing? maybe some special binder?
i use charcoal, bentonite clay, eat lots of rice

You don't need to rush when increasing the dose. If you're herxing...then stay at that dose...you could even drop it a bit if it gets to be too much.

I had tailbone pain...it was bartonella in my case. It was kind of weird. I could sit....and not feel it...then when I'd go to stand up...it would hurt...and then after awhile standing...go away.
It was after extensive bart treatment that it subsided and has not come back...
I cried a lot too....and also muscle twitching all over my body...and nerve pain as well.

You can do more to detox. My favorite one is the warm (not hot) epsom salt baths. I also put a drop of lavender essential oil in the tub and marjoram (for my nerve pain).

I dry brush my skin prior to bathing. It helps keep the lymphatic system working and sloughs off dead skin.

I did epsom salt baths a minimum of every other day. I would get a lot of relief from them...although it only lasted a few hours.

Are you taking something for your liver? Milk thistle seed extract is good. (Unless you have an allergy to ragweed).

Also...you should be taking probiotics daily.

I had most of the symptoms you said but I just thought they were Lyme rather than the knotweed, but I did reduce my dose which helped. I also take Chlorella.
I reacted VERY badly to Cat's Claw, though.
If you have dental work stop taking Knotweed for a few days or it'll bleed loads.

arieco said...
If I have only Borrelia, will cat’s claw be necessary to take?

What do you think??

Girlie said...
re: introducing one herb at a time.


Before you get to higher dose of JK, you can add in the next herb. Is it going to be Cat's Claw?

You can add in one capsule a day....and slowly raise it.


It's best to get several herbs in at low dose....and then slowly raise each one.
Now that you've got the JK in at a low dose...when you stop herxing...maybe think about adding in your next herb...one capsule only...for awhile.

Cat's Claw is one of Buhner's herbs in the Borrellia protocol. So, I would take it.

If you don't get to full healing with the lyme protocol...then start adding in herbs for the coinfections.

How do you know that all you have is Lyme?

arieco said...
Hi! Thank you for the suggestions!
Its good to know there are other people fighting same battle.


You are writing about milk thistle—
> i’ve ordered on amazon burbur, will it work same way?

Girlie said...

arieco said...
Hi everyone!

I’ve read on one of blogs better to introduce
each herbs from Buhner Protocol one by one.

So on week 5 I am still
1(500mg)x morning, 1xlunch, 2xdinner.

Herxing pretty bad, cannot increase dosage,
use lots of binders.

And weird effects I haven’t seen people mention—>
pain behind eyes, crying a lot(without emotional
connection).increased puppils, muscle twitching, horrible pain all
over body, fever, tailbone pain..

Does anyone has (had) one of those???
What am i missing? maybe some special binder?
i use charcoal, bentonite clay, eat lots of rice

You don't need to rush when increasing the dose. If you're herxing...then stay at that dose...you could even drop it a bit if it gets to be too much.

I had tailbone pain...it was bartonella in my case. It was kind of weird. I could sit....and not feel it...then when I'd go to stand up...it would hurt...and then after awhile standing...go away.
It was after extensive bart treatment that it subsided and has not come back...
I cried a lot too....and also muscle twitching all over my body...and nerve pain as well.

You can do more to detox. My favorite one is the warm (not hot) epsom salt baths. I also put a drop of lavender essential oil in the tub and marjoram (for my nerve pain).

I dry brush my skin prior to bathing. It helps keep the lymphatic system working and sloughs off dead skin.

I did epsom salt baths a minimum of every other day. I would get a lot of relief from them...although it only lasted a few hours.

Are you taking something for your liver? Milk thistle seed extract is good. (Unless you have an allergy to ragweed).

Also...you should be taking probiotics daily.

Burbur isn't the same as milk thistle. Burbur is a detox item (not particularly for liver support)..and milk thistle is a liver support (which in turn helps with detox)

What does rice do? It is a starch