Don't know about the emodin, but I was taking JK powder and having GI upset, mostly nausea. JK is high in oxalates, but only a problem with the raw herb or tablets made from it. Tincturing leaves...
I would seriously question whether the veggies had pesticide contamination. Seems way more likely to me than a herx from antibacterial squash skin....
Herx is very misunderstood.....to be precise, it's a reaction to die off of the spirochetes, so if you're not taking antimicrobials, it's not a herx. That said, we all have lots of reactions to...
from Healing Lyme, 2nd edition, by Stephen Buhner, p. 191, "there is no one thing that always has to happen first, be treated first, or that you must always do or must never do in order to get...
I was on here a lot while I was deciding what path to take, and this is a good forum in that it's well administered and has some background material that answers some of beginner's questions. But...
Hi Kev4612, I'm particularly interested in herbal remedies, especially TCM, but not for exactly the same reasons. I live in India, so it's a challenge to get Chinese herbs, but I might just go...
:smhair: Wow, interactions are a mine field. I'm not sure whether to over think it (my usual response) or throw up my hands in despair. Although I'm not real keen on antibiotics anyway....... One...
When I was 13 I had a swollen lymph node over my collar bone, a little later something that was diagnosed as EBV, and in my late teens/early twenties was getting sore throats about every six weeks...
Of course you would rather have something quick and effortless, but lacking that, you might look into breathing therapies, as in yogic pranayama or qigong, or meditation such as mindfulness or...
PeteZa, I will get the Buhner book as soon as I can, but it's a bit complicated because I'm in India. I think Buhner is the greatest person that ever happened to Lyme, and am not at all prejudiced...
Before April 2017, my answers are: Typical ER rash September 2010, took Augmentin for a few days, GI symptoms (diarrhea) made me switch to doxycycline 200mg. BID for six weeks, no further symptoms...
I really do value all of your opinions--but I still make my own choices. Those choices would probably be different if I felt really sick--but I don't. In fact, after two weeks of eating medium well...
So, I think what I'm hearing is that if you don't do 100% gluten free, for several months at least, you may not see the results that could be obtained by strict and long term. Another problem is that...
Glad to hear from other people who don't have an issue with gluten, I think it will go somewhere farther down on my list of "what to do about Lyme". Might move it up if I was totally bedridden like...
Feeling bad on an antibiotic is not always herx--some abx just make some people feel awful!...
Girlie, in 2010 no real symptoms except for the rash. This year, I felt a little better after a few weeks, but still low energy. A few days after stopping the doxy, my energy returned, as if the doxy...
On uncaria rhynchophylla: I don't actually have Buhner's book (yet) but he seems to be cautious about all of the herbs he recommends. (Your mileage may vary!) Always good to start slowly and observe...
I agree that people who haven't healed are over-represented on forums, and it makes for a depressing picture. Also that some people over think the whole thing. But "finding a doctor you can trust" is...
Although I'm American, I stay in India most of the time. Went back to the US summer 2016 and was amazed at how many people believe they are gluten intolerant. (Sorry, that "believe they are" does...
Jinna, I'm having such a good time reading some of your older posts (well, not that old) that I'm glad you didn't get me right to the video on autonomic energy testing. I don't tell this to...
In 2010, I had a bull's eye rash, learned that it's pathognomic for borellia (meaning nothing else causes it except a misdiagnosis of ringworm). I happened to be where I could easily get antibiotics,...