herbs for lyme

can you get well on nothing but herbs? I am now taking antibiotics and I feel they are really hard on your body but just wondering if you can recover without them?

Hi mystery,

I think it is definitely dependent on the person. I had an acute, somewhat severe onset. All at once weight loss, heart issues, extreme insomnia, neuro issues. In cases like that I believe antibiotics are best prescribed, with or without herbals ( I choose with) and then once your body has eradicated some of the infection you may have more choice in the matter what direction to take.

that is also my plan :)

There are actually several different herbs that we are referring to. I used an herbal combination for 9 months that took care of my Lyme infection, but I believe that Opugirl and Mystery may be talking about different herbs than what I took.

Here are the herbs that I used:
St. Johnswort
Echinacea Root
Eleuthero
Red Root
Sweet Annie
Cats Claw
Teasel Root
Neem Leaf
Thyme Leaf
Japanese Knotweed Root
Oregano

The actual 'recipe' can be found here:
www.mistymeadows.org/wendy.htm
Click on the tile that says:"Lyme Disease: A Practitioners Experience and Discovery.

Although my doc had me make the tea differently, we still used the herbs in the amounts listed. If you are interested in knowing how to make the tea according to what my doc told me, I'd be happy to explain it.

thank you traveler for sharing that. I have read steve buhner's book, and may use his program in the future has anyone ever used it ? boy these antibiotics are making me feel bad

Hi mystery,

I am working with an herbalist and am on a modified Buhner protocol. I can tell you - the hawthorne has helped, and japanese knotweed also.

Peacesoul....what are Gemmotherapies? For detox? Could you provide a link? Thanks for sharing. I am looking into herbals as well, however also have mold illness (many years). Abx are not recommended for me. Presently using colostrum that has helped tremendously!

"Gemmotherapy is a branch of phytotherapy (herbal medicine) that uses buds and young shoots of trees and shrubs. They are gathered in the spring, at a certain stage of the natural growth cycle, and freshly prepared in a macerate process using water, alcohol and glycerin. Buds and young shoots are composed of embryonic tissues in full development which contain the whole power of the future plant. This makes the gemmos a high vitality concentrate. They also contain many active elements which will no longer be present in the mature plant.

Gemmotherapy was created in the 1960s by Dr Pol Henry, a Belgian doctor. He published his research findings and clinical results in1970, calling this new therapy "Phytoembryothrapie". This discipline was further detailed and developed by Max Tetau, a French homeopath, who also gave it a new name, "Gemmotherapy". This term derives from the latin 'gemmae' which means both plant bud and precious stone, and is the name now universally adopted."

www.ndaccess.com/ConesusLakeNaturopathics/Page_Detail.asp?Pageid=13&Newsletterid=31

I don't know that I've seen any post about one product I take called "Transfer Factor LymPlus", from Researched Nutritionals. It's an immune system product. It's one of the first things our doc put us on, along with a strong garlic extract, one drop to start with. We did herx some when we upped the garlic dose. We weren't as severely impacted by Lyme as many on here are, especially me, so most would need more than just those 2 products. We did. We still take the Transfer Factor.

Traveler do you take any prescription drugs regularly or did you when you were on your herb protocol? I am really interested in herb only treatment but do t think I can do it b/c of interactions with my asthma meds. Most of the herbs seem to effect drugs metabolism by your liver :(

lmm22 said...
Traveler do you take any prescription drugs regularly or did you when you were on your herb protocol? I am really interested in herb only treatment but do t think I can do it b/c of interactions with my asthma meds. Most of the herbs seem to effect drugs metabolism by your liver :(

I used nothing but abx in the beginning, but I was an abx failure - I did nothing other than got worse. Maybe if I had already been detoxing well, things might have gone better.

The one and only prescription that I still take is one that I had started on shortly after that for sleep - Trazodone ...... and I'm still trying to wean off of that!!

There are very few things that don't need to go through the liver from what I understand. Your liver may need more support , or there may be herbs that you can use, but I would really encourage you to find a good herbalist and ask. One way to help you find one would be to go to the American Herbalist Guild's website and look for a practitioner (www.americanherbalistsguild.com/member-profiles) or by word of mouth from others that you trust.

While I believe that many need herbs, I still believe that abx do have their place - I just reserve them for the more extreme needs in my life.