Houttyunia

I ordered this tincture, can Nyone advise how much to take and how often? I am on Cats Claw and silver and need something else to take. Also advise on experiences please. ThAnks. Sorry for Ll of the posts.

jiggly,

Go at this one very slow. One drop a day to start with and then increase every few days by a drop. It is a pretty powerful herb. I would just do it once a day to start and then when you know you will not have a reaction you can increase that. I just started on that and had to back off of it a week ago. That was with 5 drops.

Have you considered Japanese Knotweed, Eleuthero and Ashwaganda?

Please go very slow with this. I started on it with one drop a day about 6 weeks ago and then increased much too quickly and had the most severe herx I have ever had. It is very, very powerful stuff. I am going to take it again but after the reaction I had will start with one drop every other day and very gradually increase.

Hope you do well with it jiggly, good luck and let us know.

I started this herb in late May and I am now up to 30 drops a day. Remember you don't have to go the max of any herb for it to work for you. Some may need less, some may need more. I don't think I'm going to go beyond 40 drops a day, however we'll see symptom wise. My doc doesn't want me beyond 50 drops off any one herb. We'll see.

Houttuynia targets Bartonella. I can't really compare the amount I take with those using tinctures, as I'm using the dried herb made into a medicinal tea.

Yep! These herbs really do work! Many use just herbs and heal well.

Those are herx symptoms, so that means it's killing the bacteria.

Instead of backing down the dose, you need to either start or increase your detoxing. There are many good detoxing ideas in the "New to Lyme?" thread and on here: www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html

Watch the stomach bloating though - although that's a symptom of Lyme and Bartonella, it is also a sign of yeast/fungal issues. You should make yourself aware of the symptoms of those issues and either be sure you are on a really good probiotic or get on one to help lower the risk of having yeast/fungal issues to deal with on top of these infections.

There is a very excellent post about Yeast/fungal issues on the bottom of page 2 of our "New to Lyme?" thread by Pirouette. I would encourage you to read through it as well.