Less commonly used Babesia herbs

I will have to harvest some yarrow and try it. We have it all over our yard. What part are you using? Leaves or flowers? The flowers are a common cold remedy.

Yes, herb means the whole thing. I will go slow if I try it. Will let you know if I do. I need to check and see how much I can even get, it’s not cultivated so I’m not sure how much I have.

not implying anyone here would not know the difference

just as a FYI for anyone foraging for Yarrow - note the similarity with the toxic Hemlock
(Socrates poisoned himself with it)

field guide here
https://plantsandplantagenets.com/2021/07/02/field-guide-hemlock-or-yarrow/

Palermo, GoatLady, Garzie, Loski and others:

After taking a 2 or 3 day break from yarrow I decided to try it again today.

I wanted to know 100% for certain that last time was a herx and not a coincidence, so I did something a bit irresponsible. I went from 400 mg to 800 mg as an experiment.

After taking it, I started suddenly feeling sleepy and so I decided to take a nap.

I thought to myself that if I woke up sweating again like last time, then I'll know for certain.

Well, I woke up sweating worse than last time and it's only 55 degrees Fahrenheit outside (12 degrees Celsius).

And on top of that, the lymph nodes around my chest/arm area are suddenly sore and painful as soon as I woke up. This lymph node thing is actually a new issue for me, I haven't really had that before.

The bad news is that it made me realize it's been a while since I herxed this strongly from the cryptolepis that I take. But that's another topic.

Anyway, now I know for certain it was the yarrow, and will be decreasing my dosage to something more reasonable.

Yarrow is a very useful herb for babesia, in my opinion.

Take care everyone!

😂 GoatLady that made me laugh!
A bit irresponsible indeed, haha.

Yes I'm glad it happened too.
I'm sorry to hear about the humidity, I can't stand that myself either!

I hope you have a great evening ahead !!

hey rainy you have some yarrow update?

**** that sounds awesome! Thank you for your update. I will order some too

so rainy i just found while cleaning a box of yarrow powder. So i gave it a try. I started yeasterday with a half tb spoon. Didnt felt anyhing wild, No Herx. Lets see i will keep you updadet. I will mixe it with my artemsia tea, two times a day. Do you have any updates one the yarrow front?

what babesia strain you have? i have tested p. on divergen.

maybe i was a bit to fast. Got quite high heartrate and sweating a bit more since yesterday. I will keep the dosage 2xhalf tb and will keep you updated.

I found this discussion on yarrow interesting, as I have never used it nor seen it. I looked it up to read more about its medicinal use. One herbal site https://www.almanac.com/yarrow-and-its-medicinal-uses-healing-garden-herb says: “Yarrow is a diaphoretic, meaning she helps us sweat. So she helps the body detox through sweat when needed, including when we are experiencing fever.”

Having read that, I am thinking the sweating may not be a babesia herx at all and may have nothing to do with indicating a babesia infection by causing sweating.

Edit:

The same reference also mentions this: “She helps to stimulate and move the lymph in the body, which can help move toxins through the system, dispel extra water being held in the body and overall keep our internal waters flowing.”

That is probably why you had painful lymph nodes. The yarrow is stimulating lymph to move, and you may be getting clogged up, if your lymph has not been moving as rapidly before taking it.

If someone is not able to sweat normally and/or has slow lymph movement, then yarrow could stimulate those actions to get people unstuck in those areas.

Post Edited (WalkingbyFaith) : 7/30/2024 5:16:12 AM (GMT-8)