Cutting back or building dosage for herbs?

I think your plan sounds like a good one, it is really super dependent on the person. I can handle high doses of herbs/antibiotics. But I also know people that herx horribly with the addition of one drop (!) of an herb. It also takes me a couple days to figure out if I will have a herx or a reaction. I don't know if that is the case with most people but for me it was usually 3-5 days after starting something when I would herx. It doesn't hurt to go slow..LOL on the contrary going fast might hurt a lot!