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Oh, Jen - Houttuynia is a very strong herb for most of us! I'm so very sorry that you had such a hard herx!

Back down your dosage and detox like there's no tomorrow! That should get you through this. If you need to stop the Houttuynia for a few days to stop the herxing, then be sure to do so!

Be very careful raising your dose back up though - go very slowly. Many like the tincture better because it's pretty simple to decide how many drops to increase, but remember to only increase one time a day - not both am and pm when you increase. I guess I'm odd - I liked the medicinal tea best as I could dilute it quickly and easily as I needed to.

What dose did you start off with?

But - something to keep in mind is that the reaction to foods that we are allergic to can cause arthritis symptoms too - I get them (as well as a ton of other things!) any time I mess up and get a hold of soy.

You can stop the Houttuynia for a few days if you aren't sure what's causing it - if the symptoms all settle back down and return when you restart the Houttuynia, then you know for sure that it was a herx from the Houttuynia.

Feel better soon!!!

Its powerful stuff Jen-How many drops did you take? I'm up to seven drops twice a day, along with Lakato Bark Extract.

I've been taking the Nutramedix Houttuynia for a week now, and I had some things come and go that I couldn't decide if they were from starting back

IV Rocephin, Flagyl, or this, but yesterday it really brought out all my Bart symptoms.

I had to detox like crazy, made soup with tumeric and cumin, had like 8 bottles of lemon water, got a lymphatic drainage today, and now a some of it has subsided.

The soles of my feet and my shins were sore all day, my ankles and knees and elbows were popping and sore, and even the Achilles tendon seems tender, and I've had some weird headaches come and go.

My hips are sore, I had some major fatigue come over me and couldn't go on til I took a nap,

and when I was about to fall asleep for that nap my leg kicked out violently, and I had bouts of brain fog throughout the day.

When I tried to go to sleep the lower back pain I had for 4 days was so bad I couldn't think about sleeping.

I started feeling around back there, to try to confirm it wasn't the kidneys, and sure enough, there were like 7 or 8 lumps in the muscle in my lower back/upper butt area, on either side of the tailbone.

I got some relief from massaging the lumps for a while, and figured I could get to sleep, but I had some more Bart Herxing to deal with-insomnnia.

I finally fell to sleep about 4 and had to be up at 8 for my IV Rocephin this morning. I might wait awhile before I increase from 7 drops to 10-LOL

Hang in there...I think this means we're getting better.

Thanks everyone
I am not certain how many drops I did exactly. I just did a small squirt. I was impatient and wanted to see if it would work for me! LOL Well I didn't have to wait! I think this is really good stuff. it got rid of my "infection" symptoms with just a few drops!Wow. I am really encouraged with this stuff. I feel like this stuff is really working.

Traveler you are a genius!!

I just got the Nutramix Houttuynia and took one drop this morning. I have not been diagnosed with Bart but think that I most likely have it; heal pain, eye pain with red eyes, back pain, burning in my calf, insomnia. Anyway, I have a crashing headache from the one little drop, so most likely, will not take any more today. Hopefully, I can risk one drop tomorrow, but will see how I do the rest of the day.

Thank you, Traveler, for your quick response. I am currently on Difflucan, as my system is overrun with yeast due to the last bout of ABX, and also taking NT-Detox and A-Bart (not sure if I can name this product). So far I have not gotten much relief for my eyes, from the above two tinctures, but have only been on for about a week.
Slow and steady is definitely the way to go, but I don't seem to have those two words in my vocabulary. I guess I am actually trying to feel "good" about the quick reaction, as I know in my gut that I have Bart. Will be seeing my holistic doctor on Tuesday and she will weigh in on this.
I have stopped seeing my LLMD as I felt that he sees Lyme in everything and it was getting so expensive. It is a delicate balance to find someone who doesn't think I am nuts and someone who thinks you have Lyme regardless of what is going on. Most of the time, I feel that I know more than the doctors whom I am paying to see, but I don't want to be out there flying solo.
It is such a comfort to know people have gotten better from this and that I am not alone. Many thanks. I still have the gene that appreciates kindness.