How much Japanese Knotweed do you take daily and in what doses?

Rikky1 When I started it over a month ago I took the tincture first and did the minimal drops...like 10..then I quickly moved to 1/4 teaspoon.....but then I switched to 5 herb capsules for convenience.
I am already at 3 capsules 4 times a day today being the first day of a complete cycle of 3 capsules.

This probably does not help you much....but just start with the japanese knotweed tincture few drops. Here everybody will tell you to do one drop at the time. I am not a good person to suggest dosage....LOL I think you can experiment with yourself slowly and adjust accordingly, because this is what Buhner says.

BTW...how is the wife doing with the abx lyme treatment? Is this for her?

I have been taking it because I don't have access to anti-biotics and am working towards balance via herbs and began with the buhner protocol. I initially used the one recommended by Buhner and would take 3 - 3x per day. http://greendragonbotanicals.com/products/medicines/japanese-knotweed.html Now I've made a tincture that is a blend of cats claw and japanese knotwood. I take it because I trust Buhner's take on treating lyme and I've made good progress following his protocol.
Thanks for the inspiration - I found this article on a site called eat the weeds... ha, ha, ha... another way of ingesting it. Japanese knotweed bread.
http://www.eattheweeds.com/japanese-knotweed-dreadable-edible/
I don't have my buhner book handy to share the benefits of it...
but...found this readily available.
"The herb has a long list of medicinal uses especially as a broad-spectrum antibacterial and has been found effective against spirochetes including Borrelia burdorferi(Lyme). It is an antiviral, immunomodulator, immunostimulant, laxative, diuretic, expectorant, antitussive and a capillary stimulant. The capillary stimulant action is of specific importance in Lyme treatment as it increases the blood flow to areas where the Lyme spirochete likes to live such as the eyes, skin, heart and joints. This then helps to carry the medicinal constituents of any treatments to those places. This makes it a great addition to any Lyme treatment formula/protocol. It should not be taken in pregnancy except in small doses and should not be used with other blood thinners."
http://www.hawthornehillherbs.com/node/148
So - I guess I take it because I want to kill spirochetes and I want to increase the blood flow to areas where they hang out so that the other anti-bacterial stuff can get tot hose hard to reach places.

Post Edited (Questing (multifacetedme)) : 9/19/2016 2:32:25 PM (GMT-6)

I recently stopped antibiotics and upped my JK. I think I am herxing from it. I was only taking 1 200mg a day and I started taking 400 3x a day and I am having a very bad neuro herx that I can't stop with my normal methods. It's the only think I changed...

I'm not sure what's going on with me. It's possibly a backslide. I've very bummed actually. I could have brought it on myself by playing a hard core tennis match last Thursday. I felt amazing but since then, I've been having neuro issues non stop.

The last scan I had said I had Babesia, so that is what I'm dealing with now. The Buhner herbs don't seem to be touching that, so I'm frustrated about that.

I counted in my calendar and it's 24 days from the last bad stretch, so maybe the Lyme is hatching and I just have to work through it.

The only thing that helps is going for walks and sweating - its still 99 degrees here. But I can't do that all day long! I am going to see a new Lyme doctor next week. I really feel like I just can't keep up with detoxing. Thanks for asking.

My next scan is Oct. 8th, so I'll be curious to see what she finds.

i'd take one day of no symptoms for $1000 Alex ;)

this isn't for my wife this is for me. i've been on various abx's for over 18 months and i've tried introducing herbs at times but never consistently. this go round i'm going to start slow and add in only ones that support protection, immunity and inflammation. i'm going to ultimately end up on JK, Sida, Cordyceps, Ashwagandha, Rhiodiolaand maybe Houttuynia at the end. Will go low and slow so I an get on all of them at low dosages then ram up.

anyone know how many milligams of JK is in one drop of a tincture?

artermix - I began the protocol in January. I started first with a radical diet change, then integrated Cats Claw while I waited for the Japanese Knotwood to arrive. Then bit by bit I added different things. In June I began treating co-infections beginning first with bart, then babesia, then treatment for fungus/candida, and now back to bart now that I've got my tinctures made. I'd say my symptoms are 65% reduced. My energy is mostly back, my brain is mostly back, my headaches have reduced, my pain flares are reduced, teeth and jaw pain mostly cleared, ear pain mostly cleared, floaters in one eye cleared (have a vitreous hemorrhage in one), my wooziness mostly cleared, I'm sleeping!, migrating pain has cleared, pops and cricks in my neck and mid-back has cleared, pain in my right abdomen has cleared, auditory hallucinations mostly cleared, tinnitus mostly cleared, eyes sensitive to light cleared, ears sensitive to sound cleared, red dots on my skin have cleared, my weight loss has stabilized, bursitis has cleared. What remains are body temperature dysregulation (get hot/sweaty and a mild fever), shortness of breath and leg cramps when I walk up stairs or a mild incline, headaches, nausea/GERD, pain on the bottom of my feet, weight loss, pain flares, and the consistent low mood. Some of it sounds like addisons...

I did Japanese Knotweed in tincture form. I started with 1 drop and slowly went up to 2 droppers full, 3 times a day. That was my max. My body didn't like more than that.

about 2 months later I had some swelling in my neck and I upped my J/K to 2 droppers full and 5 drops, 3 times a day.

I did this for about a week and my swelling went down so I then went back down to just the 2 droppers full.

Yes, one dropperful is 30 drops.

I am so jealous about Questing playing tennis. I haven't played in 4 years now.


I used Green Dragon Botanicals JK (capsules) and then switched to Woodland Essence (tincture)

Girlie,

Thanks! I am writing that in my notes - should i want to give it a try.

I agree totally jealous about the tennis players, weight lifters - basically anyone who is back to exercising. That is my goal because it will make me feel normal again.

i mix it into lemon water with stevia and sometimes with a green grass smoothie- if done like this its ok....the stevia helps alot....you also got to stir it for about a minute and it does eventually blend in

What can I say, I'm jealous......I'm actually having this one muscle tested on Thursday because I don't seem to tolerate it well.