terminalia chebula - herb for biofilms?

Sounds interesting. I would definitely research any possible or known reactions or contraindications of terminalia chebula with everything you are taking plus any pre-existing health conditions involving your organs.

"Terminalia", sounds Latin for something permanently gone, hopefully that doesn't mean any good organisms.

I just picked some up. Supposedly it helps to break up the biofilm. Worth a shot.

A lot of herbs bust biofilms but the problem has been the relative durability of borrelia biofilms vs things like pseudomonas. I'm not saying it won't work, just have healthy expectations and see how it goes. To date the only herbs I know that has actually been demonstrated effective against pure borrelia biofilm is chinese scullcap and stevia. That doesn't mean others won't work. Sapi claims to have tested a lot without much success though

I was really concerned about biofilms when I healed from lyme and in remission. I kept wondering if biofilms had formed and were going to break open and spew bacteria to flourish somewhere in my body and start lyme up all over again.

I read and read and read and read and my conclusion is that we form biofilms in our body on a pretty regular basis. Bacteria are in us, just a fact. Our gut is a great example of good and bad bacteria. If it gets out of balance, we have "problems." But we have a super hero that can take care of this if it is operating properly.

Yeah immune system! Now here is the catch-22. You want to kill biofilm formation, kill bacteria and strengthen the immune system. I still cannot find an antibiotic that will strengthen the immune system. So you take an antibiotic to kill the bacteria. It kills all bacteria, even the good guys that will help strengthen the immune system. And because you are taking an antibiotic, the borrellia bacteria wants to survive and morphs into a biofilm.

NAC is what I used. Anyone with sinusitis probably should use it. Anyone with reoccurring bronchitis. And any other lung problems should use it.

I think I would look for the following to help if I suspected biofilms. If you have taken antibiotics for any length of time, you should highly suspect biofilms. Morphing into biofilm is the bacteria's super shield against the bacteria dying.

www.bayarealyme.org/blog/straight-talk-biofilms-new-answer-treating-lyme-disease/

I haven't followed up on this Agilyte. But if you are taking antibiotics, these scientists at the Bay Area Lyme Foundation are really showing it to be promising when used with antibiotics. I would ask my doctor about it if I were treating with antibiotics.

bluelyme said...

Psilociraptor said...
A lot of herbs bust biofilms but the problem has been the relative durability of borrelia biofilms vs things like pseudomonas. I'm not saying it won't work, just have healthy expectations and see how it goes. To date the only herbs I know that has actually been demonstrated effective against pure borrelia biofilm is chinese scullcap and stevia. That doesn't mean others won't work. Sapi claims to have tested a lot without much success though

nac can hit a form of cpn if you have it
bee venom is a potent borrielia biofilm buster according to sapi

What's CPN? Yeah bee venom was one of the ones sapi mentioned. And then there was some drug i can't remember the name of