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Posted 1/13/2020 12:48 AM (GMT -5)
Well, after 2.5 years of Buhner’s herbs, I finally got to try andrographis. So far, I have been taking 3 drops 2x day directly by mouth. Tastes kind of cool and refreshing. Seem to have a positive response to the taste test and feel it’s likely a good herb for me.

Wondering how fast I should increase doses and what to dosage goal should be. Does it cause a lot of herxing, or is it mild?

What does it do? How did it affect your symptoms for better or worse?

Anyone get the hives?
Posted 1/13/2020 1:53 AM (GMT -5)
When treating with Buhner herbs, andrographis was never one of the primary herbs for me. I never noticed much (good or bad) when adding it in or when taking it out and I would reach the high end of the dosing guideline rather quickly. I always took the planetary herbals tablets so I'm not sure about tincture dosages. Might still want to go slow with it as I don't know if my experience is typical.

I don't think it was Buhner that mentioned this, but I remember reading somewhere that it can be hard on liver or kidneys. It seemed to make me pee a lot... lots of waking up to go to the bathroom at night
Posted 1/13/2020 6:30 AM (GMT -5)
Made my tongue raw like I consumed a lot of salt. This was only at larger doses.
Posted 1/13/2020 8:17 AM (GMT -5)
Interesting responses. Thnx.

Potsnpans,
Thx for the tip about liver or kidneys and peeing a lot. I’ll have to look into that. I didn’t know it came in tablets. I just bought a 1 oz bottle of tincture to try.

Skinny Joe,
I have heard a couple reports of people losing sense of taste from it, so the effect on your tongue is interesting. I have been taking 3 drops on the tongue. At first, it feels cool, but then it turns hot.

I believe RealFoodRebel said andrographis was a good herb for her. I figured I owed it to myself to at least try it.

There are still a lot of herbs I haven’t tried yet - astragalus, eleuthero, stephania, teasel, cistus, and more.
Posted 1/13/2020 9:34 AM (GMT -5)
Headaches. Bad ones. But starting with just one drop and increasing verrrry slowly made it manageable, and the headaches eased up after about two weeks as I recall. I wanted to drop it, but my doctor wanted me to stay on it because it addresses so many things including chronic viruses.
Posted 1/13/2020 10:13 AM (GMT -5)
Andrographis seemed to help my energy level a lot. I got up to quite a high dose without any problems. It did slightly increase the stiffness in my hands and wrists at first, but it went away pretty quickly.

I thought it was giving me breakouts on my face, but then I realized that starting new herbs in general seems to give me breakouts—maybe its toxins from die-off.

t also seemed to help some of my allergy symptoms somewhat.
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