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New bite: Should I take herbs alone or with antibiotics?

Mar 5, 2013 | antibiotics, Miscellaneous, recent tick bites, Transmission | 7 comments

Dear Stephen, Hello, I’m writing to you from East Europe-Poland and I have a question. I have had lyme for two and a half months. I took doxycycline for only 6 days. Now I don’t know if I should take antibiotics again or would it be better to start your...

Equivocal test results twice in otherwise healthy child

Jan 2, 2013 | children/teens, Lyme, recent tick bites, Transmission | 0 comments

Dear Stephen, My son has been bitten many times by ticks, we live in a high lyme area. This year he was tested following a 1.5cm diameter red reaction to a bite. He received one equivocal reaction and one ever so slightly positive reaction that the doctor feels is as...

Four year old just bit

Nov 1, 2012 | children/teens, Lyme, recent tick bites, Transmission | 8 comments

Dear Stephen, I am the mother of a 4 year old. He had a bite and bull’s eye last summer and was treated with amoxicillin for 2 weeks only…with no herbs, just a whole foods diet. This summer he had a bite, without a bull’s eye, but a Western blot test...

Astragalus and cryptolepis

Jul 23, 2010 | astragalus, dosage info, Herbs, recent tick bites, The Basics, Transmission | 0 comments

Dear Stephen, Thanks so much for another option in fighting lyme and a fantastic book. I have had lyme two times in the last 10 years and beat it both times but do not want to use antibiotics again. I was symptom free and felt 100% until I found another deer tick on...

Recently bitten – help!

Jun 28, 2010 | astragalus, Herbs, recent tick bites, Transmission | 0 comments

Dear Stephen, I found a tick on my left scalp by accident and pulled it off not knowing it was a tick. A few days later I developed inflamed and painful lymph nodes behind my left ear. A doctor prescribed doxycycline and a day later 90% of the inflammation went away....

Meningoradiculitis (Bannwarth’s syndrome) and bitten again

May 29, 2010 | astragalus, Herbs, japanese knotweed, recent tick bites, stephania root, Transmission | 0 comments

Dear Stephen, I have just reread some of your great book and am hoping to start the protocol ASAP. However it’s a bit complicated. So here’s a brief history. I got “slymed” by a tick 12 years ago in Tennessee. I did not have the rash, but got...

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Disclaimer

The assistance of a qualified health care provider familiar with all dosage outlines, contraindications, and herb/drug interactions outlined in Healing Lyme, and familar with your personal health history and current symptoms is strongly suggested. Nothing in this column is intended to replace the expertise and care of a qualified health care practitioner. The material is intended for educational purposes only.

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