May 30, 2012 | andrographis, Herb Reactions, Herbs, hormonal |
Dear Stephen, Are there studies that indicate andrographis inhibits estrogen or progesterone? Stephen’s response: There are some studies I have read that showed that the herb inhibited progesterone but then there is this one that shows it does...
Jul 23, 2007 | Herb Reactions, hormonal |
Dear Stephen, Thanks so very much for the Healing Lyme book! I decided to start on the babesia handling (I’ve been self-treating lyme for about two years, but infected and mis-diagnosed for 6 years before that) even though I didn’t seem to have many...
Jul 20, 2007 | Herb Reactions, Herbs, hormonal, japanese knotweed, stephania root |
Dear Stephen, I am extremely sensitive to plant hormones or precusors (for instance, using a very strong cup of chamomile tea to help me sleep, will spike my hormones the following day—it contains apigenin, which has benzo-like properties but also functions as a...
Jul 11, 2007 | Herb Reactions, Herbs, hormonal, japanese knotweed, pregnancy, Symptoms, Transmission, women's issues |
Dear Stephen, Are there any hormonal changes or other side effects of the herbs in your protocol that might affect women’s menstrual cycle, breast tenderness, menopause, fertility, or sexuality? It would be helpful to have all of these things together in one...
Jun 4, 2007 | andrographis, Herb Reactions, Herbs, hormonal, muscle/skeletal/joint, Symptoms |
Dear Stephen, I’ve been on your protocol for about 6 months and felt like andrographis was helping me. I was really disappointed today when I read in your book that andrographis can inhibit progesterone. I’m a male with osteoporosis. Progesterone is...
May 19, 2007 | Herb Reactions, Herbs, hormonal, japanese knotweed, stephania root |
Dear Stephen, I’ve tried both the Source Natural resveratrol and Plum Flowers Hu Zhang and both give me sleep disabling hot flashes. Is that because of their phytoestrogens knocking my stronger estrogens off? I’m on bioidentical estrogen because of low...
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