The herxheimer

I have switched my herbal protocol from Byron white over to Buhner in the past week. It has given me some insight into the dreaded Herxheimer Reaction AKA JERKHEIMER. Apparently when you have spirochete infections, when you attack them with herbs or antibiotics they freak out and die off but stay in your body to torture you. You’re supposed to take long Epsom salt baths with candles and lemon water to detox but that’s not happening in this busy house in that nasty bathtub. Here’s a picture of my Buhner book on my side table. You can also see my sewing machine which I have forced myself to learn so I can do something while spending time in bed that isn’t sleeping. Even though sleeping is what I want to do. The Herxheimer supposedly causes flu-like symptoms. For me, so far, on my first dose of 5 drops of Cats Claw and 5 drops of Japanese Knotweed have caused bad headaches, knee and ankle pain, vision problems, tummy aches, extreme fatigue, hip pain, and the head pain that started 15 years ago has returned. I am grumpy and tired and depressed. And I don’t want to take a stupid Epsom salt bath but I guess I should. Humph.