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Andra Beehler
Is there an herbal remedy to use for a tick bite? The tick was dead when removed…has not been tested for Lyme.
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Alona Dewar
We moved to rural property last summer and every time our cats and dogs came inside we would find ticks hiding in their fur. Are there herbs we can plant to deter ticks naturally? I’m also interested in knowing how to treat tick bites.
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Dr. Patrick Jones
Teasel is quite good for Lyme’s disease. Herbalist Stephen Harrod-Buhner did a lot of good work on Lymes. He wrote some good books on it. He died just recently.
Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.
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Thanks for the suggestion to read Stephen Harrod Buhner. Between the time I posted the question and received your reply I came across one of his books. The book is very in-depth with specific protocols and he includes sources to obtain some of what seem to be harder-to-come-by herbs and formulas. I was happy to know that you recommend him.
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Anna Coyle
I am new. What is teasel?
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Hi Anna,
Here’s video on teasel. IT’s in the Individual Plants section. I talk about it in the Pain management lessons too.
https://homesteadacademy.com/course/homegrown-herbalist/lessons/teasel-dipsacus-spp/
Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.
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Michelle Koch
I realize vaccines are a controversial subject among some of the folks here, but I just wanted to mention it, for those who embrace the best of both worlds: veterinary science has developed a vaccine against Lyme disease for dogs! If you live in an area with a high infestation of ticks, and are struggling to keep your dogs safe, you might want to consider it.
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Yup. I’d recommend that strongly for dogs in high-tick areas.
Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.
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Dawn
They pulled the Lyme shot for humans from the market after a few years voluntarily only after lawsuits were filed and fears of so many side effects … (REDACTED By Auto-Moderator Robot)>
We are in a high Lyme incidence area and our doctors treat with the appropriate antibiotics right away as better off “safe than sorry”. Buhner, may God rest his soul, was very helpful to Lyme victims when allopathic medicine dropped them. Even Buhner states, this is one example when antibiotics is the best response as it must be done in first couple weeks (before they dig in and become nearly impossible to eradicate = spirochetal bacteria). I wish I knew that 18 years ago when I said no to the offer of antibiotics to pretreat.
Teasel helps with the pain, very helpful, and may also be flushing out some of the spirochaetes but won’t kill the bacteria (Teasel is said to be bacteriostatic not antibiotic). When using Teasel in a chronic issue, it is recommended to start slow with only a couple drops and adding a drop a day per dose so you do not experience a Herx reaction. I follow his work on Lyme, only after I found relief from Teasel/read an article that led me to believe that was my issue, and I seem to benefit from his protocol.
Also, another has recommended to use Teasel as a preventative when out and about in a Lyme intense area, a dropper full 2x/day.
So, I was wondering if that dose would be ok on large dogs?
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Haydn Ward
Thank you for your comments, especially about the recommended dose of teasel. If you learn whether or not it is okay for big dogs could you respond and let me know. Thanks!
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Is Japanese Knotweed also ok for dogs in your experience? Buhner mentions that for prevention when in hi threat areas for Lyme Disease, regarding people, so I thought it might be used for dogs too.
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I haven’t used it but have never seen anything about it that made me concerned about its use in dogs.
Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.
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Doug Ball
Quick query RE those chronic lymes folks who have progressed to stomach paralysis and other food sensitivities, any recommendations to assist in restarting the stomach, easing the food sensitivity? Also a newbie, first post so if addressed elsewhere please direct. Thanks
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Teasel is often good for re-booting nerves that have gotten hung up by some sort of interruption.The Rezzimax tuner is often useful too.
Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.
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For those asking which companion plants they could add to their property to help deter ticks: Chrysanthemums and Feverfew produce a compound called pyrethrin, which is now extracted and sold in garden centers for treating vegetable gardens, landscaping plants, and houseplants against plant-destroying bugs (like spider mites and aphids), but also useful in barns, to protect livestock from fleas, ticks, chiggers, biting flies, mosquitoes, etc. Do not confuse PYrethrin with PERmethrin. While pyrethrin is organic and considered safe for livestock, pets, and humans, permethrin is a concentrated synthetic, created in a lab, and has a long list of “precautions” one must adhere to when using. Btw, it is worth noting, that the primary active ingredient in topical flea & tick preventatives applied to your dog’s back is PERmethrin (the dangerous synthetic). I actually created a post a while back, asking if an extract or tea made from feverfew or chrysanthemums might be effective at keeping the bitey-bugs away this summer. It might be a good experiment for someone to try, and report back. I actually purchased a bottle of pyrethrin concentrate (which I then put in a 1:9 dilution of water) for my dog and myself. Because it is organic, I feel pretty good about it– I feel it is a lot safer than the synthetic permethrin.
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AOwens
Can I use the pyrethrin to get rid of chiggers already on me?
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Billi Rogers
Several in my family have also shown a high level of lymes and so I’ve been searching for herbs that treat it and have bought teasel, Japanese knotweed and cats claw all in tincture form to take for it.
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Darlene Norris
My husband finally popped postitive for Lyme disease on the retest. We just got the news today. He was negative on the first test, although he had all the classic bulls-eye rashes. He was treated for 10 days with doxycyline, but still felt terrible and tired all the time, so his doctor at the VA had him retested, and this time he tested positive. They want to put him on doxycyline for 28 days. I just ordered Buhner’s book on treating Lyme disease. My question is, can my husband do the herbal protocol while he’s on the antibiotics? Or should he wait until he completes the 28-day course of treatment? Thanks for your response.
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Carla Daniel
I had Lyme for over 11 yrs I took activated charcoal. It helps pull bacteria from the body. I don’t think you ever get rid of it. Hopefully, you get your strength back. You have to really rest and not push yourself.
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