Does Kombucha Help Lyme Disease?

[Guest guest]

Hello,

 

Does Kombucha help Lyme Disease? Does it help Herxheimer reactions or make them

worse?

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

Hi and EveryOne,

In the late 1990's I used to bottle and sell my own brand: Kombucha Manna

Kombucha Tea. It was sold in the local health food stores. One of my best

customers was a woman with MS who said that drinking our KT changed her life,

she could get out of bed and even walk outside a bit. Another was a young girl

who had Lymes Disease. It helped her to deal with the Lymes and relieved the

symptoms. In neither case, did it bring about a cure, but it surely helped with

day to day life.

I do not know specifically about how KT would effect Herx reactions but since

everyone is unique probably the only way to know for sure would be to try it and

see.

My guess is that it would help but I might be wrong.

Any time things get worse taking Kombucha it is best to cut back on the amount

of KT taken and add lots of plain water.

Wishing you the best of health and happiness..

Peace, Love and Harmony,

Bev

>

> Hello,

>  

> Does Kombucha help Lyme Disease? Does it help Herxheimer reactions or make

them worse?

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I am not an expert but from what I have read, kombucha can bring on an

Herxheimer reaction. It is due to the detoxifying effects of the KT. If you

have a lot of toxins stored in your system and introduce a detoxifying

substance such as KT, many of those toxins that were hiding dormant in your

system are suddenly brought back into circulation. From what I have read,

when this happens, just cut back on the amount of KT you are consuming daily

or start using Beet Kvass following the recipe in Nourishing Traditions.

--

Schmidt - Baker and Lacto-Zymologist

“How can a nation be great if its bread tastes like Kleenex?” ~ Child

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>

> Hi and EveryOne,

>

>

> I do not know specifically about how KT would effect Herx reactions but

> since everyone is unique probably the only way to know for sure would be to

> try it and see.

> My guess is that it would help but I might be wrong.

>

> Any time things get worse taking Kombucha it is best to cut back on the

> amount of KT taken and add lots of plain water.

>

> Wishing you the best of health and happiness..

>

> Peace, Love and Harmony,

> Bev

>

>

> >

> > Hello,

> >

> > Does Kombucha help Lyme Disease? Does it help Herxheimer reactions or

> make them worse?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I am not an expert but from what I have read, kombucha can bring on an

Herxheimer reaction. It is due to the detoxifying effects of the KT. If you

have a lot of toxins stored in your system and introduce a detoxifying

substance such as KT, many of those toxins that were hiding dormant in your

system are suddenly brought back into circulation. From what I have read,

when this happens, just cut back on the amount of KT you are consuming daily

or start using Beet Kvass following the recipe in Nourishing Traditions.

--

Schmidt - Baker and Lacto-Zymologist

“How can a nation be great if its bread tastes like Kleenex?” ~ Child

>

>

> Hi and EveryOne,

>

>

> I do not know specifically about how KT would effect Herx reactions but

> since everyone is unique probably the only way to know for sure would be to

> try it and see.

> My guess is that it would help but I might be wrong.

>

> Any time things get worse taking Kombucha it is best to cut back on the

> amount of KT taken and add lots of plain water.

>

> Wishing you the best of health and happiness..

>

> Peace, Love and Harmony,

> Bev

>

>

> >

> > Hello,

> >

> > Does Kombucha help Lyme Disease? Does it help Herxheimer reactions or

> make them worse?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone,

That's very interesting. Does anyone have any experience with Kombucha treating

Lyme Disease and not the Jarish Herxheimer reaction? They are 2 different

things.

Regarding Kombucha and Herx reactions: the Jarisch Herxheimer Effect is a normal

reaction to antibiotics when used on spirochete bacteria such as Lyme. See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herxheimer_reaction

As bacteria and fungi die off in response to treatment, they release toxins into

the blood supply, effecting a temporary worsening of the condition.

In other words, either the kombucha is exhibiting an antiotic effect, and or it

exhibits a detoxifying effect.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

I belong to a Lyme disease listserv. Some people with bad yeast infections

have reported having herxheimer reactions with yeast die-off. Kombucha puts

the bacteria and yeast colonies in the gut into correct balance. Lyme

Disease, with or without antibiotics, causes an over-abundance of yeast in

the body. If Kombucha in some way causes some types of yeast to die (which

I think it does), it could produce a herx reaction for a Lyme diseased

person.

>

>

> Hi Everyone,

>

> That's very interesting. Does anyone have any experience with Kombucha

> treating Lyme Disease and not the Jarish Herxheimer reaction? They are 2

> different things.

>

> Regarding Kombucha and Herx reactions: the Jarisch Herxheimer Effect is a

> normal reaction to antibiotics when used on spirochete bacteria such as

> Lyme. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herxheimer_reaction

>

> As bacteria and fungi die off in response to treatment, they release toxins

> into the blood supply, effecting a temporary worsening of the condition.

>

> In other words, either the kombucha is exhibiting an antiotic effect, and

> or it exhibits a detoxifying effect.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I belong to a Lyme disease listserv. Some people with bad yeast infections

have reported having herxheimer reactions with yeast die-off. Kombucha puts

the bacteria and yeast colonies in the gut into correct balance. Lyme

Disease, with or without antibiotics, causes an over-abundance of yeast in

the body. If Kombucha in some way causes some types of yeast to die (which

I think it does), it could produce a herx reaction for a Lyme diseased

person.

>

>

> Hi Everyone,

>

> That's very interesting. Does anyone have any experience with Kombucha

> treating Lyme Disease and not the Jarish Herxheimer reaction? They are 2

> different things.

>

> Regarding Kombucha and Herx reactions: the Jarisch Herxheimer Effect is a

> normal reaction to antibiotics when used on spirochete bacteria such as

> Lyme. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herxheimer_reaction

>

> As bacteria and fungi die off in response to treatment, they release toxins

> into the blood supply, effecting a temporary worsening of the condition.

>

> In other words, either the kombucha is exhibiting an antiotic effect, and

> or it exhibits a detoxifying effect.

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

>