Working Definition of a Herx

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If you take substance A (once) and have the classic symptoms of a herx

(see http://lassesen.com/cfids/herxheimer.htm) within 24 hrs, and they

start become milder with 120 hrs -- it's a herx.

If you start taking substance A (daily) and have the classic symptoms

of a herx (see http://lassesen.com/cfids/herxheimer.htm) within 10

days, and they start become milder within 10 days of stopping A -- it's

a herx.

Other symptoms or patterns are likely NOT a herx but a change of body

state - what and why become very important!

Recently, I've seen going into a nutrient deficiency being described as

a herx. " Ah Captain Bligh, the men are loosing their teeth -- it is

just a herx and not scurvy " (which was originally beleived to be an

infectious disease).