Guest guest Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 has anyone had stomach trouble with andrographis? i tried to order a tincture from Biopure and they read me the contraindications over the phone saying that large prolonged doses can cause digestive dysfunction and can irritate / cause ulcers. it made me hesitate and i ended up not buying it. i don't believe buhner mentions that this herb is unsafe. i've had IBS for years - and not the constipation kind so i'm not worrying about the herb being constipating. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 I'm taking it for months and months. In January 07, it will be a year. My only big problem before lyme was on the GI tract. Stomach pains, diarrhea, intolerance to certain foods. It was my weak point for sure. It has been like that for decades (since puberty). Doctors told me I had gastritis, then after no more, then they gave me no more diagnostic, they looked at me as though I was inventing/ imagining things. I couldn't even use trousers anymore. Any pressure on my tummy would have caused me terrible pains and diarrhea. I was on 'pregnant-like' clothes for a couple of years. A bit before lyme (3-4 years before), my GI symptoms got better with homeopathy, I could wear trousers again, but I was never 100%. About 60-70%. Now, I feel I'm better than before lyme. So andro did nothing against my GI tract. If it did something, it probably made me better as I feel even next to 100% there. Of course, I'm on a diet. I always took andro and all his herbs on empty stomach. Any antibiotic would have destroyed my stomach before the 3rd day, if not from first day. I could never stand even half of an aspirin because of cramps. Buhner's herbs never caused me stomach pains. But we're all different. Selma > > has anyone had stomach trouble with andrographis? > i tried to order a tincture from Biopure and they read me the > contraindications over > the phone saying that large prolonged doses can cause digestive > dysfunction > and can irritate / cause ulcers. it made me hesitate and i ended up not > buying > it. i don't believe buhner mentions that this herb is unsafe. > > i've had IBS for years - and not the constipation kind so i'm not > worrying about the > herb being constipating. > > Steve > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2006 Report Share Posted November 3, 2006 Thanks, Selma - that's good to hear about andrographis. Steve On Nov 3, 2006, at 2:50 PM, selmanaka wrote: > I'm taking it for months and months. In January 07, it will be a year. > > My only big problem before lyme was on the GI tract. Stomach pains, > diarrhea, intolerance to certain foods. It was my weak point for > sure. It has been like that for decades (since puberty). Doctors told > me I had gastritis, then after no more, then they gave me no more > diagnostic, they looked at me as though I was inventing/ imagining > things. I couldn't even use trousers anymore. Any pressure on my > tummy would have caused me terrible pains and diarrhea. I was > on 'pregnant-like' clothes for a couple of years. > > A bit before lyme (3-4 years before), my GI symptoms got better with > homeopathy, I could wear trousers again, but I was never 100%. About > 60-70%. Now, I feel I'm better than before lyme. So andro did nothing > against my GI tract. If it did something, it probably made me better > as I feel even next to 100% there. Of course, I'm on a diet. > > I always took andro and all his herbs on empty stomach. Any > antibiotic would have destroyed my stomach before the 3rd day, if not > from first day. I could never stand even half of an aspirin because > of cramps. > > Buhner's herbs never caused me stomach pains. But we're all different. > > Selma > > > > > has anyone had stomach trouble with andrographis? > > i tried to order a tincture from Biopure and they read me the > > contraindications over > > the phone saying that large prolonged doses can cause digestive > > dysfunction > > and can irritate / cause ulcers. it made me hesitate and i ended up > not > > buying > > it. i don't believe buhner mentions that this herb is unsafe. > > > > i've had IBS for years - and not the constipation kind so i'm not > > worrying about the > > herb being constipating. > > > > Steve > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 Hi, Mike-- I bought my teasel from www.myherbs.net. 100 capsules cost 11.00 plus shipping. Each capsule is 800 mg of teasel root. I take the suggested one cap 3 times a day. I also take zithromax and a number of vitamins, magnesium, yeast-fighting herbs, etc. I honestly can't tell you if the teasel is working. When I was taking the protocol herbs (with zithromax) I felt kind of permanently herxy---achy and fatigued. Off the protocol, my energy is better, but the aches seem to be localizing in my back and knees. I still get headaches, either way, and my floaters and numbness in my face are increasing. I'm not sure what is going on, really. I just decided that zith plus protocol was too much for me---I was hoping to tough it through for a year, but it was too hard. So I don't know if I'm really better, or if my body is relieved to have less to deal with--and I may be setting myself up for a future relapse. In the past, I'd feel good when I went off of abx, only to relapse. Who knows what is best? At any rate, the teasel doesn't seem to do any harm. Good luck-- Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Ah! I thought I remembered reading about that in Healing Lyme, but couldn't seem to find it. :-P Thank you! -Meg girl mark <girlmark_list_email@...> wrote: something like 4 hours - it's in Buhner's book- a lot of it is excreted initially and then the elimination process slows down. You have to take it multiple times a day for this reason, though I think (??) that some effects build up over time (I can't remember if it was andro or artimisia I'm thinking of here) Meg Chaney wrote: > > Does anybody happen to know the half-life of andrographis? > > -Meg > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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