Knotweed

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Question

I have it in my back yard , it is said to use fresh /dried whole root

what does that mean as the root is large unless I use runner roots

can the cell walls be broken down with alcohol to get out the constituents

as in tincture or use vinegar ?

how if not does one use it powdered , teas ?? Please email me off channel

if necessary

In a message dated 3/21/2010 5:15:56 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

cjheidt@... writes:

> So what knotweed is best to kill babesia? Ie most tolerated by the

body.

The best knotweed to use as far as Buhner is concerned is... knotweed lol.

He says to buy real knotweed rather than buying resveratrol. Resveratrol

is obtained by extraction from either japanese knotweed or red wine. He says

to try not to buy resveratrol but rather to buy actual japanese knotweed.

1st Chinese is the place that he has previously suggested to purchase it

from. I buy my Japanese knotweed from them in bulk and get my empty capsules

from my local Chinatown district for cheap. I use a capsule maker I bought

for $20 off the net(I don't like the taste of the raw herbs so I make

capsules out of them).

I buy most of my Buhner herbs bulk from 1st Chinese. It is so much cheaper

that way. On the downside it can be a pain in the butt to continually make

capsules but what a savings. I think I paid about $250 for a years worth

of herbs from them. (red root, knotweed, cats claw, artemisia annua,

stephania, andrographis)

They have a few different choices for the bulk product. You can buy it in

powder, cut and sift or concentrated powder.

The powder is just that...the herb ground into a powder.

The cut and sift product is just slices of the dry herb that you would

have to cut up. Most people don't like this form. I bought my stephania in

this form so I could make an eyewash. To turn it into powder I took some of

the slices and ground it in my coffee maker. This works quite well for me but

others have said their coffee grinder wasn't strong enough.

The concentrated powder is not in the natural form. It has been processed

and its list of ingredients includes corn among other things. If you have

any allergies you might want to ask about the ingredients before you buy

this form.

Seems to me that you would want to use artemisia annua to treat babesia.

Make sure its the annua variety and not the absynthe. It is kinda

confusing at first because the names are so similar. Buhner says that

artemisinun

is not as good as the whole herb. However I believe that you have to take

more of the whole herb.

I have been treating with the herbs for a while. I recently added

minocyline to the mix along with serrapeptase and GSE. It feels like I was

getting

ahold of the Lyme disease when along came the night sweats and shortness of

breath again. I think that the abx was getting the Lyme disease under

control and that gave the babesia a chance to make a comeback. I am using 9

caps 4xs day of artemisia annua herb from 1st chinese. Within a week the

symptoms were gone. This time I will take it for a few months just to make

sure.

BTW after taking artemisia annua for 2 weeks our stomachs will start to

make enzymes that destroy the artemisia before it is digested. It takes a

week after stopping it before the enzymes are not created anymore. For that

reason many prescribers of artemisia annua say to pulse it. IMHO if you are

taking it in capsule form you should follow this pulsed regime but if using

the tincture this may not apply because the tinctures are generally

absorbed before they hit the gut thus no enzymes are formed.

Hope that helps.

Take Care,

Chris