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Since the end of 11/10, I have been using the condensed cowden herbs and ramping up slowly.....reached the max # of drops(30 2xday) of samento and banderol 3 days ago....have not had any kind of reaction one way or another until yesterday, when I started to feel somewhat queazy, nauseaous and sluggish.
Wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience and how you resolved this issue.
I am also taking malarone and nystatin but llmd wants me to stop malarone and begin taking a-bab and a-bart....will not start these until I get a handle on the cowden herbs.
Thank you all for your help!
JJ
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Please chime in if you have any expereince with this.....I'm really not feeling well and don't know if this is a herx from the drops or a stomach virus that's going around....how can I tell the difference?
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We are taking a much smaller dose than that...our practitioner thinks 30 is too much. I know that is what Dr. Cowden recommends, but you could try lowering it a bit to see what happens.
We are also having GI symptoms and have been for the past month, so I do think GI stuff is going around.
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Thanks tick battler for responding.....what are you doing for the GI symptoms?
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Well, I think it is viral but it has been going on with the 5 of us on and off for over a month. We see our EDS practitioner in a little over a week, so I am hoping to see what is going on. She should be able to find out through testing.
For general GI upset (bloating, etc) I have found that parasite treatment has helped a lot. If you determine that the herbs are not causing your GI distress, I would recommend taking an herbal parasite treatment for a month or two to see if that helps.
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Thanks, tick, I hope it's just viral and not the cowden drops.....however I started experiencing stomach upset (nauseous feeling) two days after I started taking 30 drops of banderol and samento....called nutramedix and I was told that this is common and I should lower the number of drops i'm taking....just wondering how long I'm going to feel this way...
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Could it be that your liver is needing some detox?
These symptoms, "somewhat queazy, nauseaous and sluggish" could be from a stressed liver.
Try cutting back on herbs and increasing detox.
(Just so you know, I have no experience with Cowden herbs. But I did take my DD to a homeopath who works with them. DD was diagnosed with blocked, stressed liver and the above symptoms were some of the symptoms that pointed to liver for her.)
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Thanks, 17hens, I backed down on the drops and I feel better....trying to detox more.
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