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timaca
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I started Swanson' curcumin recently (800+ mg) and had no problems with it. I regularly have "herx" reactions to antibiotics and antivirals. The curcumin gave me no such reaction.
Curcumin does seem to have antiviral properties, but I don't know at what dose....
Best, Timaca
Posts: 2872 | From above 7,000 ft in a pine forest | Registered: Feb 2005
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Some one told me it might hit babs and other parasites?? I am boiling one TBS in a quart of water for 10 min. Per Dr Mercolas instructions, supposed to make a 12% soultion. Then I started takeing sth Swanson brand also, one 800mg at night.
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Some one told me it might hit babs and other parasites?? I am boiling one TBS in a quart of water for 10 min. Per Dr Mercolas instructions, supposed to make a 12% soultion. Then I started takeing sth Swanson brand also, one 800mg at night.
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Summer3
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I don't know if it causes a herx or not but I started taking it during a herx for pain and to lower the cytokine response.
I had the most severe herx I've ever had, but I don't think it was because of the Turmeric.
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My experience after taking high dose of the raw herb on and off over the last 10 years is that it does cause a pronounced die off reaction. It took me a few cycles of starting up, feeling better for several days, and then worse to really understand what was going on. I credit turmeric for keeping me at or near 100% during this period. I would go off it for a month or two at a time due to being lazy and forgeting about lyme. When symptoms creep back, I would go back on it. I suspect it kills spirochetes and it is not simply supressing inflamation.
I am only back here now due to being re-bitten a couple weeks ago while I was off the turmeric, debating starting a round of antibiotics.
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My daughter is on Enhansa which is pharmacutical grade tumeric. I do believe she herxes on it.
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ktkdommer
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Two of us take Enhansa and had to work up slowly due to herxing. It wasn't terrible but we started it 1.5 years into treatment.
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