For eleuthero root 2:1 extract, why do Stephen Buhner and Russian herbalists recommend pulsing the dosage 60 days on followed by two to three weeks off? What is the purpose of the rest period?
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- It would be very helpful if you could supply the link - or page number and book title - of where you read that.
It seems unusual to me in that eleuthero is primarily a support herb, for adrenal support. Yet, the body can benefit from rotation of anything we take (or even eat) and there are many different adrenal support herbs that can be rotated.
IMO, though, you would never want to just stop any adrenal support herb unless you had another to take over the support function (actually they work best in couples or groups, too).
If he's indicating that this has other properties, it would sure help to know where he says that and see the context / what else might be on that page or chapter that relates to this specific herb. -
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Stephen Buhner recommends dosages for eleuthero root in chapter 15 on page 398 in Healing Lyme, 2nd Edition.
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- Thanks for that page. Good to know you have the basic book, then. [He also has more recent books, just so you are aware, though basics often stand]
and on page 137 same book he does speak to stopping it after a certain time.
He does not call this pulsing [not on that page, at least]. I've come to think of the term "pulsing" in reference to direct action Rx / herbs to target life cycle changes of the spirochete. So it threw me off to see that term used with a support / tonic herb.
He does not call this rotation in the passage I read yet it's just the basic kinds of advice that most herbalists suggest for any herbs - to rotate.
For support herbs, some may call for a day off a week or a 2-week "rest period" from time to time.
I'm sure other places in Buhner's writing he does speak to the theory behind rotating herbs and altering formulas for some herbs more so than others. I just don't have time to look.
One good aspect to rotating support herbs is also to see which ones resonate best with us.
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- What I call "support" herbs are also referred to as "tonic" herbs.
. . . By the same token, I think it makes more sense to rotate even the best tonic herbs . . . . -
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- Tillotson has a nice chapter on this herb that may offer additional insight. While Buhner's books contain other adrenal / support / tonic herbs as well and he has wonderful detail,
you can also search site below for other adrenal options to consider in a rotation such as
ashwagandha; cordyceps; rhodiola.
Tillotson's "One Earth Herbal Sourcebook" is the best herbal reference book I've ever seen. Though, it is not a book about lyme or tick borne infections, it is still very valuable.
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