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I am on doxycycline and having bouts of immflammation, do you think the heating pad on a low setting would be ok?
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- No.
Not if you still have a rash going on. It could make the rash so much worse. With the sounds of that just yesterday, it would be hard to think it's gone enough to add heat.
I would not use it on your torso as just yesterday you wrote: "A red rash is everywhere on my torso and back." (end quote)
I would wait at least a week after the rash is totally gone -- or use on a limb not affected by rash if you need it there. -
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Ok thanks
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- Peppermint is rather cooling to the system. You might enjoy that, too.
Rashes can be interpreted as "liver heat" in Chinese Medicine. Cooling herbs are best to help calm inflammation where there is a rash.
Best to avoid "hot" herbs or foods like garlic, ginger, pepper and to stick with some that will offer a more cooling aspect for right now.
Peppermint is the one that comes to mind and, as a tea, that liquid will be good too. Warm or cool, not ice cold, though (that just makes the body heat up inside).
Google: "toxic heat" herbs
You might also consider "enteric coated peppermint" tablets -- very helpful to relieve overall body pain and the enteric coating protects the esophagus so the mint oil waits until further down the GI tract.
Peppermint - From The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook -
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- Some posts here are good with suggestions for what can soothe, too.
When considering herbal / nutritional / adjunct methods, because lyme is so very complex & unique, as are possible coinfections:
if at all possible - because each person & each case is different - it's best to consult with an ILADS-educated LL ND (lyme literate naturopathic doctor) (or similar) who has completed four years of post-graduate medical education in the field of herbal and nutritional medicine -
- and someone who is current with ILADS' research & presentations, past and present, and has completed the ILADS Physician Training Program (see: www.ilads.org )
so they really know all they can about the science of lyme . . . how lyme (& other TBD) act and what we can do about that in various ways.
Many LL NDs incorporate antibiotics (depending upon the licensing laws in their state). Some LLMDs and LL NDs have good working relationships.
When possible, it's great to have both a LLMD and LL ND and even better when they have a long-standing professional relationship.
Herbal Safety considerations & reference books; etc.
Links to many articles and books by holistic-minded LL doctors of various degrees who all have this basic approach in common:
Understanding of the importance of addressing the infection(s) fully head-on with specific measures from all corners of medicine;
knowing which supplements have direct impact, which are only support and which are both.
You can compare and contrast many approaches with links to articles, books, methods . . . -
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