Lemon water can have some benefit but is not nearly enough for good liver support. It offers no on-going protection for the liver from the lyme toxins or from antibiotics in the manner that milk thistle or NAC does.
You'd also want to take something to lessen the cytokine storm. Stinging Nettle is good for that.
WHAT IT DOES: Stinging nettle leaf is bitter in taste and cooling in action. It cleanses the blood. Nettle seed nourishes and removes toxins from the kidneys.
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* Nettle leaf extracts reduce inflammation, in part, by suppressing the release of inflammatory cytokines. They do this by blocking a chemical inducer known as NF-KappaB, which alters gene expresion. This may be one explanation for the beneficial efffects this herb has exhibited in rheumatoid arthritis (Riehemann et al., 1999).
* One set of in vitro experiments on live blood using extracts of stinging nettle leaf exhibited its ability to slow down the inflammatory cytokine response caused by endotoxins.
In the same experiments, when there was no endotoxin present, the nettle leaf actually stimulated an immune response. Researchers believed these results could explain the positive effects of this extract in the treatment of rheumatic diseases (Obertreis B et al., 1996).
- Full chapter at link above.
From ``The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook'' (Tillotson, et.al.)
. . . "Surprisingly, the only anti-chlamydial agent that did not cause hepatitis in some patients was NAC. In fact, NAC is recognized as being protective.
. . .
My conclusion is that NAC should be the first agent in an anti-chlamydial regimen and should be a constant part of the therapy for this protective effect, not to mention it's effect against elementary bodies.
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Thanks for all the responses. I do take milk thistle but with all the abx, I think I need more for my liver.
I've added in alpha lipoic acid this week and want to add NAC. How much are you supposed to take?
I'm also trying New Chapter's Zyflamed to see if that helps. My hips are usually not this bad.
I will look into stinging nettle, I've heard it's good for allergies.
I'm also using fiber and charcoal and bentonite clay to help remove toxins.
Any other thoughts?
Thanks,
B4LYME
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epsom salt bath & chlorella are my favorites.
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over the counter activated charcoal pills
Do a search on this website. A lot has been written.
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