Core protocol side effects
Dear Stephen,
I started on the 3 core protocol herbs about a month ago, and after initially starting with too high a dose, and then backing off completely, I’ve been gradually working my way back up. Starting again, initially with knotweed on it’s own, then adding cat’s claw and finally adding andrographis. Problem is, now that I’m at 500mg of each of these 4x per day I’m getting one humdinger of a sore throat. I’ve also had the backs of my hands turn red and and aching wrists. When I back off with the dosage the sore throat goes. The sore throat is the main problem – I don’t mind if it’s being caused by toxins from the bugs being killed, since I can just keep at a lower dose until things improve. But don’t know if it could be an allergy to the herbs. Have you come across any of these side effects? Best regards.
I started on the 3 core protocol herbs about a month ago, and after initially starting with too high a dose, and then backing off completely, I’ve been gradually working my way back up. Starting again, initially with knotweed on it’s own, then adding cat’s claw and finally adding andrographis. Problem is, now that I’m at 500mg of each of these 4x per day I’m getting one humdinger of a sore throat. I’ve also had the backs of my hands turn red and and aching wrists. When I back off with the dosage the sore throat goes. The sore throat is the main problem – I don’t mind if it’s being caused by toxins from the bugs being killed, since I can just keep at a lower dose until things improve. But don’t know if it could be an allergy to the herbs. Have you come across any of these side effects? Best regards.
Stephen’s response:
Try leaving out the andrographis. If you have skin responses it will almost always be the andrographis. See if this relieves the sore throat as well. It would be my initial guess that it is the andrographis.
Try leaving out the andrographis. If you have skin responses it will almost always be the andrographis. See if this relieves the sore throat as well. It would be my initial guess that it is the andrographis.
Stephen
posted on August 10, 2008 in andrographis, Herb Reactions, Herbs, HERXHEIMER REACTION, other
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