For people diagnosed with Lyme disease that feel stuck in a dark pit of hopelessness and depression
by Greg Lee

Imagine you are part of a rescue team that is working to rescue miners that are trapped in a mine collapse. You are your colleagues are racing against time to rescue the survivors before their air runs out. Using sensitive listening technology, you determined there are sounds which indicate possible survivors. Your rescue team works diligently, quickly, and safely to clear a path through blocked tunnels while reinforcing walls to prevent further collapse.

How is being trapped in an underground mine similar to hopelessness and depression in a person diagnosed with Lyme disease?

Just like being trapped in an underground mine, people with Lyme disease can feel hopeless and deeply depressed
Over a two year period, Fred went to several different Lyme literate specialists. He took medications for treating Lyme disease, Babesia, Bartonella, biofilms, viruses, and Candida. He also took antidepressants, sleep medications, allergy medications, and steroids. Despite years of medications, he still suffered with insomnia, disabling joint pain, and fatigue. However, the emotional mood swings were the most difficult to endure.

Fred would often feel like he was at the bottom of a dark emotional pit
After struggling with the same symptoms for years, he felt afraid he would never get better. Medications for Babesia dramatically increased his anxiety and hopelessness. He tried saunas, IV magnesium, and lymphatic drainage to get rid of toxins which reduced his symptoms temporarily. However, the depression and hopelessness persisted. In desperation, he went to an alternative Lyme practitioner and got a big surprise.

Fred tested positive for a protozoa infection called Toxoplasmosis
Results from an electrodermal scan that checked for over four hundred possible infections showed toxoplasmosis as the biggest stressor on his system. Symptoms of a toxoplasmosis infection include: flu-like symptoms with swollen lymph glands or muscle aches and pains that last for a month or more. Severe toxoplasmosis, can cause damage to the brain, eyes, or other organs. Severe cases can develop from an acute toxoplasma infection or a latent infection that is being reactivated. People with weakened immune systems are more at risk. Occasionally, healthy people may have eye damage from toxoplasmosis which can include reduced vision, blurred vision, pain (often with bright light), redness of the eye, and sometimes tearing. A small percentage of infected newborns may have serious eye or brain damage at birth. Most have no symptoms at birth, and may develop symptoms later in life¹. Anti-malarial medications are effective at killing off toxoplasmosis.

Anti-toxoplasmosis medications can have dramatic side-effects
Anti-malarial medications like Mepron (atovaquone) which are used for treatment of toxoplasmosis can produce side-effects of erythema rashes, gastrointestinal discomfort, headaches, insomnia, fever, and liver function test abnormalities². Other anti-malarial remedies, Deraprim (pyrimethamine) and artemisinin are also used to treat toxoplasmosis. Unfortunately, Mepron³, Deraprim⁴, and artemisinin⁵ resistant strains of toxoplasmosis are common. Drug resistance genes have also been transferred from malaria parasites to toxoplasma protozoa in lab experiments⁶. Toxoplasmosis can dramatically affect brain chemistry and a person’s emotions.

Toxoplasmosis has been correlated with depression and suicide
Toxoplasmosis is estimated to infect a third of all humans on earth and is increasing. This infection has been linked with depression, violent suicides, and schizophrenia.⁷ Over 60 million people, which is around 22% of the population in the United States, are carriers of it. Toxoplasmosis is transmitted by eating infected food, drinking contaminated water, organ transplant, blood transfusion, passed from an infected mother to an unborn child⁸, or possibly from ticks⁹. In different animal studies, this infection can stimulate the production of inflammatory compounds called cytokines including: interferon (IFN-gamma), Interleukin (IL)-6, IL-12, IL-23, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha¹⁰, IL-1, and granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)¹¹. Some of these cytokines can penetrate into the brain and can change a person’s mood. The cytokines IL-6 and TNF have been linked to a depletion of tryptophan and seritonin which may produce increased levels of anxiety, impulsiveness, and rapid changes in emotion¹².

What else besides medications can help to relieve dark depression and hopelessness caused by toxoplasmosis?

These five strategies help to reduce depression caused by a drug-resistant toxoplasmosis infection
These five strategies can help to reduce the anxiety, depression, and muscle pains from a toxoplasmosis infection. These strategies have demonstrated in lab and animal experiments the ability to inhibit toxoplasmosis and the inflammatory compounds that can affect mood swings. These strategies can be used simultaneously to promote a rapid shift in physical and emotional discomfort.

Strategy #1: Liposomal Anti-toxoplasmosis Remedies
Liposomes are very small particles which have a medication or a natural remedy in the center are surrounded by a fat called a lipid. Liposomal medications have been shown to more effective at fighting other protozoa infections¹³. Liposomal herbal remedies may be an effective alternative for reducing symptoms caused by drug-resistant toxoplasmosis. Fred received a liposomal mixture containing myrrh¹⁴, sophora¹⁵, artemisia¹⁶, harmine which is an extract of syrian rue¹⁷, astragalus and scutellaria¹⁸ which helped to reduce emotional mood swings and muscle aches and pains.

Liposomal medications have also been shown to target tissues in the brain more effectively in animal studies¹⁹. Other herbs were added to the liposomal mixture to help reduce brain inflammation caused by IL-6 or TNF included: licorice²⁰, cordyceps mushroom²¹, and coptis²². In addition to liposomal herbs, probiotics can help protect against toxoplasmosis.

Strategy #2: Probiotics and Prebiotics
Probiotics are the healthy bacteria in the gut which help to digest food, train the immune system, and resist pathogens²³. In one rat study, a combination of Bifidobacterium animalis and fructooligosaccharides enabled rats to survive a toxoplasmosis infection. All the rats who didn’t receive the probiotic perished²⁴. Fructooligosaccharide is a sweetener that feeds probiotic bacteria, also known as a prebiotic. Supplements can also help fight a toxoplasmosis infection.

Strategy #3: Supplements
In animal and lab studies, several supplements have enhanced the immune response to toxoplasmosis including: zinc, melatonin²⁵, lactoferrin inhibits the development of intracellular parasites²⁶, and silver nanoparticles alone or combined with chitosan decreased the mean number of parasites in the liver and spleen²⁷. Fred was given a silver nanoparticle solution to take sublingually every day to promote penetration into his nervous system. This silver solution was also imprinted with electrical frequencies that have anti-toxoplasmosis properties. He reported die off reactions in the first several weeks of taking the remedy. Microcurrent treatment can also help with reducing parasites and brain inflammation.

Strategy #4: Frequency Specific Microcurrent
Frequency Specific Microcurrent uses very low power, millionth of an amp, electrical currents to reduce single cell parasites and their toxins²⁸. In addition, frequencies can also be used to reduce inflammation in many different areas of the brain including the forebrain where the amygdala, thalamus, and hippocampus are. These structures are associated with emotional changes, depression, and anxiety. Fred’s anxiety decreased significantly after receiving Frequency Specific Microcurrent treatments. Laser delivered remedies can also relieve recurring toxoplasmosis emotions.

Strategy #5: Laser Delivered Anti-toxoplasmosis Remedies
Shining a 660 nm laser through a glass vial containing a homeopathic toxoplasmosis remedy or essential oil into the ear or into painful muscles can relieve persistent symptoms²⁹. Fred felt an immediate shift in his muscle aches with the laser delivered homeopathic toxoplasmosis remedy. Shinning the laser through a vial of myrrh essential oil into the ear and next clove essential oil helped to relieve brain fog and feelings of dissociation. “My brain feels normal!” remarked Fred. A combination of multiple anti-toxoplasmosis remedies and treatments can help dramatically reduce anxiety, depression, and painful muscles aches.

Employing multiple strategies for reducing toxoplasmosis and brain inflammation helps to relieve painful emotions
Similar to rescuing a group of trapped miners, a combination of liposomal herbs, probiotics, supplements, Frequency Specific Microcurrent, and laser delivered remedies can help relieve the underlying inflammation and debilitating emotions produced by a drug resistant toxoplasmosis infection. These strategies helped Fred to reduce his anxiety and depression by over 80%. Since several of these strategies require specialized training and may produce Herxheimer reactions, work with a Lyme literate acupuncturist to develop a safe and effective strategy for relieving persistent toxoplasmosis anxiety, depression, and muscle pains.

– Greg

P.S. Do you have experiences where toxoplasmosis treatments or remedies helped to relieve chronic anxiety or depression? Tell us about it.

>> Next step: Come to our evening lecture: Getting Rid of Lyme Disease in Frederick, Maryland on Monday July 7th at 6pm to learn more about treatments, essential oils, herbs, and homeopathic remedies for toxoplasmosis, Lyme disease, drug resistant arthritis, managing weight issues caused by toxins, reducing brain overwhelm, Epstein-Barr virus, adenovirus, brucellosis, bartonella, Babesia, mold, parasites, abnormal fatigue, inflammation, and pain. https://goodbyelyme.com/events/get_rid_lyme

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For people with Lyme disease and persistent joint pains that don’t improve with antibiotics
by Greg Lee

Have you ever heard about the fancy devices that spies use to listen in on conversations? In Washington, DC, there is a Spy Museum where they have on display normal looking gadgets that were modified to carry miniature cameras and microphones. Even an artificial cherry was used to hide a small microphone for listening to conversations over drinks.

How is a hidden microphone similar to Lyme disease arthritis?

Just like a microphone that is hiding inside a normal object, Lyme bacteria like to burrow inside joints
Borrelia bacteria have been found by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests in synovial joint fluid taken from arthritic Lyme patients¹. They have also been detected in collagen found in ligaments and tendons, which makes the bacteria invisible to the immune system². Unfortunately, collagen and cartilage have a lower amount of blood vessels, which can lead to insufficient levels of antibiotics and anti-inflammatory medicines getting into joint tissues. As a result, Lyme patients can have persistent or recurring symptoms of arthritis joint pain, stiffness, and inflammation despite multiple medications³.

Despite multiple rounds of oral antibiotics, Audrey had recurring knee inflammation
Her rheumatoid arthritis factor test came back negative. She lives in a Lyme disease endemic area. After insisting on a Lyme test, Audrey got a positive western blot test. Under treatment with a Lyme literate physician, she was prescribed multiple rounds of antibiotics for Lyme and co-infections, antibiofilm remedies, and other medications which helped reduce the pain and stiffness in her joints. Despite these medications, her knee would swell up repeatedly and require draining. She decided to try other treatments to relieve her joint discomfort.

Physical therapy helped to relieve her joint inflammation
Audrey found that her knee inflammation reduced with Strain and Counterstrain⁴ treatment and craniosacral therapy from her physical therapist. She also found relief with infrared saunas and taking anti-inflammatory supplements like fish oil and baby aspirin. After several months of pursuing multiple treatments and taking many medications, she felt that something was still missing in getting to the root of her joint problems.

What else besides medications and hands-on treatment can help to relieve persistent joint pain, stiffness, and inflammation?

Fortunately, there are multiple methods that are effective at reducing stubborn Lyme disease joint pain and inflammation
These methods can help to reduce the toxins and inflammatory compounds that contribute to recurring joint pain and inflammation. They can also quickly relieve stiffness, aches, and frozen joints. These methods can be used simultaneously to promote rapid healing.

Method #1: Cupping and bloodletting
Cupping and bloodletting has been used continuously for thousands of years in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. It has been used effectively for treating rheumatoid arthritis⁵ and gouty arthritis⁶. When suction cups were placed near Andrea’s inflamed joints, she experienced some relief of pain, stiffness, and swelling in her knee. Next, acupuncture needling were use to poke small holes under the suction cup to allow small quantities of blood and lymphatic fluids to be sucked into the cup. She noticed a dramatic reduction in the swelling and discomfort in her joint. In other studies, cupping extracted blood and fluids have been found to have a high amount of toxins⁷ and inflammatory compounds⁸. Not only cupping and bloodletting, but also moxabustion is extremely effective at relieving joint discomfort.

Method #2: Moxabustion
Used for thousands of years in Asia, moxabustion is a treatment that uses finely ground artemisia argyii or artemisia vulgaris that is burned on tender skin points around symptomatic joints. Also, “moxa heated needles” use moxa that is burned on top of inserted needles to deliver heat into arthritic areas. Moxa has been used for treating osteoarthritis⁹ and rheumatoid arthritis¹⁰. Burning small thread of ultra pure artemisia argyii on Andrea’s tender skin points was highly effective at reducing and eliminating joint pains within seconds. Moxa heated needle treatments using artemisia vulgaris also helped to quickly relieve deep joint discomfort. Frequency Specific Microcurrent is also effective at reducing inflammation and toxicity in painful joints.

Method #3: Frequency Specific Microcurrent
Frequency Specific Microcurrent uses very low power, millionth of an amp, electrical currents to reduce toxins and inflammation inside joints. Andrea’s microcurrent treatment used two electrical lead applied above and below her symptomatic joints. The first current used specific electrical frequencies to: reduce inflammation, neutralize toxins, treat arthritis, and to promote healing. The second set of frequencies used to target different specific joints like her hips, knees, hands and feet. It was also used to direct healing into specific tissues including cartilage, joint capsules, collagen, ligaments, and tendons¹¹. Laser delivered homeopathic remedies can also relieve stubborn joint problems.

Method #4: Laser Delivered Homeopathic Remedies
Shining a 980 nm laser through a glass vial containing a homeopathic remedy into a symptomatic joint can relieve persistent pain and inflammation¹². Despite all of her treatments and medications, one of her knee joints still had persistent inflammation and aches. Using the laser with two homeopathic remedies: first with Gc Protein Macrophage Activation Factor (GcMAF) and then Epstein Barr Virus remedy, Andrea experienced a deep warming inside her knee which intensified after ten minutes. Soon afterward, she remarked that her knee felt much cooler and more mobile. Liposomal anti-toxin and anti-inflammatory remedies also help to reduce joint pains.

Method #5: Liposomal Anti-inflammatory Remedies
Liposomes are remedies that are processed into very small particles and are surrounded by a fat called a lipid. Liposomal medications are more effective at penetrating into joints¹³. Liposomal remedies have been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis¹⁴, inflammatory arthritis¹⁵, and osteoarthritis¹⁶. Andrea found that liposomal glutathione was very effective at relieving joint swelling and stiffness. Andrea also took a customized combination of liposomal essential oils of lavender, frankincense, and nutmeg that helped to reduce her joint symptoms. A combination of multiple anti-inflammatory treatments and remedies can help dramatically reduce painful joints in Lyme disease patients

Combining multiple methods for detoxifying and reducing pain and inflammation helps to relieve persistent joint discomfort
Just like discovering a spy’s hidden microphone, a combination of cupping and bloodletting, moxabustion, Frequency Specific Microcurrent, laser delivered homeopathics, and liposomal remedies helps get at the underlying factors in drug resistant Lyme disease arthritis. These methods helped Andrea to reduce her joint pain from a subjective rating of 8 out of 10 to 1 out of 10. Since several of these methods may produce Herxheimer reactions, work with a Lyme literate acupuncturist to develop a safe and effective strategy for relieving your persistent Lyme disease joint inflammation and pain.

– Greg

P.S. Do you have experiences where treatments or remedies helped to relieve drug resistant Lyme arthritis? Tell us about it.

>> Next step: Come to our evening lecture: Getting Rid of Lyme Disease in Frederick, Maryland on Monday June 2nd at 6pm to learn more about treatments, essential oils, herbs, and homeopathic remedies for drug resistant arthritis, managing weight issues caused by toxins, reducing brain overwhelm, Epstein-Barr virus, adenovirus, brucellosis, bartonella, Babesia, Lyme disease, mold, parasites, abnormal fatigue, inflammation, and pain. https://goodbyelyme.com/events/get_rid_lyme

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For people and families that live or work in tick infested areas
by Greg Lee

When my daughter was under one year old, she loved to climb up as high as she could. In order to prevent her from getting to the top of the stairs, we installed baby gates. She would try climbing over the gate, pushing through, and pulling to open it. No matter how hard she tried, she was unable to get past the safety gate.

How is a climbing baby similar to deer ticks that emerge in the springtime?

Deer ticks carrying Lyme disease and co-infections are emerging in the spring looking to feed
Just like a baby that like to climb, ticks will climb up high onto anything, grass, trees, and buildings, so they can latch on to their next host. In the spring and summer months, very small nymph deer ticks, about the size of an asterisk “*”, emerge to feed. Because of their size, they are difficult to see and feel. Nymph deer ticks are also the main vector for transmitting Lyme disease¹. Chemical pest repellents help to protect you from ticks.

Permethrin, DEET, Picaridin, and IR3535 can help to repel ticks
DEET and IR3535 are repellents that can be applied to the skin for repelling ticks. Permethrin is recommended to be applied to clothing only. Unfortunately, in rare cases DEET dermal exposure has led to symptoms in adults and children ranging from skin irritation, lethargy, headaches, tremors, involuntary movements, seizures,  convulsions, and death². IR3535 has a low toxicity and is said to be a minimal or nonexistent health risk.  Permethrin is classified as a weak carcinogen by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is highly toxic to fish, cats, and aquatic invertebrates. It is classified as a restricted use pesticide³. Most studies report Permethrin as having a low toxicity in humans. Short-term side effects in sensitive individuals include eye, skin, nose, and throat irritation, and may include breathing problems. Signs and symptoms of poisoning following very high exposure include abnormal facial sensation, dizziness, salivation, headache, fatigue, vomiting, diarrhea, and irritability to sound and touch. Pulmonary edema, seizures, and fasiculations may occur in more severe cases⁴. Picaridin is classified as slightly toxic and is not likely to be a carcinogen based on dermal exposure⁵. There are also natural repellents that help your to keep ticks away.

Natural essential oils can also help repel ticks
Essential oils of lemon eucalyptus, citronella, geranium, and peppermint oils are used in commercial insect repellents. Lemon eucalyptus was effective at reducing the numbers of tick bites by 34% against the European castor bean tick, which carries Lyme and co-infections⁶. Citronellol, a major compound in citronella essential oil, geraniol from lily of the valley, and eugenol from clove oil demonstrated pronounced effects at repelling the castor bean tick⁷.  In one study, geranium essential oil at 103 mcg/cm² repelled more than 90% of Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick) nymphs⁸.

In other nymph tick studies on the species Ixodes scapularis (deer tick) and on lone star ticks, these obscure essential oils were effective at repelling ticks: amyris (827 mcg oil/cm²)⁹, Cupressus funebris wood (deer tick EC(100) 10.3 mcg oil cm², lone star EC(95) 42.6 mcg oil cm²), Juniperus communis (deer tick EC(90) 10.3 mcg oil cm², lone star EC(95) 50.8 mcg oil cm²), and Juniper chinensis (deer tick EC(73) 10.3 mcg oil cm², lone star EC(95) 91.7 mcg oil cm²)¹⁰. Hydrogenated nepetalactones found in the essential oil of catmint were effective at repelling deer tick nymphs¹¹. The essential oil of catnip, a relative of catmint, contains 12 – 84% nepetalactones¹². As a topical repellent, light sesame, coconut, peanut, and olive oil, which offer partial (20-30%) UV protection¹³ can be mixed with tick repelling oils to apply to the skin. Essential oils can also be used to kill emerging nymph ticks.

Essential oils and their compounds are also effective at killing ticks
Incense cedar heartwood, western juniper and Port-Orford-cedar essential oils were effective a killing deer tick nymphs¹⁴. Nootkatone, a compound in grapefruit essential oil, was effective at killing nymph ticks: I. scapularis (deer tick) 50% lethal concentration (LC50) 0.16 mcg cm² and 90% lethal concentration (LC90) 0.54 mcg cm², A. americanum (lone star) LC50 0.35 mcg cm² and 90% lethal concentration LC90 1.0 mcg cm², D. Variabilis (wood tick) LC50 0.23 mcg cm² and LC90 0.64 mcg cm²,  and R. sanguineus (brown dog tick) 0.19 mcg/cm², and LC90 0.48 mcg/cm²¹⁵. Nootkatone is found at concentrations of 0.1 – 0.8% in grapefruit essential oil¹⁶. Nootkatone from Alaskan yellow cedar was also effective a very low concentrations of LC50 0.0029% at killing nymph deer ticks¹⁷. When encapsulated in lignan and sprayed as a pest control, nootkatone at 0.56% was 100% effective for eight weeks¹⁸. Unfortunately, nootkatone is very expensive. Natural desiccants and insecticide soaps are also effective at killing ticks.

Soaps and desiccants are effective at killing ticks on landscaping materials
Diatomaceus earth and Dri-die were 10-41% effective at killing ticks. Silica-based desiccant Drione and Safer’s insecticidal soap (SIS) treatments were 91-100% effective at killing ticks on landscape materials, which both contain pyrethrins¹⁹. Drione and Safer’s soap provided short-term reduction in deer tick nymph populations for about a week²⁰. IC2, which is a combination of Bifenthrin mixed with 10% rosemary oil, sprayed with water was highly effective against adult and nymph ticks²¹. Bifenthrin is a pyrethroid insecticide which is highly toxic to aquatic organisms. Tick killing compounds can be sprayed easily around your home.

Anti-tick compounds can be sprayed around your home with spreaders and sprayers
A spreader can be used to spread powdered desiccants like diatomaceus earth or boric acid. A pressure washer or hose sprayer can be used to spread essential oils dissolved in a little alcohol, liquid desiccants, or insect soaps. With a little preparation, the right repellents and tick killers can protect your home and your family from infected ticks.

A combination of the right tick killing strategies and repellents help keep ticks away
Just like setting up protective barriers to keep a child safe, using anti-tick compounds can help keep ticks away from your home. Topical repellents can also help protect you from ticks when you are out and about. Some of these chemicals have cautions on their use, so follow their directions carefully. Natural essential oils, desiccants, and soaps provide a less toxic repellent or tick killer for chemically sensitive people and animals.

– Greg

P.S. Do you have experiences where repellents or tick killing treatments helped to protect you and your family against ticks? Tell us about it.

>> Next step: Come to our evening lecture: Getting Rid of Lyme Disease in Frederick, Maryland on Monday June 2nd at 6pm to learn more about treatments, essential oils, herbs, and homeopathic remedies for managing weight issues caused by toxins, reducing brain overwhelm, Epstein-Barr virus, adenovirus, brucellosis, bartonella, Babesia, Lyme disease, mold, parasites, abnormal fatigue, inflammation, and pain. https://goodbyelyme.com/events/get_rid_lyme

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For people with fatigue, swollen lymph glands, or liver dysfunction due to an elevated Epstein-Barr infection
by Greg Lee

There is an invasive species vine that can grow a foot in a single day. This plant has been able to cover entire forests. It has been called the green plague in the southeastern United States. Its name is “Kudzu.”

How is a run-away kudzu overgrowth similar to an Epstein-Barr viral infection?

Similar to an unstoppable kudzu vine, Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) can spread easily between people
Epstein-Barr virus is also called Mononucleosis or the Human Herpes Virus-4 (HHV-4) and approximately 95% of humans are infected with it¹. Oral contact with infected saliva when kissing, drinking from a cup, or mouthing a baby toy can transmit the virus. Symptoms of an EBV infection include: fatigue, fever, inflamed throat, swollen lymph nodes in the neck, enlarged spleen, swollen liver, and rash². Other frequent symptoms (occurring in 20-40% of patients) include hypersensitivity to mosquito bites, and coronary artery aneurysms. Less common features are calcification of basal ganglia, oral ulcers, interstitial pneumonia, and central nervous system infection³. EBV has also been linked to autoimmune illness.

EBV has been linked to cancer and other autoimmune illnesses
EBV has been linked to cancer formation in Burkitt’s lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Additionally, it is hypothesized to be a trigger for a subset of chronic fatigue patients as well as multiple sclerosis⁴. Lyme disease patients can often show elevated EBV titers.

When larger parasites or bacteria are killed with medications, EBV levels have dramatically increased⁵
In Lyme disease patients that have received prolonged antibiotic or anti-parasitic medications, elevated levels of Epstein-Barr virus have been detected in blood tests and electrodermal scans. Unfortunately, antiviral medications that inhibit EBV replication in the lab are not effective against EBV in humans. Epstein Barr also has a unique survival strategy.

EBV uses a clever strategy of hijacking immune system cells
Epstein-Barr infects several different cells: immune system B-cells, endothelial cells⁶, and bone marrow cells⁷. This virus has the ability to take over the intracellular machinery in B cells, make unlimited copies of itself, and prevent cell death. One theory why EBV survives drug treatment is that oral antiviral medications are at too low levels to eliminate the Epstein Barr viruses that are shed in saliva⁸. This virus may also have an unhealthy relationship with other pathogenic bacteria.

Epstein-Barr can make other bacteria more virulent and vice-versa
One article explores how oral EBV can disable local defenses which can lead to more aggressive symptoms from pathogenic bacteria. It also explores how pathogenic bacteria can also support a more active EBV infection⁹.

What can help you fight an antiviral resistant, bacteria collaborating, and intracellular manipulating Epstein-Barr infection?

Here are three methods for stopping a run away Epstein-Barr infection
Fortunately, there are three remedies and treatments that can help to overcome an out-of-control EBV infection: liposomal antiviral herbs, Frequency Specific Microcurrent, and laser delivered antiviral remedies. These methods help to fight antiviral resistant EBV infections and penetrate into cells and reservoirs where the viruses are hiding.

Strategy #1: Anti-Epstein-Barr Liposomal Herbs
In multiple studies, these antiviral herbs and their compounds demonstrated high levels of EBV anti-tumor promoter early antigen activation properties including turmeric and passionflower¹⁰, several varieties of curcuma, ginger, and galanga¹¹, and AL-1 from artemisia lactiflora¹². Curcumin inhibited B-cell immortalization in EBV infected cells¹³.

Liposomal medicines have a greater ability to penetrate into B cells¹⁴, endothelial cells¹⁵, the liver (mouse study)¹⁶, biofilms, joints, and the nervous system¹⁷ where the Epstein-Barr Virus can hide. Using liposomal herbal remedies which contain turmeric, curcumin, ginger, galanga, or artemisia have been effective at reducing inflammation, swollen lymph glands, and elevated liver enzymes in Lyme disease patients that have EBV. In addition to liposomal herbs, Frequency Specific Microcurrent can help relieve an Epstein Barr infection.

Strategy #2 Antiviral Frequency Specific Microcurrent
Frequency Specific Microcurrent uses millionth of an amp electrical currents to reduce viral infections, toxicity, and inflammation. Frequencies for reducing viruses, toxins, inflammation, and promoting healing are combined with frequencies to target viruses hiding inside organs like the liver, spleen, and the brain. This method can also direct antiviral frequencies into tissues where EBV infections reside like the mucus membranes, mouth, meninges, tonsils, and bone marrow. Frequencies can also be directed to target intracellular viral infections¹⁸. Homeopathic remedies can also help to target an Epstein Barr infection.

Strategy #3 Antiviral Homeopathic Remedies
Epstein Barr Virus Series Remedies use increasing strength homeopathic medicines to target different hiding places in the body. In the beginning, a patient will start with the lowest strength remedy. Over the course of a month, they will take increasing strength remedies to target deeper and deeper levels where EBV is entrenched in the body. Usually patients have one or more Herxheimer reaction in response the remedy they just took. Another way to help relieve EBV symptoms is through laser delivered remedies.

Laser homeopathic remedy treatments use a 650nm laser which is beamed through a glass vial containing an anti-EBV homeopathic remedy into the patient¹⁹. The laser is able to deliver the frequency of the remedy into the nervous system and other hiding places where the Epstein Barr virus has accumulated. Using multiple remedies and treatment can help to fight off a troublesome EBV infection.

A combination of treatments and remedies can help to fight a stealthy EBV infection
Just like cutting down a mass of overgrown kudzu vines, anti-EBV liposomal herbs, frequencies, and homeopathic remedies have help reduce recurring symptoms of fatigue, pain and inflammation in the liver, spleen, and nervous system. Since some of these methods have contraindications or cautions or may produce Herxheimer reactions, work with a Lyme literate herbalist to develop a safe and effective strategy for your EBV infection.

P.S. Do you have experiences where treatment or remedies that helped you to reduce or eliminate Epstein Barr Virus symptoms? Tell us about it.

>> Next step: Come to our evening lecture: Getting Rid of Lyme Disease in Frederick, Maryland on Monday June 2nd at 6pm to learn more about treatments, essential oils, herbs, and homeopathic remedies for managing weight issues caused by toxins, reducing brain overwhelm, Epstein-Barr virus, adenovirus, brucellosis, bartonella, Babesia, Lyme disease, mold, parasites, abnormal fatigue, inflammation, and pain. https://goodbyelyme.com/events/get_rid_lyme

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For people who cannot control their Lyme disease weight loss or gain
By Greg Lee

On a hot summer day, I was driving a hybrid car on the Massachusetts Turnpike when it overheated. The computer display on the dashboard turned white and the engine shut off. Fortunately, I was able to coast to the shoulder. Every time I tried restarting the car, I got the white screen which showed that the computer was too hot. After a few hours of waiting for roadside assistance, the computer cooled down enough and I was able to drive to my next destination.

How is an overheated car computer similar to a Lyme disease patient that can’t lose excess weight?

Similar to how a computer controls your car, the body has a system for regulating weight
The body uses chemical signals that tell it to use calories or to store them. If the signals indicate to store the calories, people accumulate more fat stores which results in weight gain. One of the signaling chemicals in your system is a hormone called leptin. Leptin plays a key role in regulating energy intake and expenditure, including appetite and hunger, metabolism, and behavior. Unfortunately, toxins from Lyme disease and co-infections can throw these signals out of whack.

Biotoxins from Lyme disease, Babesia, and mold can block how leptin regulates weight¹
According to the Biotoxin Pathway, biotoxins from Lyme disease, babesia, and mold stimulate cells to produce inflammatory cytokines. These cytokines bind to the leptin receptor in the hypothalamus. This blockage disrupts how leptin is able to regulate weight. Patients with elevated toxins often have difficultly losing weight. However, there are a subset of patients that have the opposite problem of not being able to gain weight. This blockage also interferes with the process of producing alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH). MSH is a master controlling hormone which also becomes depleted. Lower MSH disrupts a whole host of hormones, inflammatory compounds, and chemicals that regulate insulin resistance². When this entire cycle is disrupted, regular weight management strategies don’t work.

Dieting, exercise, calorie counting are no match for leptin disruption caused by Lyme disease toxins
Lorna did aerobics and ate a dairy-free, sugar-free, and wheat-free diet. Not matter what exercise or diet she tried, she couldn’t lose any of the extra thirty pounds she gained after getting Lyme disease and a Mycoplasma infection. The toxins from these infections stimulate the production of inflammatory cytokines that can block her leptin receptors, which could result in retaining extra weight. Fortunately, there are effective treatments and remedies that can support healthy weight loss and gain in Lyme patients.

There are several treatments and remedies that can help to eliminate Lyme toxins and cytokines that disrupt normal weight control
Treatments and remedies for drawing out toxins quickly, neutralizing toxins, and binding to toxins can all help patients to reestablish healthy leptin levels which improves weight management and insulin regulation. When these are added to a healthy diet and exercise, patients are more successful at maintaining normal weight and blood sugar levels.

Treatment #1: Cupping and bloodletting
Wet cupping is a treatment that uses needles which are inserted and removed to make very small holes. Next, suction cups are placed over top of the holes. The suction draws out fluids which have been analyzed to contain toxins³ and inflammatory cytokines⁴. After receiving multiple cupping treatments, Lorna reported a significant decrease in feeling toxic, reduced symptoms of inflammation, and an easier time with reducing her weight. Not only cupping can help, but also laser homeopathic remedies.

Treatment #2: Laser Homeopathic remedies
Laser homeopathic remedy treatments use a 505nm laser which is beamed through a glass vial containing a homeopathic remedy into the patient. The laser is able to deliver the frequency of the remedy into the nervous system and other hiding places where infections and toxins accumulate⁵. Homeopathic remedies of MSH have been extremely helpful in relieving symptoms of pressure, brain fog, and toxicity in Lyme disease patients.  Selecting the proper remedy depends upon the type of infectious toxins that may be blocking leptin receptors. Homeopathic remedies for Lyme disease, Babesia, Bartonella, mold, and colloidal silver have been effective are reducing inflammation in patients. Cleaning up the sources of environmental toxins are critical to helping the leptin hormone manage weight.

Treatment #3: Reduce / eliminate exposure to mold toxins
If mold toxins are being absorbed directly through the skin of a patient, these biotoxins need to be cleaned out of the environment in order to reduce inflammation and re-establish normal hormone weight control. Once Lorna had her home re-mediated after a roof leak, she felt more energetic, less allergic to the environment, and cleared headed. Herbs can also help with removing toxins.

Treatment #4: Take herbs for binding to or neutralizing toxins and reducing cytokines
Lorna took several combinations of powered and liquid herbs for eliminating toxins. One of those herbs was Galla Chinensis which is made from nut galls found on the Chinese sumac tree. This herb is called Wu Bei Zi in Chinese, has a strong binding affinity to toxins⁶. It has been used historically in herbal formulas for detoxification. Other herbs she used for detoxification were forsythia, Chinese name: Lian Qiao and honeysuckle vine, Chinese name: Ren Dong Teng, which have been effective at neutralizing endotoxins in animal experiments⁷. Scrophularia, Chinese name: Xuan Shen has a compound called scrovalentinoside which has been effective at reducing the inflammatory compounds prosta-glandin E2, leukotriene B4, NO, interleukin-1beta, interleukin-2, interleukin-4 and interferon-gamma⁸.

Since Galla Chinensis has a strong binding action, medications and supplements should be taken two hours apart from ingesting this herb. This herb is cautioned in cases of excess, heat, accumulation, or stagnation. Forsythia is cautioned in cases of diarrhea, or sores that are not red or painful. Scrophularia is contraindicated in cases of coldness, deficiency, and dampness in the stomach and spleen.  Essential oils can also help by reducing inflammation caused by too many toxins.

Treatment #5: Take sublingual essential oils to reduce inflammatory cytokines
Essential oils are highly concentrated extracts of the oils found in medicinal plants or spices. In mice experiments, combining thyme and oregano essential oils has been shown to decrease the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1beta, interleukin-6, granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and tumor necrosis factor – alpha (TNF-alpha)⁹. When low doses of these essential oils are taken under the tongue, they can penetrate into and help relieve inflamed areas of the nervous system. Lorna found that her sinuses and brain felt less inflamed and she slept better after taking sublingual essential oils.

Oregano essential oil inhibits platelet aggregation and is cautioned with antidiabetic or anticoagulant medications, after major surgery, in cases of peptic ulcer, hemophilia, and other bleeding disorders. Use of oregano oil is also cautioned in children under two years old. This oil is contraindicated in pregnancy and breast feeding. Since there is a moderate risk of mucus membrane irritation¹⁰, mixing this essential oil with a carrier oil helps to buffer and protect mucus membranes. Thyme essential oil has many different chemotypes (CT) which vary in cautions on their use. Thyme linalool CT presents the least risk of cautions or contraindication, with none. Thyme limonene CT and thyme borneol CT may inhibit blood clotting and have a low risk of interacting with antidiabetic or anticoagulant medications, after major surgery, in cases of peptic ulcer, hemophilia, and other bleeding disorders¹¹. These oils also have antimicrobial properties, so they may lead to a significant herxheimer reaction. Multiple treatments and remedies can help you to clear toxins and inflammation that disrupt your leptin weight control system.

Multiple treatments help to reestablish the normal leptin cycle of weight control and insulin regulation
Just like getting the computer in the car cooled down and working again, treatments like cupping and homeopathic laser remedies help to reduce systemic toxins and inflammation that can block leptin receptors. Eliminating or reducing environmental toxins through remediation can help to reduce inflammation. Herbs like Galla Chinensis, forsythia, and honeysuckle vine bind to, neutralize, and help eliminate toxins and inflammation. Scrophularia and essential oils of thyme and oregano help to decrease inflammatory cytokines which help to unblock leptin receptors.

Fortunately for Lorna, she was finally able to lose over thirty pounds and five clothes sizes over the course of her Lyme disease and Mycoplasma treatment plan. Since these treatments, herbs, and essential oils have cautions and contraindications with their use, work with a Lyme literate herbal and essential oil practitioner to develop a safe and effective strategy for your condition.

– Greg

P.S. Do you have experiences where treatment or remedies that helped you to manage your weight despite Lyme disease or co-infections? Tell us about it.

>> Next step: Come to our evening lecture: Getting Rid of Lyme Disease in Frederick, Maryland on Monday April 7th at 6pm to learn more about treatments, essential oils, herbs, and homeopathic remedies for managing weight issues caused by toxins, reducing brain overwhelm, adenovirus, brucellosis, bartonella, Babesia, Lyme disease, mold, parasites, abnormal fatigue, inflammation, and pain. https://goodbyelyme.com/events/get_rid_lyme

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For people with Lyme disease or co-infections that feel overwhelmed by light, sound, emotions, or social interactions
by Greg Lee

During summers in my childhood, I was often bothered by all sorts of flying insects that would try to buzz, bite or sting me. Fortunately, we had wire screens on our windows which kept the bugs out. When I was about four years old, I discovered that my scissors were sharp enough to easily cut several holes in the screen. Soon afterwards, insects started flying into my room and bothering me. When I complained to my mom, she found the holes and scolded me about cutting the window screen.

How are holes in a wire screen like a person with Lyme disease that is easily overwhelmed by light, sound, or social gatherings?

Similar to a cut window screen that lets bugs in, your brain stem can get inflamed which can let in too much sensory information
An important filter for the brain which is located at the base of the skull is called the pons. It acts like a screen which receives important stimuli from your eyes, ears, nose, skin, and mouth into your brain and filters out unimportant input. Unfortunately, toxins from Lyme disease, co-infections, or mold can create inflammation in the brain stem. Also, the web of capillaries in the lower part of the head can circulate toxins from infections in the mouth and the sinuses right into the brain and brain stem which can also inflame the pons. Inflammation in the pons and other parts of the brain stem can lead to too much sensory input overwhelming your brain.

Too much simultaneous sensory input into the brain can leave a person feeling overwhelmed
Many people with Lyme disease, co-infections, and/or mold exposure can feel overwhelmed by too much light, loud sounds, or social interactions. These stimuli can feel like a shock going through their brain or entire body. They may try to protect themselves by wearing dark shades, putting in ear plugs, or withdrawing from social events. Prolonged exposure to too much light, sound, or social interaction can leave these people feeling exhausted, irritable, or like a zombie. Fortunately, there are treatments and remedies that can help to eliminate feelings of overwhelm by reducing inflammation in the brain stem.

Anti-inflammatory treatments and remedies can help to reduce feelings of overwhelm
In patients struggling with feeling overwhelmed, inflammation in the brain stem has been detected by electrodermal scanning techniques. As these people undergo treatment and take remedies for reducing inflammation specifically in the brain stem, they report being able to withstand light, sounds, and social interactions with less feelings of overwhelm. Here are five treatments and remedies for reducing underlying brain stem inflammation which can lead to feelings of overwhelm.

Strategy #1 Anti-inflammatory Frequency Specific Microcurrent
Frequency Specific Microcurrent uses very low power electrical currents to reduce inflammation and toxicity¹. Patients report significant relief in feeling overwhelmed by sensory input when anti-inflammatory and antitoxin frequencies are combined with frequencies for the clearing the brain stem, mouth, sinuses, and capillaries in the blood brain barrier. In addition to frequencies, cold laser delivered remedies can also help to reduce feeling overwhelmed.

Strategy #2 Cold Laser Delivered Remedies²
Shining a 505 nm cold laser though homeopathic remedies onto the base of the skull have reduced headaches and feelings of pressure quickly in several patients. The homeopathic remedies that have had a noticeable effect on lowering pressure in the head include: Bartonella, Babesia, oxytocin, and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) from BioPure.eu, and colloidal silver from Argentyn. Follow up electrodermal scans have measured reduced inflammatory compounds in the brain stem. Herbs and supplements can also help to reduce inflammation.

Strategy #3 Liposomal anti-inflammatory herbs and supplements
In order to increase how anti-inflammatory remedies can penetrate into the brain stem, we use ultrasound to make very minute particles of herbs or supplements and then mix them with a lipid or a fat which creates a particle called a liposome³. Liposomal  herbs and their compounds that help to reduce inflammation in the nervous system include: curcuminoid compounds in turmeric⁴, Bacopa monnieri⁵, oxymatrine⁶ and matrine⁷ compounds in Sophora flavescens, ruscogenin compound in Ophiopogon japonicus⁸, Acanthopanax senticosus⁹, hirsutine a compound found in Uncaria rhynchophylla¹⁰, and salvianolic acid which is found in salvia root¹¹.

Turmeric is contraindicated in pregnancy and cautioned with weak patients that do not have hypercoagulation¹². Sophora is contraindicated in patients with coldness in their stomach¹³. Ophiopogon is contraindicated in people with cough caused by mucus accumulation, patients with diarrhea and coldness in their stomach. This herb can cause drowsiness so it is cautioned while driving or operating machinery¹⁴. Acanthropanax senticosus can increase serum levels of digoxin, can increase the effects of serum barbituates by inhibiting their metabolic breakdown, can stimulate the production of adrenaline, and can increase the efficacy of antibiotics¹⁵. Patients with bleeding disorders including hypermenorrhea, hemoptysis, or hematuria should use salvia root with caution¹⁶. Liposomal glutathione is also effective at protecting the nervous system¹⁷. In addition to liposomal herbs, essential oils can help reduce inflammation in the nervous system.

Strategy #4 Essential Oils and Coconut Oil Detoxification
Using an oral rinse of coconut oil and anti-inflammatory essential oils of frankincense¹⁸, furocoumarin free (FCF) bergamot¹⁹, and lavender²⁰, helps to remove microbial toxins in the mouth and deliver anti-inflammatory essential oils into the nervous system. A 50:50 combination of coconut oil and essential oils can also be held under the tongue to increase delivery into the sinuses and the nervous system. Cupping also helps to pull out inflammation out of the head.

Strategy #5 Cupping and Bloodletting Draws Out Brain Inflammation
Cupping has been practiced for thousands of years in Asia and the Middle East. When suction cups are placed on the back of the head, they are said to draw toxins to the surface. When this is combined with acupuncture needling, a small quantity of blood is drawn out of the body into the cup. Upon analysis, the extracted blood has been found to be high in toxins²¹ and inflammatory compounds²². Many treatments and natural remedies can help you to eliminate feelings of overwhelm due to toxic inflammation.

Multiple treatments and remedies can help to reduce overwhelm from nervous system inflammation caused by Lyme and co-infections
Similar to fixing a cut window screen to keep out pesky flying insects, there are multiple treatments and remedies that can help your brain stem to reduce inflammation which helps it to filter out overwhelming sensory input. Electrodermal scans can help to detect changes in inflammatory compounds in the brain stem.

Patients report greater tolerance and ease with light, sound, or social interactions which would have overwhelmed them in the past after receiving anti-inflammatory treatments like Frequency Specific Microcurrent, cold laser delivered homeopathics, and cupping and bloodletting; and remedies like liposomal herbs, liposomal glutathione and essential oils. Since some of these herbs have contraindications and different treatment methods require specialized training, work with a Lyme literate Chinese medicine and essential oil practitioner to develop a safe and effective strategy for your condition.

– Greg

P.S. Do you have experiences where treatment or remedies that helped you to eliminate feelings of overwhelm due to Lyme disease or co-infections? Tell us about it.

>> Next step: Come to our evening lecture: Getting Rid of Lyme Disease in Frederick, Maryland on Monday March 10th at 6pm to learn more about treatments, essential oils, herbs, and homeopathic remedies for reducing brain overwhelm, adenovirus, brucellosis, bartonella, Babesia, Lyme disease, mold, parasites, abnormal fatigue, inflammation, and pain. https://goodbyelyme.com/events/get_rid_lyme

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For people with interstitial cystitis, digestion tract inflammation, or fatigue caused by a stealthy adenovirus infection
by Greg Lee

Have you ever seen a set of nested wooden dolls? As you open the biggest doll and you see a smaller one inside, and another, and another. Eventually, you finally discover the tiniest doll inside.

How are nested dolls similar to an adenovirus infection in a person with Lyme disease?

Similar to a set of nested dolls, viruses can hide within larger germs like Lyme bacteria and parasites¹
Adenoviruses are a group of viruses that commonly infect the respiratory system, digestion tract, or other organs. A person infected with this virus can present with: fever, diarrhea, rashes, cystitis (bladder infections), pink eye², or encephalitis³. People with a weakened immune system, respiratory illness, or cardiac disease are at a higher risk from getting symptoms from an adenovirus infection. Transmission can occur by having close contact with infected people, by touching items that have adenoviruses on them and then touching your mouth, nose, or eyes. Given the similar presentation to other bacterial infections, adenovirus can be easily misdiagnosed.

Misdiagnosis of adenovirus patients was greater than 80%
In one study, 88% of children infected with adenovirus were misdiagnosed with a bacterial infection and mistakenly given antibiotics⁴. Since viruses can be nested within bacterial infections like Lyme disease, antibiotic treatment may actually increase detectable levels of adenovirus.

When larger parasites or bacteria are killed with medications, viral infections have dramatically increased⁵
In Lyme disease patients that have received extensive antibiotic or anti-parasitic medications, elevated levels of adenovirus have been detected in blood tests and electrodermal scans. If detected in immune compromised patients, they may receive the antiviral medication ribavirin. Unfortunately, ribavirin is not effective against all types of adenovirus.

Adenoviruses employ multiple strategies to evade the immune system and antiviral drugs
Some species of adenovirus are resistant to ribavirin⁶. Also, adenovirus has the ability to hide within biofilms found on materials used in drinking water systems⁷. The estimated level of increased antiviral resistance due to biofilms is unknown. Since biofilms may provide an estimated five-thousand fold⁸ increase to antibiotics, there is likely to be increased antiviral resistance. Since adenoviruses hijack the nucleus of cells to reproduce, they have the ability to disrupt how cells produce immune-modulatory proteins that help to identify viruses, which allows it to escape detection⁹.

What else besides antiviral medications can help you fight an antiviral resistant, biofilm hiding, and intracellular manipulating adenovirus infection?

Here are three methods for stopping a stealthy adenovirus infection
Fortunately, there are three remedies and treatments that can help to overcome a growing adenovirus infection: essential oils, liposomal antiviral herbs, and Frequency Specific Microcurrent. These methods help to fight antiviral resistant adenovirus species, cut through biofilms, and penetrate into cells and reservoirs where the viruses are causing symptoms.

Strategy #1: Anti-Adenovirus Essential Oils
Two essential oils have been found to inhibit adenoviruses, thyme and cinnamon. Thyme, had a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) against adenovirus-5 of 50 µl/ml in one lab study¹⁰. Thyme essential oil has antibiofilm properties against other microbes^11,12. In another lab study, cinnamaldehyde, which is found in high concentrations in essential oils made from two types of cinnamon bark cinnamomum verum and cinnamomum cassia, had a MIC of 0.0195–0.315 mg/mL against adenovirus-3 in another study¹³. Cinnamon essential oil also has antibiofilm properties against many different biofilms^14,15,16,17. Herbs also have anti-adenovirus properties.

Strategy #2: Liposomal Anti-Adenovirus Herbs
In one study, hot water extracts two herbs Pisum sativum, aka garden peas, and Bauhinia variegata leaves and bark, aka Orchid tree, Camel’s Foot Tree or Mountain-ebony, demonstrated half maximal effective concentrations (EC₅₀) of

P. Sativum
143.1 ± 26.1 μg/ml (adenovirus-3)
87.9 ± 11.1 μg/ml (adenovirus-8)
463.9 ± 30.0 μg/ml (adenovirus-11)

B. variegata
190.1 ± 8.9 μg/ml (adenovirus-3)
118.1 ± 10.0 μg/ml (adenovirus-8)
> 500.0 μg/ml (adenovirus-11)¹⁸.

In other studies, these herbal compounds inhibited adenovirus-3: cinnamaldehyde from cinnamon¹⁹, shikonin from Lithosperm eyrthrorhizon root²⁰, and astragaloside IV from Astragalus membranaceus²¹. These compounds from sweet basil were effective against multiple types of adenovirus: ursolic acid had an EC₅₀ = 4.2 mg/L on adenovirus-8, apigenin had an EC₅₀ = 11.1 mg/L on adenovirus-3, and linalool had an EC₅₀ = 16.9 mg/L on adenovirus-11²². Ethanol extract of echinacea purpurea inhibited the inflammatory cytokines produce in response to adenovirus-3 and adenovirus-11²³.

Processing these herbs into a liposomal mixture increases their ability to penetrate into macrophage cells²⁴, biofilms, joints, and the nervous system²⁵ where adenovirus can hide. Cinnamon is contraindicated in pregnancy, and in cases of excess heat (flushed face, red eyes, dry mouth and tongue) and bleeding²⁶. Lithosperm eyrthrorhizon root is cautioned in people with diarrhea or coldness in the stomach²⁷. Astragalus is contraindicated in cases of excess anger due to liver stagnation, excess heat, coldness in the lower abdomen, lesions caused by excess heat in the blood. This herb is also cautioned in pregnancy²⁸. Sweet basil is contraindicated in pregnancy²⁹. Echinacea is contraindicated in people allergic to ragweed, chrysanthemum, marigolds, or daisies³⁰. In addition to liposomal herbs, Frequency Specific Microcurrent can help eliminate an adenovirus infection.

Strategy #3 Antiviral Frequency Specific Microcurrent
Frequency Specific Microcurrent uses millionth of an amp electrical currents to reduce viral infections and inflammation. Frequencies for reducing viruses, inflammation, and promoting healing are combined with frequencies to target viruses hiding inside organs like the bladder in interstitial cystitis patients, the lungs and heart, and the nervous system in patients with memory and concentration issues. Frequencies can also be used to target intracellular viral infections³¹. Using multiple remedies and treatment can help to fight off a spreading adenovirus infection.

A combined approach helps to stop a stealthy adenovirus infection
Just like opening up a set of nested dolls to find the tiniest one hidden inside, blood testing or an electro-dermal scan can help to detect an underlying adenovirus infection. Patients that have little improvement on antibiotics for Lyme disease have reported significant relief with anti-adenovirus essential oils, herbs, and frequencies. Persistent symptoms of fatigue and pain and inflammation in the bladder, lungs, digestion system, and nervous system have been markedly reduced with these methods. Since some of these methods have contraindications or cautions or may produce Herxheimer reactions, work with a Lyme literate herbalist and essential oil practitioner to develop a safe and effective strategy for your condition.

– Greg

P.S. Do you have experiences where treatment or remedies helped you eliminate interstitial cystitis, digestion inflammation, or lung congestion from an adenovirus infection? Tell us about it.

>> Next step: Come to our evening lecture: Getting Rid of Lyme Disease in Frederick, Maryland on Monday March 10th at 6pm to learn more about treatments, essential oils, herbs, and homeopathic remedies for adenovirus, brucellosis, bartonella, Babesia, Lyme disease, mold, parasites, abnormal fatigue, inflammation, and pain. https://goodbyelyme.com/events/get_rid_lyme

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We’ve rescheduled the Getting Rid of Lyme disease talk to
Monday February 10th at 6pm.

Due to the wintery weather, we’re having our talk this next Monday.
Details below:

Karina was diagnosed and treated with antibiotics for Lyme disease and co-infections. A year later, her symptoms were back. Instead of going back on antibiotics, which were hard on her system, she decided to try an alternative route.

At her first appointment, she received an electrodermal scan which indicated that she might have a brucellosis infection.
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People with Lyme disease can still be sick with pain, fatigue, or neurological problems despite months or years of treatment.

– Why are some Lyme patients sick despite many years of antibiotics?

– What else besides medications will help them to clear their infections?

– Which detoxification methods are helping people to heal their Lyme disease?

Monday February 10th, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: Two Frogs Healing Center, 170 W Patrick Street, Frederick, MD
Evening lecture tuition: $20

Deer, mice, and squirrels carry infected ticks into suburban neighborhoods
These ticks that can carry Lyme and other diseases. Lyme bacteria can be accompanied by over 60 other tick infections that can make diagnosis and treatment much more lengthy and complicated.

Lyme bacteria can be very hard to eliminate from your system
Ticks can infect people without leaving a rash. The Lyme bacteria can hide in their joints and in their nervous system. They produce lots of toxins that quickly erase the benefits of treatment.

The bacteria can lay dormant under a protective slime called a biofilm
Alternative medicines cut through slime, remove toxins and kill bacteria Ayurvedic and Chinese herbs have been scientifically proven to cut through bacteria biofilms. When patients take anti-toxin and anti-Lyme herbs they report recovering 80% – 100% off their energy, getting their mental clarity back, and being pain-free for the first time in years.

Karina received Frequency Specific Microcurrent, cold laser, homeopathic remedies, acupuncture for increasing vitality, cupping for detoxification, and liposomal herbs for targeting brucellosis. She felt that something that was hidden deep inside was being cleared out. How is this possible?

Learn how the latest natural treatments can help to relieve persistent Lyme disease and co-infection symptoms, toxicity, co-infections, chronic pain and neurological problems.

To reserve your space please click on
https://goodbyelyme.com/events/get_rid_lyme
or for more information call Greg Lee at 301.228.3764 .

Keywords: Bartonella, Babesia, brucellosis, mycoplasma, Biofilms, Lyme disease, erlichia, drug resistant staph, strep, rocky mountain spotted fever, hypercoagulation, biotoxins, acupuncture, cupping, detoxification, methylation, herbs, mold, parasites, mold toxicity, joint pain, fatigue.

For people with relapsing sweats, arthritis, and weakness caused by a persistent brucellosis infection
by Greg Lee

When I was young, I had a pet chameleon. He had an amazing ability to change colors to match his environment. He could somehow change from green to brown in a few minutes. I remember looking for him many times outside of his tank because I thought he had escaped. Fortunately, he was really good at appearing just like other things in his terrarium.

What can camouflaged chameleons teach you about overcoming a chronic Brucellosis infection?

Similar to a chameleon, brucellosis can present symptoms similar to other tick borne illnesses
Brucellosis is a very small rod shaped bacteria that penetrates into cells in the early stages of infection. In this stage, a person can have repeating fevers, sweats, migratory aches and pains¹. If untreated, this infection in later stages can concentrate in bones, joints, organs, lymphatic system, and the nervous system. Prolonged infection can produce: sweats that have a smell like wet hay, testicular inflammation, inflammation of the vertebrae and discs, neurological disorders collectively known as neurobrucellosis, hepatitis, swelling of the liver or spleen, endocarditis, arthritis, anemia, uveitis, optic neuritis, endocarditis, meningitis, miscarriage, chronic fatigue, and depression². Unfortunately, misdiagnosis of brucellosis is much higher than you think.

Misdiagnosis of brucellosis patients was greater than 50%
In one study, over 2000 cases of brucellosis were misdiagnosed 57% of the time in clinics in China³. This is believed to be due to the similarity of brucellosis symptoms with other diseases. The misdiagnosis is believed to contribute to the growing number of chronic infections in China. Blood tests can give false negatives⁴ which also leads to misdiagnosis. Unfortunately, brucellosis has been misdiagnosed in the United States⁵ also. Fortunately, electro-dermal scans can help to discern the difference between brucellosis and similar tick borne illnesses. Most cases are treated with a combination of antibiotics. However, drug resistant brucellosis strains are emerging worldwide.

Antibiotic resistant brucellosis infections are being found in different areas of the world
Most cases of infection are transmitted through eating unpasteurized dairy products, contact with infected animals, meat products, or animal waste. Brucellosis has also been found in ticks⁶ which play a role in transmitting the disease. The different brucellosis species that can create chronic infections in humans include: B. melitensis, B. abortus, B. suis, B. canis, B. ceti, B. pinnipediae⁷. In multiple studies, antibiotic resistant brucellosis strains have been found in North America⁸, western Asia⁹, and the Middle East¹⁰. B. abortus can form biofilms¹¹ and B. melitensis produces compounds typically found in biofilms¹². Biofilms can increase drug resistance up to five-thousand fold¹³. In addition to developing drug resistance, these germs hide inside cells which makes killing them much more difficult.

What else besides antibiotics can help you fight a drug resistant, biofilm, and intracellular brucellosis infection?

Here are four strategies for overcoming a relapsing brucellosis infection
Fortunately, there are four remedies and treatments that can help to overcome a chronic brucellosis infection. These strategies help to fight drug resistant brucellosis species and cut through biofilms and penetrate into cells and reservoirs where the germs are hiding.

Strategy #1: Anti-Brucellosis Essential Oils
A number of essential oils have been found to inhibit B. melitensis and B. abortus. One species of oregano, Origanum syriacum, and one species of thyme, Thymus syriacus, had a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) against drug-resistant B. melitensis at 3.125 µl/ml and 6.25 µl/ml in one lab study¹⁴. In another lab study, cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) had the highest inhibition of intracellular B. abortus at 1% concentration. When much lower concentrations, 0.1%, of cinnamon essential oil were combined with a 1% concentration of peppermint (M. piperita), marjoram (O. majorana), lemon (C. lemon) or nutmeg (M. fragrans) essential oils, the combination had a synergistic inhibitory effect against intracellular B. abortus¹⁵.

Some of these essential oils also demonstrate anti-biofilm activity against other pathogens. Oregano essential oils attenuate biofilm formation is multiple Staphylococcus species¹⁶. Thyme and oregano essential oils suppress Salmonella biofilms¹⁷. Cinnamon essential oil inhibits or kills multiple biofilms of Staphylococcus epidermidis¹⁸, Candida species¹⁹, and E. coli²⁰. Peppermint essential oil inhibits biofilms from Candida²¹ and Strep²². Not only essential oils, but also herbs demonstrate anti-brucella properties.

Strategy #2: Liposomal Anti-brucellosis Herbs
In one study, three herbs called denak (Oliveria decumbens), saffron (Crocus sativus), and clary sage (Salvia sclarea) demonstrated anti-brucella properties²³. Processing these herbs into a liposomal mixture increases their ability to penetrate into macrophage cells²⁴, biofilms, joints, and the nervous system²⁵ where brucellosis likes to hide. In addition to herbs, homeopathic remedies can help to fight off a chronic brucellosis infection.

Strategy #3: Anti-brucellosis Homeopathic Series Remedies
There are brucellosis homeopathic remedies that are designed specifically for attacking this infection. A more effective strategy than taking a single homeopathic remedy is to use a series of homeopathic remedies that increase in strength. Over a month’s time, these remedies are taken in a sequence starting with a lowest to highest potency to work on deeper levels where the infection is hiding. After the highest potency remedy is taken, then the remedies are taken again in a reverse order from the highest to lowest to address remaining vestiges of the infection. Besides homeopathics, Frequency Specific Microcurrent can help eliminate a brucellosis infection.

Strategy #4 Antibacterial and Antitoxin Frequency Specific Microcurrent
Frequency Specific Microcurrent uses millionth of an amp electrical currents to promote healing and reduce infection. Antibacterial frequencies, antitoxin frequencies can be combined with guiding frequencies to target infections hiding in the nervous system, T-cells, lymphatic system, under biofilms, inside joints and bones²⁶. Using multiple remedies and treatment can help to fight off a relapsing brucellosis infection.

A targeted approach of remedies and treatment can help you to fight off a persistent brucellosis infection
Similar to finding a well-camouflaged chameleon, an electro-dermal scan can help to find a hidden brucellosis infection. Using the proper anti-brucellosis essential oils, herbs, and homeopathics can help to penetrate into the hiding places where brucellosis can cause recurring symptoms. Frequency Specific Microcurrent treatment can also help to zap hidden infections throughout the body. This combination of natural medicines and treatment can help to significantly reduce the persistent fatigue, sweats, and migrating pains caused by brucellosis. Since these strategies can lead to uncomfortable Herxheimer toxic reactions and these remedies come with cautions on their use, work with a Lyme literate herbalist and essential oil practitioner to develop a safe and effective strategy for your condition.

– Greg

P.S. Do you have experiences where treatment or remedies helped you eliminate or reduce sweats, arthritis, or weakness from a brucellosis infection? Tell us about it.

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For people with recurring toxic rashes caused by mold and Babesia toxins
by Greg Lee

When I was a boy, I enjoyed making fires in our fireplace. One day, I had just lit a fire just before everyone in my family was heading out to the store. When we came back, the fire alarm was buzzing and the whole house smelled of smoke. In my haste to leave, I had forgotten to open the chimney to let the smoke out. Fortunately, the only damage was due to smoke and the fire was contained in the fireplace.

How are protozoa and mold toxins similar to smoke damage from a closed chimney?

Similar to smoke that spreads through a house, people can accumulate unhealthy levels of Babesia and mold toxins
Blossom struggled for years with hot, red, itchy rashes that were diagnosed as eczema. Her allergist prescribed antihistamines which helped somewhat. Her dermatologist tried giving her multiple steroid creams and moisturizing lotions, some of which actually aggravated her condition. Her rashes looked like red dots from a ball point pen and were so itchy, she would scratch them until she bled. She would wear gloves to bed to prevent herself from scratching. She finally got an appointment with a dermatologist at a top medical school in the country.

More steroid creams did nothing to eliminate her rash
The top dermatologist prescribed more steroid creams which did little to relieve her symptoms. She went to a naturopathic physician who gave her supplements and changed her diet to eliminate foods which could cause an allergic reaction. For a while, her symptoms improved until a visit to a friend’s house made things much worse.

She had a huge flare up of her rash after visiting a friend
Unknown to Blossom, her friend had a leaky roof that produced a large mold problem in the basement. After visiting for several hours, Blossom felt like her skin was on fire. None of her medications or supplements helped to put it out. She was completely miserable and desperately searched for new ways to stop her eczema. Then she heard about a Lyme literate acupuncturist that had success treating unusual cases.

Rashes can be a sign that the body needs a lot of help in getting rid of toxins
Blossom’s aggravated rash presented with many small red dots all over her body which looked similar to a Babesia rash¹. Her skin was hot to the touch. At her first visit with the acupuncturist, she received an electrodermal scan that revealed many factors that could produce her rashes. First, the scan indicated a genetic problem with methylation detoxification. If she could not eliminate toxins through methylation, then the toxins could build up and come out through her skin as a rash. Multiple infections were also detected through the scan.

Electrodermal scans can help to identity the hidden sources of toxic rashes
Her scan detected elevated mycotoxins and reduced levels of Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide (VIP)². Her scan also indicted Babesia, Streptococcus, and multiple fungal infections. Her lymphatic system also showed indications of being severely blocked.

What can help to remove mold and infectious biotoxins before they come out through the skin as hot, itchy rashes?

Here are five treatments and remedies that help to reduce biotoxins before they can lead to uncomfortable skin rashes
Rashes in the skin are often interpreted in Chinese medicine as an indicator of a deeper issue in the lungs and / or intestines. Detoxifying the skin and the deeper organs helps to address the surface and underlying causes of toxic rashes. As the toxins get reduced, then antimicrobial treatments and remedies can also be increased to address the infections that are producing the toxins.

Treatment #1: Frequency Specific Microcurrent
Blossom was treated with multiple microcurrent frequencies³ for killing fungal and protozoal infections and neutralizing their toxins in her skin, lungs, intestines, and lymphatic system. She also received a set of frequencies for treating eczema. After each microcurrent session, she remarked that her skin felt less hot and itchy. In addition to microcurrent, she also received acupuncture for releasing toxins and rashes out of the skin.

Treatment #2: Detoxification acupuncture
For decades, acupuncture has been used to treat addicts in the United States to help them to detoxify off of habit forming drugs⁴. Blossom received an acupuncture treatment for detoxifying and venting heat out of the skin layer called, “Aggressive Energy⁵.” After 30 minutes, she remarked that her skin went from being hot to feeling cold. In addition to acupuncture, she also received laser delivered homeopathic remedies.

Treatment #3: Laser delivered remedies
A cold laser can be used to drive the frequencies of homeopathic, colloidal silver, or essential oil remedies into a patient⁶. The remedy is placed in a clear glass vial which sits in front of the laser beam which then shines into the patient. Blossom reported significant temperature reductions when she received laser delivered homeopathic remedies for Epstein Barr virus, Herpes simplex, homeopathic detoxification, Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP), and Gc protein Macrophage Activation Factor (GcMAF) on her skin rashes. In addition to laser delivered remedies, she also received liposomal herbs for detoxifying and killing infections in the skin, intestines, lungs, and the lymphatic system.

Treatment #4: Liposomal herbal remedies
Herbs that are processed into a liposomes are more effective a penetrating and relieving symptoms of toxicity in the skin, organs, and the nervous system⁷. Liposomal herbs are constructed with an outer shell which is often made from lecithin with an inner core of an herbal mixture. Liposomes are usually processed to make a very small particle size which can be absorbed quickly and easily into cells. Blossom received a custom combination of liposomal herbs for moistening, cooling, and detoxifying the skin, lungs, and intestines which included:

• Glehnia, Chinese name Bei Sha Shen
• Ligusticum, Chinese name Chuan Xiong
• Lycii cortex, Chinese name Di Gu Pi
• Zedoraria, Chinese name E Zhu
• Sophora, Chinese name Ku Shen.

Other herbs were added to the liposomal mixture to kill fungal and protozoal infections, including:

• Dichroa root, Chinese name: Chang Shan
• Gentiana, Chinese name: Long Dan Cao
• Artemisia, Chinese name: Qing Hao
• Lapacho, Pau D’Arco

After taking this mixture every day, Blossom reported that her skin felt less toxic and cooler to the touch. She found that certain kinds of detoxification baths made her condition worse and others helped her to feel better.

Treatment #5: Detoxification baths
Blossom tried taking Epsom salt baths to detox, unfortunately they left her skin feeling drier and itchier. She was given a bottle of a specialty bath which uses charge particles to draw toxins out of her tissues. After taking several of these baths, her skin felt moister and less toxic. Fortunately, multiple treatments can effectively reduce the toxic heat rashes caused by fungal and protozoal infections.

Using multiple anti-toxin treatments can quickly reduce burning and itchy rashes caused by an accumulation of infectious toxins in the skin
Similar to opening the chimney flue to vent smoke out of a house, using multiple anti-toxin treatments of Frequency Specific Microcurrent, acupuncture, laser delivered remedies, liposomal herbal remedies, and specialty detox baths can relieve the itchy hot rashes due to excess toxins from fungal and protozoal infections. Since these treatments require specialized training to be applied safely, please consult a Lyme literate Chinese medicine practitioner to see if these are a good fit for eliminating your toxic heat rashes.

– Greg

>> Next step: Click here to take our Stealthy Co-infection Quiz to see which tick infections may be causing your symptoms.

P.S. Do you have experiences where treatment or remedies helped you eliminate or reduce toxic rashes from mold or Babesia? Tell us about it.

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