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Cats claw Uncaria tomentosa is a medicinal plant that is native to the Amazon River basin with a history of medicinal use for inflammatory conditions. I have Hashimotos thyroiditis.
Biaxin twice a day.
Can i take cats claw with antibiotics. Sorry this took so long I needed to find my notes. My llmds reason for not using both cats claw and antibiotic at the same time is– if your use cats claw 12 12 days on and 36 hours off the Borrelia transforms back to the spirochetal form on the off cycle. Which is the most vulnerable to the cats claw.
NSAIDs– Cats claw may protect against gastrointestinal damage associated with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs NSAIDs such as ibuprofen Advil Motrin and naproxen Aleve. Other medications– Cats claw may interact with the following medications. It is my understanding and this is what Jordan has been doing for quite a while that its OK to take Cats Claw along with antibiotics.
Hes taking 2500 mg capsules of cats claw twice a day plus 1000 mg. Biaxin twice a day. The world would be a different place if cats claw took the place of antibiotics.
The rate of illness would reduce and recovery would quicken regardless of the diagnosis for a given illness. Of course pharmaceutical antibiotics have their place and purpose. Medicinal use of cats claw has not been approved by the FDA.
Cats claw should not be used in place of medication prescribed for you by your doctor. Two species of cats claw are used as medicine. Uncaria tomentosa is most commonly used in the US.
Uncaria guianensis is used in Europe. Medicine is made from the root and bark. Be careful not to.
Women with an urgent desire to have children should therefore do without cats claw for a while. Apart from that the indole alkaloids such as isopteropodine rhyncophylline uncarine F hirsutin and mitraphyllin have hardly any undesirable side effects. The dosing of cats claw tinctures can vary by the strength of the formulation but 1 to 4 milliliters ml daily is the most commonly recommended dose.
As a rule of thumb never take more than is recommended on the product label. At this time there is little scientific data on how long cats claw can be used safely. If you decide to take cats claw note that dosage guidelines have not been established.
However WHO says that an average daily dose is 20350. So if youve been reading my posts you know that I stopped antibiotics because of candida so I started the Buhner herbal protocol slowly with just one herb at a time to see if it irritated my interstitial cystitis-Day 1 - 2 cats claw rainbow at once Day 2 - 1 cats claw at noon 1 at 6 Day 3 - 1 cats claw at noon 1 at 6. Posted 9142010 1142 PM GMT -6 Yes I am taking Cats Claw - I had no choice but to try something herbal as each antibiotic at the lowest dose possible caused a bad enough herx to risk my life and put me in the hospital.
Im very discouraged and find it hard to believe an herb is going to help much I used to have a lot more faith in. I actually still take it though not everyday now. I started it 2 weeks prior to antibiotics which on the calender for me was in late Nov.
This is what my LLMD directed. I was tempted to just start the antibiotics but I took his advice and did the samento for two weeks first. I remember reading somewhere that cats claw shouldnt be used in its complete form if you have an autoimmune condition as it stimulates the immune system too much and the TOA free form Samento should be used instead.
I have Hashimotos thyroiditis. Can you please advise. Cats claw Uncaria tomentosa is a medicinal plant that is native to the Amazon River basin with a history of medicinal use for inflammatory conditions.
The Asháninkas indigenous people of Peru have used it for thousands of years to restore health. It is made from the root and bark of the cats claw vine that can reach as high as 100 feet. Cats claw roots bark and leaves have been used for gastric ulcers arthritis gonorrhoea dysentry herpes zoster herpes simplex and HIV and as a contraceptive.
In various preclinical studies antiviral anti-inflammatory antirheumatic immunostimulating antimutagenic antitumour and hypotensive properties have been shown. If your cat continues to limp after the claw is removed then an infection may be present. Check for swelling and make an appointment with the vet for antibiotics treatment.
Cant get to the vet. Schedule an online consultation to get help at home. Cats claw is specifically good for helping treat late-stage Lyme infection chronic Lyme and that which does not respond to antibiotics.
1 The other main herbs are Japanese Knotweed and Andrographis Read more details about Cats Claw. Since bacteria are teeming below your cats skin in case of a bite or claw gash antibiotics are vital. Usually a penicillin based antibiotic injection will be administered initially to control the fever and inflammation.
Depending on the severity of the infection oral antibiotics may also be prescribed. Based on current research available in my reference Cats Claw does not have worrisome interaction with metronidazole. However cats claw might have a chance of interacting with Plan B.
It actually might cause increase levels of Plan B in your body. As a result you might have a chance of increased side effects ie.