My first reply on this topic and please take it for what it is or feel free to ignore it… just trying to help.
Without going into it in great length… I have Lyme Disease. Contracted it in 2011, went to seven doctors, and spent about $14k (out of pocket, my insurance co. spent WAY more) after finally having the top infectious disease outfit in KC tell me… “go to Mayo.”
But the problem WITH Mayo is they have NEVER CURED a single case of chronic Lyme- nobody has. To confuse the issue the word Lyme is an extremely POOR name for a disease that is at least SEVERAL pathogens working together FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY (it’s called evolution and ALL life forms evolve— with bacteria being the FASTEST “evolvers” on earth BTW). Borella is only ONE of the pathogens that presents with Lyme… but there are MANY others that have literally joined forces to create the “Co-Infection” we generalize as Lyme today.
After a few years I FINALLY found Stephen H. Buhner’s book, “Healing Lyme Naturally” where I found a solution to managing my Lyme and I have become an alchemist in doing so. Like studying lights here and figuring out the good from the bad, it takes time to figure out what works for YOU. After nine years I have found what works for me and (for me) there has been no better source than Stephen Buhner and his excellent books.
To the point: Stephen released a FREE paper he worked on immediately after the Covid outbreak. He describes his suggested protocols in that paper. It is NOT a pick up the phone and order your “pill” proposal though. You have to do some work, and you have to understand the bigger picture to managing a chronic disease like Lyme you will never “cure” (and again, after the first 30 days without a MASSIVE antibiotic regiment… Lyme IS a chronic scenario”).
Now… with Covid: We can all agree there are many unknowns. But there ARE some herbs that block viral reception and others that support the immune system that can help with avoiding Covid. My wife and I tinctured a cocktail last month using this paper’s info and using some other herbs (than my Lyme herbs) that are not very expensive. I ADDED it to my Lyme regiment and she is taking the tincture along with more herbs we have found (through trail and error) that help her too.
We also wear masks, wash hands a lot, and we go out for minimal needs— but we DO go out and so having this protocol has been something we appreciate during all this “unknown”. In fact, we have found that there is OFTEN a better herb than pill for managing SOME our health as we get into our 50s.
It is NOT easy to study your health at this level, and it took me getting Neural Lyme to get started. But after a few years, a few of Buhner’s (and others) great books, and about 25 herbs tried (with about 10 or so found to be the best for me), I can say I suffer little today from what many people have died from (and Lyme is growing without any real research save for Johns Hopkins who finally started on it about 4 years back- waiting to hear from them still though).
Here is the link to the Buhner Covid 19 paper and it is NOT an easy read, but if you read it a few times and get the BASIC gist of what he’s saying… your paradigm shift will start and you’ll start to understand modern diseases better than a LOT OF DOCTORS. Not hating on medical professionals here either… we both go to our docs, get our check-ups, and some times there IS A PILL we need. But the stuff pills are made of often come in a natural form given you can find the right herb (and it is WAY cheaper— and more often better than SOME pills). With that said… most doctors out there are doing what they can and sincerely helping us the best they can. But there are many valid problems with modern medicine and pills - we all talk about them daily. So let’s please not argue about the medical establishment or my opinion here, ok?
I delayed putting this up as I don’t want to get into any pissing matches on BLF and I am putting this up because it certainly has worked for me— and maybe someone here can benefit from it. Fair enough I hope.