Natural treatments and protocols for Lyme Disease

Natural treatments and protocols

Two protocols that have come to the forefront of Lyme disease care and treatment approach this condition from very different viewpoints but apparently are both equally as effective.

The first one includes the use of vitamin C and salt in large amounts.

The optimum dose is 12 grams of Vit. C and 12 grams of salt per day used in doses of 1 gram each over the course of the day. Try to find 1 gram salt tablets, found in drug stores and commonly used for dehydration as they are easy to use in the correct dose.

Start the protocol slowly to avoid or reduce Herxheimer reaction; 1 gram each per day to start, working up to the full dose of 12 grams each over time.

Anecdotal evidence has reported almost immediate changes in symptoms and relief from pain, often within days.

Depending on the individual and the length of time they have had Lyme disease and the severity of their symptoms, healing reactions are sometimes severe. In these cases it is best to work up to full dosage over a period of time.

It has been theorized that the salt changes the intracellular osmotic pressure while making the cellular fluid less habitable by the spirochete. The vitamin C then destroys the infectious agent.

It is interesting to note that up until the turn of the century, the average person consumed upwards of 20 grams of salt per day. In fact, the Roman soldiers pay was paid partly in salt as they ate upwards of 25 grams per day and is the root for the word salary.

With the change in modern diet and the increasingly unsubstantiated fear of the effects of sodium in the diet with the resulting reduction in consumption of salt, it may be that we have unwittingly left the door open to this infectious agent.