Category: detox

Posted in Biofeedback, detox, Kidneys

Kidneys and Biofeedback

Posted on by Annie Eskeldson

As promised (albeit 4 posts ago) I am writing about our experience with kidney stones. This has been an issue we’ve dealt with for a very long time, years in fact, but I didn’t realize the extent of the problem. This happens when working with the non-verbal so I commiserate with you if that is your situation also.

The first thing I did was purchase a book called, The Amazing Liver and Gallbladder Flush by Dr. Andreas Moritz. (I’ll circle back to kidneys and biofeedback in a bit.)

Although he is deceased, he left behind a trove of relevant, natural health know-how. This book deep dives into a cool thirty years of experience with thousands of gallbladders successfully treated. He shares crucial facts needed before and during detox. And for heavens sake, do not get your gallbladder removed before reading this book. If you already have had it removed this book will help you deal with the problems that were never solved by succumbing to that $8billion/year cash cow industry.

Some gallbladder cleanses require an extensive amount of work beforehand to make sure the cleanse is successful. Did you know the most important step is working on the kidneys first.

And an oxalate surprise ==> If you’re dealing with oxalate problems now, there’s a good chance you already have kidney stones. They may be small and not causing problem yet, or they are and you don’t know it because of non-verbalness or a high pain tolerance. These stones need to be cleared out before doing a gallbladder cleanse. An easy protocol is in Dr. Moritz’s book.

Symptoms of kidney stones that we had were jumping, screaming, leg hitting and pain in hips and back, difficulty peeing, scanty urine, urine that does not stay in a steady stream or drips in drops. If you still have one in diapers or pull ups, pay attention to hitting the flanks, legs, back, or slamming down on the floor or standing in odd positions to urinate. These could possibly mean kidney/urinary problems and the pain can be excruciating. Sandy stools, of course, would indicate oxalates.

Thankfully Dr. Andreas Moritz has a protocol for the kidney stones. And we used it. But I have more help.

Biofeedback.

Just what is Biofeedback? Simply stated, it is information you get directly from your body by asking it.

Biofeedback may provide a much bigger, overall picture of the situation. Biofeedback can deliver energy frequencies, instantaneously, Over time, biofeedback can retrain the mind and body to gain control over some physiological abilities.

In our case, biofeedback helped to move kidney stones out of the body. Stress causing inflammation and infection in the ureters, bladder, and urethra were reduced.

We had plenty of medical tests on hand revealing infection and oxalate problems, so the Biofeedback scans simply proved what we had already found via lab testing. At the same time, the tests revealed that the biofeedback information was correct. However, biofeedback was the only tool that identified the problem and began correcting it. Because of the information I received from the scan, I could add other things to help such as an oxalate free diet, adding calcium to bind the oxalate, adding minerals to help bind oxalate, increasing water intake, and I added chanca piedra as well. But remember, I am dealing with a non-verbal person here, so you can imagine how wonderful it is to get so much information via the scan. And, to see it confirmed by laboratory testing is an enormous confidence booster.

After we started treating the issue with Biofeedback, the most horrible behaviors like the out- of-nowhere jumping and screaming with pain and hitting the back and flanks has finally STOPPED. That means we can be in public again.

Inflammation and irritation has come way down and she has also been able to pinpoint the exact organ supports needed to reduce the inflammation and infection that can happen while those pokey, pointy stones and oxalates come down. The miraculous result is getting stones out slowly and comfortably in a non-invasive way.

While I can only talk about the things Biofeedback has done for us such as clearing emotions out of organs, reducing and eliminating inflammation, moving kidney stones out of the system, healing leaky gut in record speed (upcoming post), opening the channels of elimination, opening up methylation pathways, and obvious cognitive gains using various brain therapies; I really don’t think there’s any level of stress surrounding wellness that Biofeedback cannot help.

If you’re interested in a non-invasive, safe way to reduce the stress surrounding a multitude of issues including auto-immunity, kidney stones, etc, go to New Leaf Holistic and book an appointment to see how I can help you turn over that New Leaf.

Posted in ASD, detox, Lyme, PANDAS, PANS, Tips

Choose Detox Success

Posted on by Annie Eskeldson

Detox of ‘dis-ease’ is a necessary yet irksome process where healing makes us feel much worse before we feel better. This unfair turn-around taxes the body and emotions so deeply that waves of doubt and fear can easily overcome us. Choppy waters take our eyes off the prize; calling it quits look attractive, and our longed-for rescue boat sorrowfully drifts away in search of another sailor who might stay the stormy course.

We have navigated this crazy trail for two years with wild success and I want to help you overcome fear and doubt to achieve the same results. Yes, we had scary days, weeks, and months where the notorious towel nearly got tossed. We had tears, anxiety, and flares with over the top mental and physical distress.

But like a lighthouse in a dark and stormy sea, I chose to let every gain be a beacon to signal the way towards a dry land called Healing. Each tiny, one-at-a-time improvement in sleep or poop or pain reduction, tolerating previous food allergens, cognitive growth, a trigger that no longer caused flare, or a word from a non-verbal child was like a beacon of hope. I chose to hang onto each little light sliver for dear life, and vowed to press on for the next one.

My suggestions below may come across as ‘in your face’ and be a turn off, but they were necessary for us to recover. We had lost our ability to function as a family spiraling from home bound to bed bound. We were broke from multiple specialists and protocols, sleep deprived, exhausted with no support or respite system, and we were so battle weary and afraid as one of ours seemed to not have much time left. So, my face-the-music ideas are based on our very dramatic turn around. While sounding too transformational to some, they may be key to others who wanting to heal, no matter the cost.

Focus

Face book detox. It sounds paradoxical, but leaving my face book medical ‘support’ groups boosted our healing. I know, I know, it’s so supportive, right? Well, maybe not as supportive as you might think. I listed some behaviors that may sound familiar:

  • Cross checking doctor on FB after every appointment.
  • Changing doctor’s protocol based on the advice of strangers.
  • Always searching for the latest, greatest, magic supplement.
  • Buying supplements not knowing correct dosage or if genuine need exists.
  • Dealing with FB Admins who argue your success despite improvement.

Here are some other critical thoughts:

  • If any of the above behaviors proved successful, we’d be healed by now.
  • The behaviors I listed above feed fear and doubt, not healing.
  • The groups do not communicate the lowermost level of illness that asd, pans, pandas really is, but I’m here to tell you, it’s the bottom of the health barrel. This is not DIY. We need help.
  • Face book is addictive, invasive, and all that internet usage creates chaos internally, making infections worse.
  • Face book feeds the nature of now, but ASD, PANS, PANDAS, Lyme, and auto-immune problems do not heal that way. These require patience, dedication, persistence, life-style change, sacrifice, determination, and education.
  • We did not need IVIG, stem cell, fecal implant, any invasive procedure, testing, or conventional medicine despite having severe cases. FB feeds into the frenzy of parents demanding these types of expensive procedures.
  • The groups are information overload, not specific to anyone.
  • Biofeedback streamlined everything we needed and we tossed what we didn’t. We needed a whole lot less, not more.
  • After success under us, and getting our lives back, my message of healing is often argued (oddly in my (ex) favorite groups) so healing really isn’t the true goal of some some of these groups.

Take your Life Back

  • Grab a bestie in the trenches to call and text instead of using face book. Communicate in the real world by phone calls or meeting up. Ditching the keyboard has been a true support. Don’t have anyone like that? Sure you do! Pick a bestie from face book and change how you communicate.
  • Use your practitioner as your source of information, not face book. His/her fee includes communication with you. Your treatment is individualized to you. No group holds a candle to that!
  • Focus on the gains. Embrace each one and don’t let go until you see the next. Let the small gains be huge. They’ll get bigger but we have to crawl before we can walk. You’ll be running before you know it.
  • Focus on family. With your time freed from face book, interaction and engagement with family fosters healing on the emotional, developmental, and behavioral planes which feed into healing physiological health too.
  • Spend some time researching resources related to the issues you are facing. Books that really went the distance for us were from Dr. Andreas Moritz, Stephen Buhner, Dr. Joe Rozencwaig, and so many others. And of course, just going back to school put so many books and doctors before me to study.
  • Surround yourself with others who are kind, winning, and supportive. Ditch those who want to fight or argue with you, especially if it’s on face book.

Understand

  • Dealing with infections like parasites, pathogens, retro-virus, metals, biotoxins, or having a leaky gut, food allergens, inflammation, and reactions to everything means we are literally swirling the toilet drain of health.
  • Drs Judy Mikovitz and Klinghardt call this AIDS minor. Grasp the level of illness with which we are dealing.
  • Know that you will not be healed in a few days, a couple of weeks, or maybe several months. It may even take a couple of years. Re-read the first two bullet points.
  • Healing naturally does not imply healing alone, cheaply, or quickly.
  • There is Good News! you will see gains all along which keep you motivated to fight and they will get bigger and better with invested time.
  • Focus on the gains you see each day. I said this above, but I’m saying it differently here. You are going to continue to have flares. Repeat, you are going to continue to have flares, but ( a really big but), they are going to gradually reduce in strength and frequency, and the triggers will begin to become easier to identify, manage, and then gradually disappear.
  • Focus on the time you spend not in flares. Maybe you experienced a flare today, but it lasted 10 minutes instead of 4 hours. Woah! That’s awesome! Maybe you experienced a flare today, but because you have peeled back so many layers, you know the exact cause and can squash it in minutes. Wow! That’s amazing! Focus on the positive.
  • Peeling back those ‘layers’ reveals underlying causes of issues so that they, too, can be solved, permanently.
  • The annoying cliche ‘it’s a marathon, not a sprint’ is an irritating truth you’ll have to decide to consciously live each day, maybe on a minute by minute basis for awhile.
  • Know that each layer may reveal new problems sending us backwards for a short time. It’s a healing pattern you’ll identify better down the road. But each uncovering, at the root, brings new solutions and new level of gains!

Changes in Diet

  • Buy Organic. It’s not a personal attack on your cooking, shopping, or on how much you love your family; It’s just a fact Jack: Detox is expensive, hard work. You are removing toxins and infections underlying dis-ease. You are wasting every cent and second if you are eating toxins at the same time you’re trying to eliminate them.
  • Eat Raw and Organic. This doesn’t mean you can’t ever cook or bake, but 80% of your diet should be raw, organic vegetables and fruits. Processed food contains almost zero of the nutrition our cells need to heal. You like the right tools? Give your cells the right tools, they’ll get the job done!
  • Remove gluten, dairy, soy, sugar, GMO corn, plus any allergens or foods that may cause reaction such as high oxalates, thiols, phenols or salicylates. These foods are inflaming to the body, soy is estrogenic, all corn is GMO unless specified organic, gluten molecules are so similar to thyroid hormone that some doctors believe it may be tricking the thyroid straight into hypothyroidism, and sugar, plainly put, is the devil.
  • Gluten free means buy raw veggies, fruits, and meats. It does not mean buy packages of processed foodstuffs labeled ‘gluten free.’ Those are commonly devoid of nutrition and full of sugar. Avoid the aisles at the g store and stay on the perimeter instead.
  • Drink filtered water. I use two different filters. One is a Zero Water filter which gets out all Total Dissolved Solids and glyphosate. This is a great filter if you have kidney issues. I also have an alkaline filter from EHM. This filter takes out the bad stuff and puts back in the good minerals to keep water alkaline. If you have kidney problems, this is not a filter you should use. If you can afford a whole house system, this is the way to go. The heat from showers and baths open the pores and a fairly large percentage of toxins in water can get into our bodies while bathing.
  • Stop using your microwave and especially don’t microwave using plastic! Don’t eat with plastic utensils. I asked Dr. Moore for a detox tip he would give the general public, and this was it.
  • Research the organs and foods that support them. For example, through detox, we had liver, kidney, bladder, gut, gall bladder issues and so as we seemed to systematically move through each organ, it occurred to me to add foods good for each particular organ and conversely, keep away from foods that would irritate. It’s very easy to research this topic.
  • Research eating for your blood type. You might be shocked to learn that blood type can be an indicator of foods your body can and can’t handle.
  • Research proper food combining. I have a link to a free book by Dr. Shelton in the post directly below this one.

Miscellaneous Paradigm Changing Ideas

  • Don’t worry about all the things you may be missing. They’ll be there when you’re healthy. I know how much it hurts and how few understand. It’s a hardness born out of love and survival in PANS/PANDAS/ASD/Lyme parents. Try to let go, focus on healing, and life will be easier when there is health.
  • Consider homeschooling until kids are well. Most of us have PTSD from what we are going through, but we are passing that to teachers and other students when we send our flaring kids to school. I guess you can demand IEPs or special school plans, but bottom line, these kids are sick. I can’t imagine recovering my kids if they were gone all day. Their diets and toxin exposure must be kept in order and there is NO way I’d put that responsibility on anyone other than myself.
  • Learn about herbs.
  • Learn about homeopathy.
  • Get rid of internet. I use the hot spot on my cell when internet is needed, otherwise, it’s off. It’s definitely contributed to healing.

Stay the course, get in the know, ditch the bad, keep the good, find a good friend and stay in contact, focus on the gains, read our Bibles, depend on the Lord. Healing is just over the next wave. If we can do it at our house, anyone can do it. If you ever need support, I’ll throw you a life preserver.

If this sounds like an overwhelming list, contact me at New Leaf Holistic. I’ll help you keep it all together.

Posted in detox, Diet, Food, Kidneys

Oxalates

Posted on by Annie Eskeldson

For an issue found underlying in so many auto-immune and chronic problems, there is precious little knowledge of oxalates. A Pub Med article about reducing oxalates ultimately concludes that what is known is nearly negated by what isn’t.

Oxalic acid is a dianion with 2 carbon and 4 oxygen molecules expressed like this C2O4-2. Because of the negative charge, it will attract positively charged ions in the body such as calcium, potassium, and sodium forming oxalic salts.

Potassium oxalate and sodium oxalate are soluble in the blood, but calcium oxalate is not. Being insoluble, calcium oxalate can get taken up in the bloodstream and deposited all over the body into organs, even the thyroid and eyes, causing cell death, inflammation and pain in muscles, joints, and urinary tract. Crystallized calcium oxalates are hard, pointy, razor sharp, and visible like sand in feces. They are the precursors to kidney stones.

If you are dealing with auto-immune conditions like leaky gut, autism, IBS, or Crohns you are more likely to suffer from oxalates because the body is simply not able to effectively get rid of these toxins. In fact, it really isn’t known which came first, the chronic condition or the oxalate problem. That is to say, some believe the oxalates are the cause of the problem.

So far, the best way to prevent calcium oxalate crystals is to avoid high oxalate foods like nuts, chocolate, buckwheat, bran cereals and whole-wheat products, beans, green leafy vegetables, many kinds of berries and citrus peels. We should instead focus on low-oxalate foods like bananas, melons, cherries, lean meats, corn-based cereals (non-GMO), cabbage, cauliflower, cucumbers, kohlrabi, mushrooms and citrus juices. This is not going to thrill those who believe in the keto-diet because many of the foods on the latest fad list are high oxalate foods. Same story for those who are juicing to ‘detox’ – many of those detoxifiers are chalk full of oxalates.

An organized chart of low, medium, and high oxalate foods can be found here, but I definitely recommend comparing several sources because of conflicting information and new research being published. For example, kale is high in oxalate, but recently it was found that dinosaur kale is not near as high. Potatoes are high; however, red potatoes are much lower. Harvard found Brussels sprouts to be low in oxalate while many other sources say they are medium or high. Some say you can cook or boil oxalates out, but highly regarded sources say that is not true. So, be sure to research several resources and keep a food journal.

Something I found so intriguing from the Pub Med article referenced in my first paragraph is that an undamaged gut biome naturally contains Oxalobacter formigenes, a good bacteria that both decreases oxalate absorption and promotes intestinal oxalate secretion. In a gut biome that is destroyed, as with leaky gut, autism, IBS, food allergies, etc – this bacteria isn’t found. Surprise, surprise, surprise; another massive train wreck fail from the overuse of antibiotics, GMO foods, and glyphosate literally scorching our guts and ruining our immunity. Unfortunately, the production of the natural probiotic is taking the pharma route, so who knows when it will be available, how much it will cost, or if it will be effective in properly reseeding the gut.

We have battled oxalates for a very long time and we have the most success by indeed, following a low ox diet and we do experience pain if that diet is altered. I have found that filtered water, lemons, baking soda, and calcium and magnesium supplement (without D3) with meals have helped to keep oxalate issues at bay. While it seems the calcium would be counterproductive, it’s not. It helps to bind the oxalates and move them out. For us, supplemental vitamin C increases the oxalate problems, so we get that from food sources only, and supplement with a different anti-oxidant, Alpha Lipoic Acid, instead.

A great source for all kinds of oxalate and kidney research is Pub Med. Other very helpful websites I have found are these:

Posted in detox, New Leaf Holistic

A Helping Hand Through Detox

Posted on by Annie Eskeldson

Detox is not something to do without guidance. If you’re having minor issues then perhaps the websites, social media groups, and you tube videos will get you by. But if you have slipped into auto-immune problems like allergies, eczema, thyroid, leaky gut, PANDAS, PANS, even ASD, then the expertise of a practitioner skilled in detox, will save you time, money, and a whole lot of stress.

Detox is more complex than just the knowing the vocab. Smoothies, footbaths, and even protocols casually lobbed about have weakened the foundational and serious need for detox. On the other end, some groups are so cultish that daring to put a toe outside the orthodox pool lands one square into some bizarre shame-abyss.

But detox is not a one size fits all event.

For any protocol.

Each individual is going to have their own detox journey because each body expels toxins in its own order requiring different protocols with differing supplements because of different types of infections, injuries, and its own healing needs. What parasites are over-populated? Which pathogens are present? Are there retro-viruses? What methylation cycles are switched on? Switched off? Is the gut damaged? Are the kidneys and liver functional? What’s diet like? Is there metal toxicity? These are questions from my simple layman’s perspective. Imagine those of a skilled, holistic doctor?! Disease is a tricky picture to unravel and reconstruct properly; not impossible with detox, but deeper than what is commonly understood.

At our house, we had different protocols for similar issues. Why?

Because detox is individual specific.

Even in my blog, when I say parasites, I’m referring to the ones that were identified for us. I have no idea which ones might be lurking in your system, however, in general, all parasites do the same thing: steal nutrients from their host offering nothing beneficial in return, striving to overcome the host causing the symptoms that, I believe, are often labeled as ‘disease’.

Having a detox professional sort out your parasites, pathogens, toxins, and your body’s natural path of releasing them is key to a successful detox.

And your sanity.

They can determine which organs and systems are damaged and in need of proper healing and support. You can’t just full on detox with a damaged gut, kidneys, or liver. Some modicum of healing and support must be balanced with detox.

Also, true detox causes herx and I can promise you, in a severe state, life gets a bit unworkable. You will want someone experienced to answer kooky questions and keep you focused as you drive to the finish line. They will also have the necessary tools, like systemic, bio available binders to keep you more comfortable.


Tell me, what option is there via MAPS or conventional doctor to know which organs need support, which supplements are needed and in what dosages, which parasites we have and what is the best treatment for them? All they can offer is innumerable blood tests, urine tests, stool tests, hair tests, many of which are dependent upon having accurate tests in the first place. Even if you don’t have false negatives or positives you still must rely on interpretation, and frankly, I’m not that trusting anymore. And honestly, why keep feeding the beast of the system that got us to the point of debilitating illness in the first place?

No thanks.

Biofeedback paved the way for us to break the chains of dis-ease. We’re still a work in progress but our lives have improved dramatically. We are now free of PANDAS while PANS, Lyme/co’s and ASD all make their grand exit as well.

If I can help you contact me at New Leaf Holistic!

Posted in detox, PANDAS, Parasites

Perspective on Pandas and Parasites

Posted on by Annie Eskeldson

Based on pieces of our own puzzle plus reading the experiences of others, I have a theory that PANDAS has a strong chance of cure simply by getting rid of parasites because parasites are at the root of PANDAS more than strep. In fact, I think PANDAS may just be a symptom of chronic, systemic parasite infection.

What we experienced with PANDAS was recurrent strep infections via sore throats and peri-anal strep. We had ‘flares’ seemingly coming from nowhere but over time ‘triggers’ were identified and heaven and hell were routinely moved to avoid them. We experienced debilitating OCD that could burn a full 8 hours and included aggression and rage. We also had auditory hallucinations.

Because our health is already damnably compromised by ‘modern’ medicine, I had zero interest in their ‘help’ with PANDAS. Seeking natural alternatives led us to parasites, Lyme and co-infections, retro-viruses, and a whole bag of biotoxins, biofilm, and metals clogging up neurotransmitters and preventing methylation. The parasites had established a firm root as evidenced by this hot mess and worse, PANDAS symptoms.

We did treat, all naturally, and as we got those parasites under control, guess what else dissipated?

PANDAS. In fact, we are now symptom free.

Even though treatment has so far lasted 18 months, the symptoms of PANDAS began to disappear after the first 4 months and gradually faded until completely eradicated by 18 months out. No IVIG or Stem Cell Therapy necessary, just detox.

Researching Dr. Klinghardt, Stephen Buhner, going through our experience and education with Dr. Moore in addition to reading the cases of others has led me to conclude that PANDAS is actually caused by underlying parasites. Why? Why would I believe in this versus the strep theory? Because, undeniably, strep infection is present as determined by blood tests.

My first clue is what I’ve witnessed in my own home. I was shocked that treating parasites also got rid of PANDAS. I had no expectation of that. Many people believe their ASD issues are actually PANDAS and Dr. Klinghardt has found that 99% of his patients with ASD also have Lyme. There seems to be a connection there.

In addition, so many of the stories I read are about patients who seek out conventional doctors who typically do not hunt down parasites and even when they do, they are unaware that lab tests for parasites are mostly false negatives. But what conventional doctors do test for frequently is strep. And what they find is very high numbers of DNase B antibodies, thereby believing that strep is causing the PANDAS.

If you study parasites, you will learn that parasites are incredibly clever, manipulative, and focused. They can control their host, making the body act out in ways it normally wouldn’t: tics, meltdowns, flares, rage, aggression, OCD, hallucinations, etc. They are busy building their infrastructure called biofilm that clogs neurotransmitters so the brain doesn’t receive commands, hormones don’t fire correctly, and methylation genes get switched off so that toxins like metals, ammonia, and mold can’t get out of the body causing sensory problems, speech delays, and non-verbal issues. Oddly sounds like ASD, doesn’t it?

Parasites are so efficient that they will even employ other parasites and pathogens to do their dirty work. They easily destroy the gut biome (ASD), and a pathogen like strep could be coerced by a parasite to continue its attack of the basal ganglia of the brain on behalf of the parasites, and, in return, it will be allowed to live and proliferate. Strep numbers then grow out of control, being easily identified by blood tests from which conventional docs determine strep as the cause of PANDAS.

But really, it’s the parasites that are in control. Put another way, it’s the parasite infection that is causing the PANDAS. In other words, PANDAS is a symptom of parasite infection.

Another clue that parasites are the culprit comes from case studies about patients who are treating strep and experience exacerbated symptoms. Those over the top reactions are eerily similar to die off or herx. Patients herx because they are killing too fast and not just killing strep, but rather parasites. Mistakenly, they are taking no systemic binders nor have any concern for the gut or detoxing organs. They’ve fallen for the ‘infection means an antibiotic blowtorch’ approach and now they’re seeing the blow-back (behaviors) of killing pathogens (unbeknownst, parasites) too fast, without binders, without organ support, without healing the gut.

Because we see a natural doctor skilled in healing the whole body, we were able to keep our die off at a minimum by re-adjusting (herbal) antibiotic dosages, reducing detox and titrating back up, using systemic binders for toxins, always supporting the detox organs, and healing the gut. But I don’t see this vocabulary from patients using conventional medicine. They believe the antibiotics are killing strep only while parasites aren’t even on their radar. They don’t understand the worsening of symptoms as it is related to herxing and are unaware of the need to bind those toxins given off by dying parasites to cool the exacerbated symptoms. They don’t have the vocabulary or the tools because their doctors don’t think outside of the synthetic drug box.

In addition, the conventional meds are long term. Why? It’s not that it takes so long to kill a strep infection. I have two ideas: one is that the parasites protect their investment – that is the strep, and two, while the antibiotics do get some of the strep and parasites, initially, it’s not a specific enough antibiotic to target parasites and they easily build up a resistance to synthetics anyway. This doesn’t happen with herbal antibiotics which are much more potent, efficient, and safe.

Another clue is both the success and failure of IVIG and Stem Cell Therapy. For some it works, for others it works after several attempts, or it works for awhile then symptoms all return, or it is all together unsuccessful. My theory here is that the successes happen in bodies who have already detoxed, or detoxed enough that the new, healthy, or oxygenated cells are strong enough to beat the rest of the infections. Or, it works in bodies that aren’t too far down yet. The failures happen because the bodily environment is still toxic. New cells have been introduced into an environment filled with parasites, biofilm, metals, biotoxins, glyphosate, leaky gut, and an over-all immune system that doesn’t yet work. The new cells cannot survive here and they die, just like the cells before them. You have to detox before getting IVIG or Stem Cell Therapy or else it’s a waste. In my further opinion, if you detox enough, IVIG or Stem Cell Therapy will not be necessary.

Having a mathematical, analytical mind, I naturally try to find patterns from research, experience, and case studies which could be generally applied in the face of medicine which isn’t an exact science. Most cases are specific and individual, at least on the surface. But my theory holds a thread of commonality at its core which could provide cure. Disease is caused by toxins that enable the parasites (everybody has them) to overrun the body by destroying the gut, immunity, the organs, and the blood causing extreme symptoms such as ASD, PANS, PANDAS, cancer, every auto-immune disease, and pre-mature death.

Before you decide that’s a little broad, remember, at our house, we did get rid of PANDAS by thoroughly cleaning the body of parasites. Going farther. I believe we are healing the immune system so that it can control parasite numbers all by itself. It’s not just working for PANDAS, but also for PANS and ASD, in more than just one patient.

And, we’ve done it all naturally.

Our doctor is very credentialed in kinesiology, exceptionally skilled with detox, and Lyme Literate. A link to his website is here.

Posted in detox, Kidneys, Liver

Liver and Kidneys

Posted on by Annie Eskeldson

These organs hold the keys to a successful detox yet they are often overlooked. We have been through some pretty hairy kidney and liver issues and even though we have not needed dialysis, I don’t think we were far from that stage. Now that we have a better grip on the kidneys and liver, I will share what we did to achieve it.

The short version of how the kidneys work is that blood flows into the kidney via the large renal artery, divides into smaller vessels, and travels to a huge network of millions of nephrons. Each nephron houses a filtering unit called a glomerulus, which traps the bad stuff, plus a tubule which works twofold sending the good stuff back into the blood via the renal vein and dispatching the bad away as urine. Kidney filters are the same as all filters, they can get clogged causing toxicity, stones, organ failure, and pre-mature death. The agony of a dysfunctional kidney will bring a grown man to his knees, instantly.

The liver is not exactly a filter because it doesn’t filter toxins from the blood. Instead, it makes toxins less toxic and easier to excrete by first oxidizing the molecules, then conjugating those molecules to make them less metabolically active and more water-soluble, and finally, exporting the conjugate into the bile and into the intestines. From there, it either leaves in the feces, or is reabsorbed into the bloodstream and exits the body through the urine so that toxins leave the body. They don’t stay in the liver, like in the filters of the kidneys. Nevertheless, the liver is complex, playing a huge role in all metabolic processes of fats, sugars, and proteins, blood-clotting and detox.

We’ve had kidney issues present as irritated kidneys, excruciating oxalates, painful ureters, and urinary discomfort as well as liver dysfunction as determined by a weakened immune system, very low energy levels, digestive problems, pain by the lower right rib cage, mood swings, difficulty concentrating and poor memory, yellowing of the eyes, severe eczema, and gall bladder pain.

Any amount of detox, even natural detox, in this state without proper healing first plus proper support was detrimental to us and it will be for most. A good practitioner will understand the importance that the gut, kidneys, liver, and gallbladder all play in detox and make sure they are healing, healed, and supported. You can’t just go after parasites or pathogens without these checks in place. I know it sounds obvious reading it here on this blog, but daily, in the real world, I see people treating PANDAS, PANS, and Lyme without any consideration of these things! They don’t connect antibiotic use to detox. I see this mistake mostly with allopathy, but I have personally experienced this in homeopathy as well.

First, we desperately needed gut healing. For us, that took a few months to get to a place where I could finally add previous food allergens back in. Our doctor used products from Apex Energetics called Repair Vite, which achieved some basic gut healing. Because leaky gut renders us allergic to everything and prevents the proper absorption of vital nutrition, the gut must absolutely be healed. Supplemental vitamins are okay, even necessary, but the number one source of nutrition the body craves is that from food. Organic meats, veggies, fruits, and filtered water offer healing and support to those organs so that you can detox.

Foods such as cabbage, cauliflower, asparagus, cucumber, grapes, apples and watermelons are good for the kidneys. Berries are good too, but if you are a stone former, they are often high in oxalates, which we steer away from. Drinking plenty of filtered water is important to keep the kidney filters clean and many say that distilled water will literally remove build-up on all those glomoruluses. Be sure to supplement with plenty of minerals because distilled water will absorb those too.

In addition to an organic, clean diet, we used a variety of supports like Castor Oil Liver Packs, which we used daily at first, then gradually reduced; essential oils from Vibrant Blue Oils, Cell Core Biosciences Kidney and Liver Detox which contains milk thistle for the liver and all the top herbs to clean those filters in our kidneys, N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine to help an overburdened liver, and reflexology was incredibly helpful because I could massage tender organs like the kidneys, bladder, ureters, liver, and gall bladder via the feet. I also used a handful of homeopathics for support: cheliodonium, berberis vulgaris, and china for liver, kidneys, and gall bladder. There are others available, but those were specific for us.

Most importantly, we had a doctor very skilled with detox to help us. He was able to orchestrate the killers, the binders, the healers, and the supporters using kinesiology enabling us to regain health while detoxing. At every appointment he would check the organs and make sure they were truly healing and well supported. We are still a work in progress, but over the last 18 months we are overcoming leaky gut, allergies, eczema, parasite and pathogen infections, PANS, PANDAS, severe ASD, Lyme and co-infections.

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Detox Drop

Posted on by Annie Eskeldson

Every detox journey is individual but I hope our experience offers a ball park idea of what to expect. Detox was more difficult and costly, and further prolonged than I ever expected. Yet it was far more healing and curative than I ever comprehended. So, if you’re ready to dig in, this honest, raw rundown may help pave the road.

Do you need Detox? We had substantial symptoms we were dealing with. If you have even one of these and you are looking to heal, possibly cure, then detox may be your answer. The sooner the better. Walking was difficult and getting out of bed wasn’t always possible. Going outside to play for ten minutes would cause exhaustion that lasted for days. We could not poop, had severe food allergies, hypothyroidism, chronic fatigue, leaky gut, and severe eczema. The kidneys and liver were not working and the blood was full of bacteria. We had headbanging from auto-immune encephalitis, PANS, severe ASD symptoms, non-verbal, and incontinence. Four years with an MD/PhD MAPS doctor left us sicker than when we started and yielded a pitiful 20 points off our ATEC score. We also dealt with PANDAS symptoms like rage, aggression, debilitating OCD usurping hours of the day, and auditory hallucinations. Flares would come out of nowhere, multiple times a week, and we ‘tip-toed on egg-shells” attempting to fend off triggers. We had metal toxicity, retro-viral infections and Lyme plus many co-infections. After our ordeal, I believe most disease is rooted in toxins and retro-viruses and detox is the way to heal.

Detox is Hard. This is a relative statement and compared to all that we were dealing with, detox was better than helplessly standing by. If you are not severe or chronic, detox will still be difficult because of die off or herxing. You will have die off whether you use artificial drugs (antibiotics) or herbs, but artificial drugs will further the damage you already have because the body doesn’t recognize synthesized ingredients as healing and your control is limited. You can’t start an antibiotic, pull back if needed, and titrate back up because you would build up a resistance. That is not a problem for herbs making them more flexible to work with. And from the experiences I read, it seems many doctors prescribing antibiotics for say, strep infections, have little knowledge about detox, required nutrition, organ support, or binders necessary to bring on a level of comfort through detox in the first place. In my opinion, this is the key reason that those treating PANDAS with synthetic antibiotics are suffering so bad: you are killing pathogens but not mopping up the toxins they leave behind causing a horrible increase in symptoms. This reflects poorly on the doctors who simply don’t know better.

Detox Requires the Right Doctor. The standard, conventional doctor is going to be outside of his pharma box on this one. Let’s face it, they are trained to sell drugs which toxify us. Why would we go there to detox? It doesn’t even make sense. Find a functional doctor, a holistic doctor – we see a chiro/kinesiologist who is very skilled at detox and Lyme literate as well. You’re not really looking for someone who wants to just kill parasites, although that is part of it, you want someone who understands healing, supporting, and regenerating the organs, the immune system, and cleaning up the entire bodily environment as parts of detoxing. It all needs to go together in a careful balance.

Detox is a Commitment. Depending on the severity of infections and toxins, this process could take several months to years. While that may seem discouraging try to understand that parasites, biotoxins, retro-viruses, and other pathogens have taken up residence, built their own ecosystem inside you, and intertwined their existence with yours. If you have debilitating symptoms, then they are most likely systemic meaning they could be everywhere in your body. The structure they live and function in is called ‘biofilm’ which will all need to be torn down and removed. Parasites employ other parasites, they network with other pathogens, they feed off the metals in your body, they manipulate the yeast overgrowth that you can’t get rid of and retro-virus infections can switch genes off and on, undermining the entire detox process. Undoing this microcosm is not going to happen over the proverbial moon phase. As much as we want to, we can’t go after these things with a blow torch. First of all, the body is accustomed to working, however improperly, amidst the infections. Obviously you can’t go on like this, but it will take time to turn this dysfunctional ship around. Second, chronic and systemic infections mean the immune system is already compromised beyond the ability to handle die off and the blow back from the parasites would be unbearable. You’re working for balance here, not total annihilation. Think of nature. Good weeds live side by side with bad weeds all the time in our yards. There is balance. Just the same, while an herbal detox does kill pathogens, the real goal is to heal the environment so that the immune system can keep the pathogens in check on it’s own. That’s what occurs in healthy people. Third, since infections are extreme, the organs must be healed, strengthened, and supported. Without them working, you can’t detox. You can try, but you’ll have a hot mess. When you’re this far down, there will be times where focus is on strengthening the organs and you’re barely detoxing, but that is the careful dance that the right doctor can orchestrate.

Detox is an Investment. For a severe state, detox will run about $4000 per patient the first year. This is approximate, but this is the average across patients at our house. The second year should be considerably less, and so forth since functional doctors actually heal their patients and send them off to live life instead of making them patients for life. Further reducing cost over time is that less supplements are needed as healing occurs. Sounds expensive, and it is, at first, but considering we now have PANS, PANDAS, ASD, Lyme and co’s, and tons of auto-immune problems either healed or almost healed, it’s worth every penny. You get what you pay for. I believe the cost of healing those with ASD, PANS, PANDAS, Lyme, etc is a tremendous savings over the cost of life-long care. For example, one of my family members was incontinent well past the years he should be. Healing has allowed him to be potty-trained saving me about $200/month in diapers. That’s $2400/year and will probably pay for his second year of detox. See how my investment paid off?

Detox Requires Diet Changes. You cannot detox without changing your diet otherwise you’re flushing money straight down the toilet. Detox is hard and expensive work getting the yuck out, why put more in through our mouths? Diet is really not rocket science, thankfully. Eat organic meats, lower glycemic vegetables, fruits sparingly, and filtered water. Ditch everything else. A convenient guide is the AIP alongside removal of food allergens. You’ll be shutting off the supply of sugar, yeast, gluten, dairy, soy, and the glyphosate feeding those hungry parasites. You’ll stop the inflammation that is making you miserable and these foods will help you detox faster plus you’ll shed pounds (if needed), effortlessly.

Detox Requires Research. Talk to your doctor about resources, authors, and subjects related to what the two of you are trying to accomplish. You are a team. Our doctor has offered fresh ideas, mind-blowing perspective, and a strong confidence to fall back on when the going gets tough. He takes the time to educate and equip me with the tools I need to be successful. You will be the one putting in all the hard work at home and of course the hard earned cash so get in the know as much as you can. Ask questions. Doctors don’t know the answers to everything, but a good doctor is always seeking and will be happy to learn and teach. Resources I like are: our own doctor, Dr. Moore, Dr. Klinghardt, Dr. Judy Mikovits, Stephen H. Buhner, and Dr. Jay Davidson. There are so many others. I’ll add them as I think of them.

Don’t Detox Alone. The infections are worse than you know, herxing will be harder than you imagined, and detox will take longer than you planned. Please see a functional doctor educated in detox to guide you. I had long suspected a parasite issue and tried killing them via internet research, but herx happened, leaving me in a stupor. Was I doing the right thing? Should I continue? Should I stop? Is this reaction from allergies, a cold, or herx? The moon phase is over, are we done? See, I didn’t know what the heck I was doing. But our doctor did and he’s walked with us all along the way. We’ve used dosages I would’ve never tried on my own, used top quality products I never knew existed, and his kinesiology has been able to tell me exactly what is happening in our bodies, even that of someone who is non-verbal. I understand my kids, their behaviors, and how to help them so much better now.

What are the Gains? No more thyroid meds, adding back in previous food allergens, regular bowel movements, control of PANS flares, potty training, huge increase in cognitive ability, huge increase in non-verbal communication, attempts at speaking, eczema dramatically improved, 75 point drop in ATEC score (after 1 year), regular sleep for everyone, no more PANDAS flares and triggers are all gone, auditory hallucinations are gone. I’ll add more as they happen. We are 18 months in and we are still detoxing. Currently we are working on retro-viruses and detoxing some co-infections of Lyme.


Posted in ASD, detox, Herbs, Homeopathics, Lyme, New Leaf Holistic, PANDAS, PANS, Parasites

On Detox Road – The Protocol

Posted on by Annie Eskeldson

NOTE: This post, originally written back in 2019, received a make-over in 2023. The original post was riddled with so many products that were purse bursting expensive and, I believe, ultimately caused kidney and gallbladder problems so I cannot recommend them. We had a huge crash and I felt my entire being just melt away after we had come so far. It was a huge let down. I was very disappointed in our doctor, the products, and mostly myself so I went back to the drawing board, found new modalities – namely Biofeedback. I went back to school to learn how to recover as it was clear we just could not receive any help. We were able to get back on track but it took a couple of years of education, research, money, trial, error, and a whole lot of patience.

The number one (and terribly loaded) question I’m asked is “which herbs did you use?” or “What protocol did you follow?” So, I’m listing everything in this post. A loaded question gets a loaded answer and this one IS loaded with information.

Detox (for us) has meant getting rid of symptom-causing pathogens. We also needed to detox biofilm, biotoxins like ammonia and mold, metals, retro-viruses, and other toxins whether they naturally came out with the parasites or pathogens or were individually targeted.

Many of the of the products we used in the beginning came from the professional line of Cell Core Biosciences products which can also be obtained at the Microbe Formulas website. A handful of these I might still recommend, case by case. However, if the organs are not properly working, namely liver and kidneys, you simply should not do this alone. You have to have good functional organs – the liver, gallbladder, kidneys, leaky gut healed, and the ability to evacuate feces beforehand. We used all of the below, and probably the only ones I would suggest to friends today are Paras 1 and 2, and Biotoxin Binder – and only IF the client is able to regularly drink large amounts of liquid to flush out the system. I have found other, less expensive items and protocols that work efficiently and safely, without all these costly products and pills.

  • Para 1
  • Para 2
  • Kidney and Liver Detox
  • Lymph Detox
  • Biotoxin Binder
  • HM-ET Binder
  • Viral and Toxins Binder
  • Biomolecular Oxygen
  • Bio-Active Carbon Minerals
  • Bowel Mover
  • MitoATP
  • ViRadChem Binder
  • Tudca
  • L-Glutathione

But there were others we needed for parasites and Lyme co-infections. As part of my 2023 update – we used all of these below in 2019; however, I deduced that part of PANS for us was chronic Lyme. I began following Buhner’s plans for Lyme. As a practitioner myself now, I still revert back to mostly Buhner’s protocols, classic homeopathy, and some products from Des Bio and Anova health for supports. These are minimal and affordable.

  • Morinda Supreme
  • Clarkia
  • Formula III from Nature’s Pharmacy
  • Prep Phase by Systemic Formulas
  • Body Phase by Systemic Formulas
  • Brain Phase by Systemic Formulas (up and coming)

Apex Energetics products helped leaky gut and provided support.

  • Repair Vite, Repair Vite – SE, Repair Vite – GT As a 2023 Update, I would not recommend this. We used Biofeedback and Intestinal Restore and Des Bio products for a more effective and lasting healing.
  • Clear Vite PCH
  • Neuro-Flam
  • Neuro – O2
  • Vitamin D3

Also used as a binder for extra ammonia from both die off and protein digestion:

  • N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine (NAC) from Zymogen

I also used an array homeopathics on the side. I want to interject here that homeopathics are my number one go to for ailments because as long as the immune system is still fairly intact, homeopathy alone will cure most issues. I have witnessed it countless times using it solely in our home for about a dozen years. I also became a clinical, classical Homeopath myself. However, I have also witnessed that when the immune system is too far debilitated with systemic and chronic infection, classic homeopathy alone cannot make the body function properly the way it can with an intact immune system. Herbs and supplements better that main role while using binders to alleviate the die off symptoms. As we had more immune healing, homeopathics became more effective; but herbs allowed me better detox control and support until we got to that point. Homeopathics are very case specific and require a homeopathic intake to prescribe, especially so with chronic symptoms on board. If you are looking for a professional homeopath come over to New Leaf Holistic and book an appointment.

Other herbs I used came from Sage Woman Herbs and Woodland Essence.

  • Ashwagandha (adrenals in the pm)
  • Chinese Skullcap
  • Cryptolepis
  • Rhodiola (adrenals in the am)
  • Milk Thistle (liver)
  • Dandelion (liver)
  • Passion Flower (anxiety)
  • Cordyceps (lung support)
  • Chinese Cat’s Claw (for damaged physiological structures)
  • Stephania (Bell’s palsy)
  • Bidens Pilosa (excellent anti-inflammatory and calms digestion tract)
  • Red Sage (lymph drainage)
  • Dan Shen
  • Greater Celandine
  • Bacopa

Other detox aids we used to either soothe, support, or further detox:

  • Ionic Foot Bath (further detoxes, so be careful!)
  • Castor Oil Liver Packs
  • Infrared Heat
  • Massage
  • Reflexology
  • Chinese Body Clock

Miscellaneous Supplements:

  • ALA
  • Magnesium
  • Liposomal Glutathione
  • Zinc
  • B6 (as P5P)
  • Vibrant Blue Oils (essential oils) – I used spleen, kidney, bladder, gall bladder, nerve repair, liver, parasympathetic, thyroid, and anti-inflammatory.
  • Vitamin B-12
  • NAC
  • Vitamin C
  • Quercitin

Diet was also key.

  • AIP protocol
  • Organic food
  • Filtered water
  • Remove food allergens
  • Remove inflaming foods – gluten, dairy, eggs, soy, nightshades, sugar, GMO’s
  • Be aware of oxalates, salicylates, phenols, and histamines and adjust diet.

This has been a long haul since I had to take care of ailing members as well as go back to school. If you are coping with PANDAS – the flares, auditory hallucinations, severe OCD, rages and aggression – then I would seriously look into healing by detoxing. It really has helped us, although if your case is severe, plan on it taking a couple of years. If your immune system is still pretty good, you most likely will snap back very quickly! But the cases I have experience with are very extreme and severe with organ problems and a high level of debility, so this is the angle I am coming from. Over the last 10 years, Biofeedback has been, by far, the top aid for recovery. It was so good that I went back to school to become a Certified Biofeedback Specialist. Today, I can use this to glean useful information, deliver frequency to reduce the stress surrounding these ailments, and retrain muscles and brain waves of the body to help it to wellness again. Our life of sheer hot-mess-hell has been turned around. Bright futures are replacing abysmal uncertainty. I now have rest instead of sleepless nights followed by trauma filled days. I still read about parents treating PANDAS with astronomical amounts of antibiotics and psychotropic drugs which points to doctors who really don’t understand the massive amounts of damage alongside die off being caused. Parents don’t understand why cure isn’t happening and why symptoms get worse. PANDAS is not mental at it’s root anyway so why the psychotropic drugs? If you’re looking for a better way come over to New Leaf Holistic and lets work together.

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Disease needs Detox

Posted on by Annie Eskeldson

As it becomes more evident to me just how disease arises from toxins, I can’t help but wonder if detox holds the key to curing most diseases not truly born of genetic origin, that is, a bizarre mix of chromosomes at the time of conception.

For example, the notorious MTHFR gene deletion can be from one parent, both parents, or neither as it can mutate on it’s own given enough environmental auto-immune assault.

I believe the assault and the healing are two sides of the same coin. Just as environmental assaults turn genes on and off, cooling down the immune system can switch them back.

An example of a true genetic disorder would be Down’s syndrome. This is not an auto-immune disorder that could be healed, however, autism in a child with Down’s can be healed or greatly relieved.

Autism, ADHD, Alzheimer’s, dementia are not genetic, they are environmental and the only difference between them that I can truly see is the age of diagnosis and severity.

Dr. Chris Exley, a worldwide expert of inorganic compounds, found incredibly high amounts of aluminum in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. Then he found even higher amounts in the brains of autistic children. Also pointing to environmental cause is a study from Duke University where newborn, banked cord blood is being used to help heal children with autism. The cord blood re-introduces enough healthy, original cells to overcome damage done by environmental or pharmaceutical toxins. Seems smarter to avoid the damage in the first place, but I digress. Science (medical industry complex) is now so advanced (tyrannical) that they profit off both causing the damage and reversing it. You don’t mind offering up your family as guinea pigs, do you? Hope not, because unless you research, no one’s going to ask for your permission.

I would add MS and ALS to the group of environmental diseases because today, as more patients, parents, and adult children of aging parents are in hot pursuit of holistic healing, we are learning that some cases of MS and ALS are actually Lyme.

Crohn’s, Celiac, asthma, and IBS are some other diseases I do not believe to be genetic, but environmental and could be healed or, at least, greatly relieved by detox.

Metals in the brain alongside a clogged gut stopping neurotransmitters piled onto an auto-immune system that cannot methylate all act conjointly to cause the outward behaviors of a body that is screaming for help. It looks like autism, ADHD, PANDAS, PANS, Alzheimer’s, dementia, cancer, asthma, eczema, Lyme, Crohns, celiac, allergies, food allergies, thyroid problems, the list is endless. Help comes by de-escalating the immune system, healing the auto-immune organs and detoxing the body, naturally.

Most diseases caused by environmental assault don’t even deserve a name. Instead, the symptoms should be properly identified such as: leaky gut, metal poisoning, vaccine injury, aluminum toxicity, pesticide poisoning, parasite infection, retro-viral contamination, etc. Giving symptoms a ‘disease name’ removes responsibility from an industry of injury and places blame square on patients’ genes. What a snake-like, convenient way out of liability which actually turns patients into victims. To add insult to the injury, symptoms are packaged into a tidy disease box complete with required synthetic drug use…for life. Does anyone else see the revolving door here? What if I were to add government control of ‘healthcare’ into the mix?

Instead of symptoms being proof of ‘disease’ and lifelong dependence, it should instead prompt us to see that our bodies are communicating the nature of our problem. For example, eczema is a waving red flag that the liver is clogged, the gut is compromised, and the kidneys are not filtering blood very well, therefore, the body is forced to move toxins out of the body and through the skin. Amazing how our bodies communicate! Our answer then is not a tube of steroid to cover it all up and shove it back in but instead should be to heal the gut, the liver, the kidneys, the blood, and let the toxins like metals, Tylenol, glyphosate, pharma drugs, etc be naturally detoxed.

How about suddenly becoming forgetful or losing speech or a nose dive in executive functioning ability, at any age? This is the body telling us the neurotransmitters could be clogged and there are metals in the brain. Aluminum, mercury, other metals, leaky gut and toxins that destroyed the gut need to be detoxed.

How about an onslaught of food allergies? This is a sign of a leaky gut. Any indigestion, GERD, chronic constipation or diarrhea are first signs of leaky gut. Leaky gut is the result of a lining damaged so bad that undigested food particles now leak into the blood stream. Those larger particles are unrecognized by the body so the auto-immune system sends the body into attack mode causing an allergic response to otherwise harmless foods. Leaky gut is a colossal problem because it will snowball into brain, auto-immune, and organ problems. Glyphosate, GMO food, Ibuprofen overuse, antibiotic overuse, and pharmaceuticals need to be detoxed.

Same goes for asthma, thyroid, IBS, the list is endless, and I would include cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, and AIDS because in addition to all the toxins mentioned, another contaminant called retro-viruses are also complicit. Decades ago, Dr. Judy Mikovits found that retro-viruses were contaminating blood supplies causing HIV and cancer. They are also found in vaccines. Because what she found was covered up at the federal level, she became a whistleblower, was jailed, her career ruined, and a gag order placed on her. Here is another podcast for you to do your own research regarding retro-viruses.

If processed and GMO foods, glyphosate, pharmaceuticals, OTC’s, and retro-viruses are causing so much auto-immune disease, it seems obvious to avoid them in order to heal. Herbs, homeopathics, supplements, ionic foot baths, liver packs, essential oils, massage, reflexology, clean and organic food, and filtered water are the fundamentals we’ve used to repair and restore our health.

The symptoms we experienced were leaky gut, food allergies, asthma, severe eczema, ear infections, severe ASD, auto-immune encephalitis, hypothyroidism, IBS, and celiac and these were all spiraling downward into what looked like MS and mast cell disorder. We were bed bound and losing the ability to even walk. Just as I began researching MS, a total stranger suggested looking into Lyme instead and sure enough, when I did, all of the the bells and whistles sounded off. I’d found our answer. Soon, a friend shared her Lyme-literate chiropractor who works as a functional doctor and he has been bettering our lives ever since.

We are still a work in progress after about 18 months but we’ve had an incredible whirlwind of healing. Our bed bound patient went hiking and rock hopping in the Smokey mountains just six months after beginning treatment, swam all summer long, learned how to ride a bike, got out of diapers at age 9, and even lost 75 ATEC points. Another patient of ours no longer suffers from debilitating symptoms of PANDAS like auditory hallucinations, extreme OCD, or aggressive rages. We’ve done it all naturally via detox and organ support.

Posted in Biofeedback, detox, Herx, New Leaf Holistic

From Herx to Healing

Posted on by Annie Eskeldson

Long ago, doctors Jarisch and Herxheimer discovered that when patients took antibiotics for syphilis and Lyme, a systemic inflammatory response would occur because dying pathogens’ ruptured cell walls would spew their endotoxic entrails into the patient’s bloodstream. This healing backlash is called a Jarish-Herxheimer reaction and is often shortened to ‘herx’.

My time spent detoxing proved beyond any doubt that ‘herx’ is solid science. In fact, for deep rooted problems, herxing is as bad as living with the disease itself. Herx does taper but the time it takes for the pendulum to swing into better health depends upon infections and how systemic they are. In my experience, herx lasts longer and is more intense than what a superficial online search will admit. And, like clockwork, herx returns every single time you detox to a deeper level.

Our first infections to detox were parasites and infections which took a couple years. This is in stark contrast to the common echo-chamber of killing critters over a moon phase. At first, everything got worse. A lot worse. The symptoms already ailing us intensified and new ones piled on. My former knee jerk reaction would have put on the brakes.

Internet searches will lead to articles that conservatively characterized herx symptoms as ‘mild’ or ‘flu-like’ or ‘resembling a cold’. These delicate descriptions make herxing sound like lounging on the couch nestled in a well-loved robe instead of the life stopping, hot mess of death-warmed-over-hell we experienced. I found one article that truly related to our experience from Dr. Jay Davidson. It’s rather lengthy but comforting.

We used Cell Core binders (the only one I can truly recommend is the Biotoxin Binder and is fabulous for mold. Edit 2023) to help absorb toxins and reduce the symptoms of herx. Some family members had more emotional/mental symptoms of herx which we controlled with binders, supplements, herbs, and homeopathics.

One of many advantages of herbs over synthetic drugs is that you can change doses without causing resistance thereby giving more control over herx symptoms by dropping dosage down to reduce aggravations, then titrating back up.

Most of the herbs we used can be found at Sage Woman Herbs and Woodland Essence. I tend to follow Stephen Buhner’s protocols for Lyme and co-infections, but I do like to use frequency via biofeedback as well.

I also use homeopathics for comfort and though I could list them, it is doubtful they would be the right ones for others. As a homeopath, I can tell you that each remedy is so individual specific, it really requires a professional homeopathic intake. You can contact me at New Leaf Holistic if you need help.

Using biofeedback to monitor while carefully noting patterns of symptoms and behaviors alongside thoughtful observation of improvements in relation to herbals, homeopathics and biofeedback, I have been able to design some very good protocols. Despite the ‘homeopathy only’ rock that many homeopaths will die on, my experience shows herbs and homeopathics do, in fact, work dynamically and necessarily together. It has nothing to do with homeopathy being wrong, it’s not. It’s spot on, and for in-tact immune systems, it’s my number one go to. For everything. For cure.

Unfortunately, today’s immune systems compromised by metals, resistant pathogens, biowarfare agents, chemicals, injured DNA/RNA, gmo foods, and bad water, are not going to be helped by classical homeopathy alone.

Other tools I use for comfort are essential oils, foot baths, liver packs, massage, reflexology, a clean, organic diet and filtered water. Liver packs are incredibly soothing. We needed them daily at first and then gradually reduced. Foot baths provided relief of both herx and PANDAS symptoms, even during flares, but understand that they are a detox tool, so they will cause additional detox for several days after the foot bath inadvertently causing even more herx. So, you want to start slow, once/week, 5 minutes, and work up.

If you are dealing with ASD, PANS, PANDAS, Lyme, and other auto-immune issues such as allergies and food allergies, leaky gut, thyroid, etc. don’t detox alone. I’ve tried and quit which means wasting money and worse, time. Count on infections coursing far deeper than you know making detox harder than you planned and lasting longer than you imagined. A well trained, knowledgeable professional can take you from zero to hero by providing fresh perspective and quality products to do an effective, efficient job while keeping you as comfortable as possible. Contact me at New Leaf Holistic if I can help you.