Natural Supplements & Botanical Medicine Blog

On the East coast, 50-60% of western black legged ticks are infected with species of Borrelia that cause Lyme disease.

Herbal Antibiotics Shown Effective For Healing Lyme Naturally In New Study Where Cryptolepis Sanguinolenta Extract Completely Eradicated Lyme Spirochete. A recent study looked at several antimicrobial and antiparasitic herbs as compared to the controls of prescription doxycycline and cefuroxime (Feng, 2020). The botanicals with “good” to “strong” activity against Borrelia included Cryptolepis sanguinolenta, Juglans nigra (Black walnut), Polygonum cuspidatum (Japanese knotweed), Artemisia annua (Sweet wormwood), Uncaria tomentosa (Cat's claw), Cistus incanus, and Scutellaria baicalensis (Chinese skullcap). For those without access to antibiotics or aversion to pharmaceutical use, herbal antimicrobials taken internally can be used effectively to address the suspected infection, either...