Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!uwvax!uwmacc!uwmcsd1!ig!jade!saturn!chromo!kevin From: kevin@chromo.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.med,sci.misc Subject: Re: Pau D'arco or Taheebo query Message-ID: <1330@saturn.ucsc.edu> Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 22:04:43 EST Article-I.D.: saturn.1330 Posted: Fri Dec 4 22:04:43 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 10-Dec-87 02:52:31 EST References: <1987Nov25.163709.2911@mntgfx.mentor.com> Sender: usenet@saturn.ucsc.edu Reply-To: kevin@chromo.UUCP (Susan Nordmark) Organization: Physics Asylum, University of California, Santa Cruz Lines: 40 Keywords: Pau D'arco taheebo herbs healing candida Xref: utgpu sci.med:3331 sci.misc:589 Summary: nystatin's better and cheaper In article <1987Nov25.163709.2911@mntgfx.mentor.com> bobk@mntgfx.mentor.com (Bob Kelley) writes: >Does anyone know anything about this herb? > I've been working with candida for several years, and gotten to know its ins and outs pretty well, including the vagaries of yeast die-off, which is pretty much a prerequisite for healing for most people with candida (I counsel people about it professionally now). I used taheebo for quite a while because everyone said it was a good thing to do, along with my nystatin program. But the taheebo was expensive and a pain to cook up, so I gradually slacked off with it. My present view is that nystatin (as Andrea Frankel said) has it all over taheebo, probably partly because nystatin is a refined, concentrated product (though it's originally of natural origin too) whereas with taheebo you're dealing with the raw, unrefined plant which has the active ingredient (whatever it is) in much diluted form. HOWEVER. Andrea Frankel mentioned pure nystatin powder. I used that for a while--then my new MD switched me to enteric-coated nystatin tabs. Did I ever go through die-off all over again!! The powder hadn't been getting to my gut at all, which is where most of the candida is, according to my MD's research info. Instead it had been wasted, since the stomach digests a lot of it. I've really zoomed in improvement since switching to the new form. In addition, I can't stress enough how important sticking to a low-carb, low-mold diet is for getting well. The clients I've had who've told themselves otherwise have eventually decided they were fooling themselves (or else they didn't improve). Often other changes are necessary too, depending on the person's allergic sensitivities. My opinion is that the popular books available about candida (The Yeast Connection, etc) are not realistic in their dietary recommendations--perhaps they are afraid of scaring off potential book-buyers. ----------- Kevin McLoughlin Physics Board Internet: kevin@chromo.UCSC.edu UC Santa Cruz UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucscc!chromo.kevin Santa Cruz, CA 95064 408-429-2258