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From: kevin@chromo.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Pau D'arco or Taheebo query
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Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 22:04:43 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  4 22:04:43 1987
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Keywords: Pau D'arco taheebo herbs healing candida
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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.

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