Red root is used in Babesia treatment because it is one of the best herbs for reducing inflammation in the liver and spleen, as well as stimulating lymph system drainage. It also helps to stimulate the immune response to infection.
Red root is also known by its botanical name, Ceanothus americanus, as New Jersey Tea, or as Snowball (it has small plumes of fluffy white flowers that bloom in early to mid-summer).
Buhner’s Healing Lyme recommends the use of Red Root as part of the Babesiosis (Babesia) protocol. According to Buhner,
“… capillary blockage and microvascular stasis can occur as the result of red blood-cell fragments clogging the system. The liver, kidneys and spleen may become inflamed trying to deal with the red blood-cell fragments in the vascular system. The spleen seems especially hard hit, as it is primarily responsible for removing the fragments. Because of this, herbs for spleen and liver support can help considerably in the treatment for babesiosis.”
In Buhner’s Herbal Antibiotics , he states that although there’s no studies testing red root’s effectiveness against infections, there is evidence that it has been successfully used to treat malaria, which is similar to Babesia. He also says about red root:
“First and foremost a lymph system stimulant, anti-inflammatory, and tonic. It is also astringent, a mucous membrane tonic, alterative [gradually restoring healthy bodily functions], antiseptic, expectorant, antispasmodic, and blood coagulant.”
“When the lymph system can clear out dead cellular material rapidly, the healing process is increased, sometimes dramatically.”
Matthew Wood’s The Book of Herbal Wisdom provides further insight into the use of this valuable herb.
“According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) the primary function of the spleen is to separate the pure fluids from the turbid fluids, sending the pure upwards and the turbid downwards. It causes gentle circulation of the fluids, so that nutriment is transported to the sites where it is used and transformed into flesh, while waste products are removed from the system. By uplifting and flesh-building, the spleen “holds up the organs.” When the spleen is not capable of doing its job, lymph stagnates, edema results, dampness precipitates into mucous, swollen glands appear, the blood is not adequately nourished and extravasates from the vessels, the tissues are not well nourished, and emaciation may set in.”
Wood also goes on to state that the TCM definition of “spleen” is actually the entire lymphatic system.
“From the best of the old authors (herbal and homeopathic), we learn that Ceanothis [red root] is a remedy for swollen glands, lymphatic stagnation, edema, pelvic congestion, enlargement and inflammation of the spleen, violent shortness of breath caused by a swollen spleen, chronic bronchitis with profuse mucous secretion, and pain in the liver or back, from congestion or fluid retention.”
“It is useful for loss of appetite, loss of flesh, general weakness, pain and weakness in the umbilical region, anemia, pallor, diarrhea, bearing down pains in the abdomen and rectum, constant urging to urinate, profuse menstruation, extravasation of blood [movement of white blood cells from the capillaries to the tissues surrounding them], and leucorrhea. Symptoms are worse in damp, cold weather.”
“Typical symptoms are cold extremities, a moist, swollen, pale tongue, a slow, frail pulse, watery stools containing digested food, abdominal distention or pain (ameliorated by heat and pressure).”
According to Buhner , the red root dosage for a Babesia infection is a tincture of the dry root, 1:5 50% alcohol, 30-90 drops 4 times a day.
Red root is contraindicated in people using blood coagulants or anticoagulants, or in pregnancy.
Red root is also known by its botanical name, Ceanothus americanus, as New Jersey Tea, or as Snowball (it has small plumes of fluffy white flowers that bloom in early to mid-summer).
Buhner’s Healing Lyme recommends the use of Red Root as part of the Babesiosis (Babesia) protocol. According to Buhner,
In Buhner’s Herbal Antibiotics , he states that although there’s no studies testing red root’s effectiveness against infections, there is evidence that it has been successfully used to treat malaria, which is similar to Babesia. He also says about red root:
Matthew Wood’s The Book of Herbal Wisdom provides further insight into the use of this valuable herb.
Wood also goes on to state that the TCM definition of “spleen” is actually the entire lymphatic system.
According to Buhner , the red root dosage for a Babesia infection is a tincture of the dry root, 1:5 50% alcohol, 30-90 drops 4 times a day.
Red root is contraindicated in people using blood coagulants or anticoagulants, or in pregnancy.