Reviews
Summary
Positives
- A patient pairing clove bud oil with cinnamon bark for persister Lyme reported deep Herx followed by symptom remission, mirroring the Hopkins eradication data PMC.
- Patients on essential-oil persister regimens reported clove bud helped reduce dental biofilm and gum irritation that flared during Lyme treatment LymeDisease.org.
Negatives
- A patient taking clove oil capsules at the doses extrapolated from in-vitro studies experienced nausea and gastric burning that forced them to halve the dose LymeDisease.org.
Hurdles & Side Effects
- Patients struggle to find clove bud oil that is verified as 100% Eugenia caryophyllata bud (not stem or leaf), the chemotype tested in the Borrelia studies PMC.
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