RhythmSpring
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I've had severe rheumatoid arthritis and diagnosed Lyme and Babesia for around 9 years now, and my search for herbal remedies has led me to, among other things, ayahuasca.
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Ok, so onto my idea. Last week I dosed Red Ayahuasca (B. muricata) daily, easing into it from about 5g 2x/day to about 45g 2x/day, until I ran out. The whole process lasted about 7 days.
During this time, I felt a decrease in emotional eating, which is very much connected to my symptoms. Overeating, especially certain food groups, I have found has been directly triggering of my joint inflammation. The ayahuasca seemed to normalize my eating habits in many ways. It makes me feel like a normal person with normal food choices.
I felt a very noticeable increase in mobility, and a decrease in pain.
I felt a remission of that pesky arm of doubt in my mind that seems to paralyze me with indecision. The kind of doubt that is most definitely neurotic and makes you and others go, "WTF?"
I felt an increased mental clarity.
Any time I felt too spaced out and directionless from the harmalas, I added a teeny bit of DMT-containing brew, and this seemed to get things flowing. This experience has also made me crave GREEN things more, including minty things.
I felt so good that I stopped taking other inflammatory herbs. In retrospect, this was a pretty stupid idea. In the future I'll keep taking those. But, I believe that the Ayahuasca increases my body's sensitivity to them, sort of in the same way that Iboga resets tolerance to many substances.
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After running out of vine, I almost continued on to Syrian rue, but my intuition steered me away from it, ultimately. Although many studies have been done on the health benefits of Syrian rue, I believe most of those are shared by Ayahuasca--it's just that it hasn't been studied as much for its physical health benefits.
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So here's my plan. Since I've had joint inflammation for 9 years and considerable joint damage, I think this is going to take longer than normal to heal. So I want to dose Ayahuasca vine (without admixtures) twice daily for about 90 days in a row.
I will add small doses of tryptamines when I feel, continue taking other herbs for Lyme disease and Babesia, and in general, include ayahuasca vine as a part of my holistic healing protocol.
Is there any danger in doing this? I never drink, smoke, or drink coffee, and I am always free of pharmaceuticals. I mean, some people take daily MAOIs for depression, right?
What do you think about this plan?
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If this seems weird to you, please view the following links:
Studies:
Novel chondrogenic and chondroprotective effects of the natural compound harmine - PubMed
A significant number of natural compounds have been shown to regulate the behavior of the cells, in collaboration with cellular proteins. CCN2/connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) has been reported to have essential roles in cartilage development, chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Remission of rheumatoid arthritis and other disorders of immunity in patients taking monoamine oxidase inhibitors - PubMed
Elevated levels of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) play an important role in rheumatoid arthritis and other disorders of immunity. By inhibiting the release of arachidonic acid from cells, monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI's) inhibit PGE2 synthesis. MAOI's appear to be capable of remitting the symptoms...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Harmine promotes osteoblast differentiation through bone morphogenetic protein signaling - PubMed
Bone mass is regulated by osteoblast-mediated bone formation and osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. We previously reported that harmine, a β-carboline alkaloid, inhibits osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption in vitro and in vivo. In this study, we investigated the effects of harmine...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
People's experiences:
Health - Syrian Rue for medicinal purposes
so have you had a chance to try syrian rue for your condition? take a three-pronged approach-- burn the whole seeds as incense, eat the whole seeds daily (restricted diet of course) and smoke some elf-spice :P
www.bluelight.org
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Ok, so onto my idea. Last week I dosed Red Ayahuasca (B. muricata) daily, easing into it from about 5g 2x/day to about 45g 2x/day, until I ran out. The whole process lasted about 7 days.
During this time, I felt a decrease in emotional eating, which is very much connected to my symptoms. Overeating, especially certain food groups, I have found has been directly triggering of my joint inflammation. The ayahuasca seemed to normalize my eating habits in many ways. It makes me feel like a normal person with normal food choices.
I felt a very noticeable increase in mobility, and a decrease in pain.
I felt a remission of that pesky arm of doubt in my mind that seems to paralyze me with indecision. The kind of doubt that is most definitely neurotic and makes you and others go, "WTF?"
I felt an increased mental clarity.
Any time I felt too spaced out and directionless from the harmalas, I added a teeny bit of DMT-containing brew, and this seemed to get things flowing. This experience has also made me crave GREEN things more, including minty things.
I felt so good that I stopped taking other inflammatory herbs. In retrospect, this was a pretty stupid idea. In the future I'll keep taking those. But, I believe that the Ayahuasca increases my body's sensitivity to them, sort of in the same way that Iboga resets tolerance to many substances.
~
After running out of vine, I almost continued on to Syrian rue, but my intuition steered me away from it, ultimately. Although many studies have been done on the health benefits of Syrian rue, I believe most of those are shared by Ayahuasca--it's just that it hasn't been studied as much for its physical health benefits.
~
So here's my plan. Since I've had joint inflammation for 9 years and considerable joint damage, I think this is going to take longer than normal to heal. So I want to dose Ayahuasca vine (without admixtures) twice daily for about 90 days in a row.
I will add small doses of tryptamines when I feel, continue taking other herbs for Lyme disease and Babesia, and in general, include ayahuasca vine as a part of my holistic healing protocol.
Is there any danger in doing this? I never drink, smoke, or drink coffee, and I am always free of pharmaceuticals. I mean, some people take daily MAOIs for depression, right?
What do you think about this plan?