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At the CLAID Clinic, we treat many children and young adults with Lyme & co-infections. Children tend to respond very well to herbs. Many parents opt for herbal treatment because they prefer a more natural approach. Herbal remedies can be taken alone or as an add on to antibiotic therapy. We will support your child in an individualised way catering to…

Japanese knotweed is an invasive non-native perennial plant which is controlled by legislation in the UK. It is not illegal to have this plant in your garden, however it’s spread must be controlled. It is an offence to cause this plant to grow in the wild. Japanese knotweed is one of the key herbs used…

Author: Audrey Marchbank, Medical Herbalist As Autumn is now upon us, it is the time to forage Elderberries, so now is the perfect season to make those immune-boosting syrups and store them away for the winter… if they last that long! Elderberries (Sambucus nigra fructus) Elderberries are rich in antioxidants, vitamins and biochemicals that strengthen…

Lyme disease, caused by a tick-borne spirochaete of the Borrelia species, is associated with facial palsy and, in acute Lyme, gastroparesis

Antibiotic use in early life and throughout life “favours an intestinal microbiota composition which might be a risk factor for ME/CFS” (Konig et al., 2022). Clinically, I also find this to be a highly common pattern in patients with stealth infections especially those with lengthy and difficult recoveries. This finding was borne out by the…

In the COVID-19 pandemic’s early days, integrative medicine specialists Gordon Saxe, MD, PhD, MPH, and Andrew Shubov, MD, watched in frustration as desperate patients infected with the novel coronavirus tried one ineffective remedy after another.