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Tick prevention

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Make your own Bug Spray: Amrita Bugs Be Gone Bug Oil, make your own Spray: Add 40 drops of oil to about 1 ounce of distilled alcohol (vodka works) + 1 ounce of filtered water = homemade bug spray. Or you can add 5-10 drops of Amrita Bugs Be Gone Bug Oil to your diffuser and keep it running while outside. - Apply natural bug spray on shoes and socks when going outside and check for ticks when you come in. If you find a black legged tick, please send to https://www.tickreport.com/ or https://www.ticknology.org/tick-submission-guidelines for comprehensive tick-borne pathogen testing including Bartonella, Borrelia, Babesia, Rickettsia, Ehrlichia, and Francisella. - Benchmark THYME essential oil: 2-3 drops on lesion. (Undiluted) In the future if you find another tick or spider bite, apply directly to lesion. https://www.stillpointaromatics.com/benchmark-thyme-thymus-zygis-loefl-l-essential-oil-aromatherapy - Monitor for symptoms including fever, joint pain, rashes, or lymphadenopathy - Consider 4 weeks of Lyme treatment if symptoms develop while awaiting tick test results - Labs in 2 weeks include Western Blot for Lyme. Please call me if fever, chills, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, headaches, flu like symptoms. - Prevention: **Ranger Ready (Permethrin for pants and socks) for Clothes only: socks/ pants/ shorts - wash separately from other clothing. and **Nantucket Spider essential oil -Deet Free spray: rosemary, geranium, cedarwood, peppermint, spearmint, lemongrass, clove and citronella. (This one is great, can apply directly to skin - every 2 hours when outside playing.) - Wear tighter-fitting compression shorts, ALWAYS perform thorough tick checks after woods exposure Our current ILADs approved plan for acute Lyme disease includes a combination of the options listed below. Please note that the treatment depends on the age and co-moribidities of the patient and must last a minumum of 4 weeks. Please do not start Lyme treatment on your own, but call our office right away if you have a tick bite and/or symptoms of Lyme. Our treatment plans change based on current research and resistance we are seeing. We alter plans for those with co-infections and for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. Do not attempt to treat Lyme without calling us first. Questions? Let us know.

Immune Support

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Liver and Detox Support

Stress

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Allergies

Caution: When considering this or similar formulas for seasonal support, practitioners should evaluate the patient's Total Toxic Burden , gut health, and specific triggers. While these ingredients are generally well-tolerated, clinicians should be aware of the following: Bromelain may have mild antiplatelet effects and should be used with caution in patients on anticoagulants. NAC can occasionally cause gastrointestinal upset or interact with certain chemotherapeutic agents. Pregnancy/Lactation: Use is generally avoided in these populations due to the absence of robust safety data for several botanical components.