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Well, guys. As I am sitting here typing this, I am sporting a beautiful, splotchy, full body, one time only Lomatium detox rash.
I have read that anywhere between 1% and 10% of people are lucky enough to get this beauty after trying Lomatium for the first time and it looks like I am one of the lucky ones. After this, maybe I will run out and buy a lottery ticket to see if my luck holds out.
Honestly, it hasn’t been that bad, but it is kinda itchy. And very ugly! I am blessed that this lovely rash appeared over a long weekend where we stayed home to potty train our youngest daughter so I had no plans to leave the house.
My 3 year old tends to get a bit of eczema on the back of her knees so she loved telling me how my rash was worse than her rashes. I have been considering a gluten free diet for her to see if gluten is a trigger for her eczema, but I have been holding off since I know it is a big change for a 3 year old.
Are you still sitting there wondering what Lomatium is? Lomatium is an antiviral herb I have been very interested in lately. It can shut down viral, fungal, and some bacterial activity rather quickly. Maybe you read my post on The Olive Leaf as Medicine?
Natural medicines are so interesting to me as I try to veer away from using any kind of antibiotic unless absolutely necessary because they hurt the good bacteria in your body right along with the bad.
This change is coming from my experience of healing my Hashimoto’s.
WHAT IS LOMATIUM?
Lomatium dissectum is a plant that grows on the eastern side of the Sierra-Nevada mountains. It is part of the parsley family. Several western Native American tribes used the root of this plant as medicine to treat many different health problems, calling it “the Dortza”, which translates to “heap powerful medicine.”
During the sweeping flu outbreak in 1917-1918, the root was used by two Washoe Native American tribes and shockingly no deaths occurred from the influenza outbreak while others around were “dying like flies.”
After an assigned physician from the U.S government saw this, he asked to use this on some of his patients and he said, “They just stopped dying.”
The Journal of Bacteriology stated in 1944, “The antibiotic activity of oil factions separated from the root of Lomatium dissectum was determined on 62 strains and species of bacteria, molds and fungi. The heat-stable active agent was bactericidal for gram-positive bacteria at 10-4 dilutions and at 10-3 for gram-negative bacteria.” (Journal of Bacteriology, Vol. 55 No. 5 May 1948)
You can read more about this from Dr. Max Barlow on The Super Power of Lomatium. It is pretty inspiring.
2 THINGS YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT LOMATIUM
Lomatium has been kept a virtual secret it seems. However, when I approached my functional medicine doctor about it, she was aware of it and said she loves using it. And so far, I completely agree with her.
However, there are two things I feel like you must know about Lomatium.
1. Lomatium- A Powerful Antiviral
Lomatium is known to be a powerful antiviral. It also works against mold, fungal, and some bacteria activity. However, Lomatium is especially focused on viruses of the respiratory tract. It functions as a mild expectorant and helps to thin congestion.
If you are someone who easily gets infected with respiratory illness (I am!), then Lomatium can be an extremely valuable antiviral for you. The antiviral components of Lomatium are excreted through your lung mucosa.
Lomatium is known to be able to stop the cold virus, influenza, respiratory viruses, and even control or kill chronic viruses. Read more information at Lomatium Root: Possibly the Best Anti-Viral.
2. Lomatium Detox Rash
A small percentage of people (lucky me!) will end up with what is thought to be a one time “detox” rash. This is a measles-like rash that will generally cover your entire body. Although, for some it will only show on one part of your body.
It is itchy and progresses over several days. Mine started 11 days after beginning Lomatium and continued for 11 days before fading out completely. Antihistamines are said to not work on this rash (I did not try them) and it will not appear again if you continue to use Lomatium.
Many think of it as an exanthem type rash (think viral chicken pox or roseola!) that shows up as the body is relieved of a viral, bacterial or fungal toxin load. You body uses your skin as a detox vehicle to quickly relieve itself of these toxins.
The lomatium detox rash is said to be a healing crisis. You can read more about this Lomatium Dissectum Detox Rash Information.
MY EXPERIENCE WITH LOMATIUM
Outside of my shocking Lomatium rash, my experience was quite impressive. I am excited to see how it continues to perform next time one of my toddlers comes home with another cold this winter.
I ended up trying two different types of Lomatium and I liked them both. The first one was LDM-100 by Barlow Herbal which is a Lomatium dissectum only tincture. I could tell it was a very powerful formulation and will continue to use this in the future.
And the second type that I tried was by Herb Pharm called Virattack Herbal Formula. This formula was also a good product and implements a different strategy by using other herbs to support the antiviral attack.
I feel like it should be mentioned that this formula also contains several other ingredients. For example, St. John’s wort can cause some medications to be less effective, therefore, may not be a good match for everyone.
Since taking the Lomatium, I feel more clear headed and it did fight off the virus I felt I was coming down with. I never ended up getting sick!
While I didn’t notice the effect of it being a mild expectorant during the day, at night when I would lay down to sleep I would feel the expectorant working in my lungs.
Since it was breaking up the congestion in my lungs, it caused me to cough which definitely annoyed my husband who was also trying to sleep. After this, I found it was better not to take it at night and the cough subsided.
However, 3 weeks later I found I could take it at night and no longer had this problem, so I am assuming it cleared out whatever congestion I had in my lungs.
While I had my lomatium rash, I mostly stopped taking it to allow my body to fully detox. And it made me feel better to stop while sporting the ugly rash.
Also, I started taking some dandelion root to help my body detox. I found that I was very thirsty so I was drinking a ton of water. I tend to do this normally, but during the rash I consumed much more.
To soothe my itchy skin I took several calming epsom salt baths at night.
Even though I was one of the few that developed this lovely rash, I will definitely continue to use Lomatium in the future (as well as olive leaf extract). I really feel like it’s important to help your body fight illness without causing harm to the good bacteria in your body.
Plus, I was super impressed that I didn’t get sick!
Please consult your doctor or health professional if you decide to use Lomatium. I hope my experience can help you as you make informed decisions to support your health in the future.
I would love to hear if anyone has any experience with Lomatium to share!
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Hiii x thanks for the read!
Son came out with a rash yesterday and more today.
His naturopath put him on it a couple of weeks ago and have just noticed all these millions of pimple like rash.. scared me a little before she assured me it was from the Lomatium (he had AML in 2015 and a BMT in Jan 2016)
So just been doing some research. He also has a temp, breathing little bit fast and hard and feels like his body is heavy…
So has now had 8mls of olive leaf extract every hour for 4 hrs, then will have 8mls every 2hrs until bed time.. sound about right?? Thank you, Skye
How can you claim LD is efficacious against respiratory viruses, when the only published data indicates antibacterial effects and rotavirus, which is an enteric virus?
I have Lyme, and I got that rash too when I started Lomatium – intensely, for a whole month! But it was the absolute BEST thing I ever did for my health, which has turned completely around since I started taking it. I cannot recommend it highly enough. By the way, if you haven’t already, take a look at histamine intolerance for your daughter’s eczema – that’s what it turned out to be for me, anyway.
I used Lomatium to cure my son’s herpes infection. He regularly had horrible outbreaks every other month all over his mouth and up his nose. Since taking Lomatium ha hasn’t had one in over a year. We started at Barlow herbal with the Munnity Boost And didn’t get a detox rash because this formulation eases you into it first. Highly recommend!
Hi. Thank you for this article. I have been taking the Barlow immunity boost and now the LDM-100. It has suppressed the chronic herpes 2 that I’ve had for 40 years. I developed rheumatoid arthritis and In the past 10 years it had become increasingly frequent (twice or more a month!). Lomatium has stopped it. Haven’t had an outbreak in almost 3 months despite repeated stressors.
My question is can long term use cause chronic diarrhea? I take 17 drops every morning.
No it doesn’t , I’m currently taking 30 drops three times a day and I dont have any problems.
Thank you Laura for posting this about this wonderful Herb,,,This is really Odd, I used to live and was actually Raised in Washoe Valley Nevada, this plant grew all over our Ranch. I left Nevada and moved to the Asian South Pacific in 2011, But my kids still live in Nevada. Leaving Nevada is Something I thought I would never do, as I was planning on moving to Mexico.which I really like but I moved to the Other Mexico instead, because I found my Army Buddy there, The Philippines, And I have really grown to Love it here.Now. I am buying Lomatium in capsule form from Biosmith @ http://www.bodsmith.com, I was not lucky enough to have had the RASH, so I missed out on that one Darn-it! But it seems to KICK BUTT on Colds & FLU, and Probably it will kick butt on this this FAKE SCAMDEMIC, COVID 19.. OR If NOT I would have to switch over to the White Pine Tree Needle tea or Star Anise tea. I LOVE Natural Herbal Medicines. Thank GOD they all work on me~
I believe the diarrhea has to do with where you body is storing the virus that LDM is killing. A lot of this is stored in your gut. A die off would cause diarrhea. Especially of a long term virus.