Contents

1. Cover Image
2. Title Page
3. Dedication
4. Epigraph
5. How To Use This Book And Who It Is For
   1. IF YOU ARE INFECTED WITH BABESIA, EHRLICHIA, OR ANAPLASMA
   2. IF YOU ARE A CLINICIAN
   3. HOW I ARRIVED AT THE HERBAL PROTOCOLS IN THIS BOOK
6. Chapter 1: Emerging Diseases and Coinfections: The New Epidemics
   1. COINFECTION DYNAMICS
   2. PRACTITIONER ORIENTATION AND APPROACH TO TREATMENT
7. Chapter 2: Babesia: An Overview
   1. HUMAN INFECTION
   2. SYMPTOMS OF INFECTION
   3. DIAGNOSIS
   4. PHARMACEUTICAL TREATMENT
   5. OTHER USEFUL DRUGS
8. Chapter 3: Babesia: A Deeper Look
   1. TICK FACTORS DURING INFECTION
   2. ACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN TICK SALIVA
   3. BABESIAL LIFE CYCLE AND PENETRATION OF THE HOST
   4. BABESIAL CYTOKINE AND IMMUNE MODULATION
   5. SEVERE BABESIOSIS VERSUS MILD, MODERATE, AND CHRONIC FORMS
9. Chapter 4: Natural Healing of Babesia
   1. INITIAL INTERVENTION PROTOCOL
   2. A BASIC PROTOCOL FOR MILD TO MODERATE BABESIOSIS
   3. ADD TO THE BASIC PROTOCOL, BASED ON SYMPTOMS
10. Chapter 5: Ehrlichia and Anaplasma: An Overview
    1. THE ANAPLASMATACEAE
    2. TRANSMISSION
    3. HUMAN INFECTION AND SYMPTOMS
    4. DIAGNOSIS
    5. TESTING
    6. TREATMENT
11. Chapter 6: Ehrlichia and Anaplasma: A Deeper Look
    1. THE PREFERRED CELLULAR HABITAT OF EHRLICHIA AND ANAPLASMA
    2. MONOCYTES AND MACROPHAGES
    3. NEUTROPHILS
    4. EHRLICHIAL AND ANAPLASMAL PENETRATION OF TARGET CELLS
    5. THE EHRLICHIAL / ANAPLASMAL CYTOKINE CASCADES
12. Chapter 7: Natural Healing of Ehrlichia and Anaplasma
    1. INITIAL INTERVENTION PROTOCOL
    2. A BASIC PROTOCOL FOR EHRLICHIOSIS AND ANAPLASMOSIS
    3. ADD TO THE BASIC PROTOCOL, BASED ON SYMPTOMS
    4. SEVERE HME AND HGA VERSUS MILD, MODERATE, AND CHRONIC FORMS
    5. ETHNOVETERINARY APPROACHES
13. Chapter 8: Acute Infections, Sepsis, and Septic Shock
    1. SEPSIS
    2. ACUTE BABESIOSIS, ANAPLASMOSIS, AND EHRLICHIOSIS: THE INITIAL STAGE OF SEPSIS
    3. COINFECTION-INITIATED SEPSIS AND ITS CYTOKINE CASCADE
    4. THE CAUSES OF SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK
    5. ENDOGENOUS ALARMINS
    6. NATURAL TREATMENT OF SEPSIS DURING COINFECTIONS
    7. SUGGESTED PROTOCOL FOR SEPSIS
14. Chapter 9: The Materia Medica
    1. MAKING YOUR OWN MEDICINES
    2. THE MATERIA MEDICA
15. Chapter 10: What the Future Holds
16. APPENDIX: The Sophisticated Synergy of Plant Compounds: Standardization Rant (Wonkish)
17. Sources of Supply and a Few Good Practitioners
    1. A FEW GOOD PRACTITIONERS
18. Acronyms Used in This Book
19. Works Cited
20. Bibliography
21. Also by Stephen Harrod Buhner
22. About the Author
23. About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
24. Books of Related Interest
25. Copyright & Permissions
26. Index