Effective Natural Remedies for Alpha-Gal Syndrome Relief

Mama, you are not alone. I've been diagnosed with Alpha-gal after going into anaphylactic shock. Was bitten by a lone star tick a few months prior. So, crazy. I now can't tolerate dairy either. I have to be so careful and it's not that hard at home. The biggest problem I've run into is cross-contamination at restaurants. If in doubt, don't chance it. On the bright side, there's a chance the allergy can wear off in time. I will be tested once yearly.

Good luck.

Try an alkaline diet or fermented foods. I hear people have had good success with that.

It's not from ticks, it's from stuff they put in our meats and from vaccines.

Hi Sheila,

I'm curious about the science behind your assertion. It does not match my experience of that of friends with alpha gal.

I have not had a vaccine in 50 years and developed alpha gal after a lone star tick bite.

A vegetarian friend who does not get vaccines developed alpha gal.

Another friend who does not get vaccinated and eats meat raised on his farm developed alpha gal.

We are surrounded by woods here and tick borne diseases like Lyme and Alpha gal are common. We had a dog get very ill with Ehrlichia, another tick disease.

I do not have evidence to rule out that additives to meat and vaccines cause alpha gal, but I am certainly convinced by experience and logic that tick bites can cause alpha gal.

I do think that if alpha gal were caused by vaccines and meat and not by ticks that the incidence of alpha gal would be more evenly distributed on the map instead of concentrated in areas that have higher levels of ticks and other tick borne diseases. But that is not the case.

~Mama to Many~

According to many in alternative health there are just two causes of disease, toxicity and deficiency. Like a glass of water that's full to the brim, if our bodies are at a toxic tipping point, just one mouthful of the wrong food and we have a reaction. I've had a number of episodes of something similar to sleep apnea which is very frightening. I suspect all animal flesh including fish but especially mammalian meat, dairy, nuts, soy, grains. I have sinus and phlegm problems all the time, itching, diarrea, acid reflux and autoimmune disease for 40 years. I will try eliminating suspect foods and intermittent fasting and taking acidophilus. Thanks to everyone who shares their experience.

Do you know anyone with support for this in TN?

I am curious as someone in my family has it and it has been very difficult. They seem to get ascites and abdominal pain (not cramps, just ongoing pain in the stomach) and no other symptoms. It's been confusing and difficult. I've found someone on reddit that has an allergy to grapes and tomatos that started after alpha gal. This has been exactly the same for us here and it clicked after reading that thankfully so that has been a blessing. I am wondering what else might also be causing an autoimmune response now and keeping this person in pain. It seems peanut butter and cinnamon may be possible culprits. It's been weeks since we've eliminated all mammalian products and derivatives and being extremely careful.

Looking for support on this from anyone who has insights. I'm sure by a year from now it will be it's own page. The PTB seem to be intent on 'plagues'

I've seen an explosion of Alpha-gal here in western kentucky. I have not seen a specific treatment for it so I've been recommending herbal lyme's disease treatments with about 50% success rate.

Yes, there needs to be a page on EC for this disease.

Rob from Kentucky, what herbal treatments do you suggest? And many thanks!

Since there is no current treatment for Alpha-gal, I recommend treating it like lyme's disease. I have seen a 50/50 result using these herbs. Ticks that cause alpha-gal syndrome are believed to carry alpha-gal molecules from the blood of the animals they commonly bite, such as cows, sheep etc.... When a carrier tick bites a human, the tick injects alpha-gal into the person's body.

For unknown reasons, some people have such a strong immune response to these molecules that they can no longer eat red meat or products made from mammals without a mild to severe allergic reaction. People who are exposed to many tick bites over time may develop more-severe symptoms.

In a 2017 study they found that essential oils from oregano, cinnamon bark, clove buds, citronella, and wintergreen killed stationary phase Lyme bacteria even more potently than daptomycin, the champion among tested pharmaceuticals.

In a study, published Oct. 16, 2018 in the journal Antibiotics, included lab-dish tests of 35 essential oils—oils that are pressed from plants or their fruits and contain the plant's main fragrance, or "essence." The Bloomberg School researchers found that 10 of these, including oils from garlic cloves, myrhh trees, thyme leaves, cinnamon bark, allspice berries, and cumin seeds, showed strong killing activity against dormant and slow-growing "persister" forms of the Lyme disease bacterium.

For the new study, the researchers tested 35 essential oils at four different concentrations against seven-day-old laboratory-grown Bb stationary phase bacteria, which are enriched in persisters and biofilm-like micro-colonies.

A week later, they examined the cultures and identified 18 essential oils (at 1% concentration) which were similar to daptomycin in their antibacterial activity against Bb.

Further study revealed that oregano, cinnamon bark and clove bud were the most effective essential oils because of their high activity against Bb, at the lowest concentration of 0.125%.

To specify the active ingredients of oregano oil, the researchers further tested the three major components and discovered carvacrol (at either 0.1% or 0.05% concentration) was the most active ingredient in oregano oil.

In fact, carvacrol was highly effective against all phases of Bb, including the active spirochetal phase, the stationary (non-growing) phase and the biofilm-like structures. Importantly, oregano and carvacrol appear to be more active than daptomycin and seem to dissolve the most difficult to kill biofilm structures.

To confirm their results, the researchers re-tested their top six essential oils. After 21 days, there was no regrowth of Bb in three of them—oregano, cinnamon bark and clove bud. The other three oils, citronella, geranium bourbon and wintergreen, did not completely kill the organism, with many spirochetes still visible after 21 days.

Renowned Lyme specialist Dr Klinghardt recommends taking 2 drops of medical grade frankincense internally 2x daily. He also advises putting 2 drops of oregano oil mixed with coconut oil on the bottoms of the feet 2x per day. Note: I recommend taking oregano internally.

If you are in relatively good health with no underlying health conditions… I'd hit it with all the above.

Rob, I have a question, my golden retriever gets yearly lyme disease. The vet always puts her on 30 day treatment of doxycycline. Last fall she even had anaplasmosis, it was the sickest she'd ever been! We live in the northeast where ticks are rampant! Can a dog be put on oregano capsules? Thank you.

Why not try Ivermectin. You know the horse paste that was demonized during 2020. Did you ever hear of Dirt road discussions on Telegram. There is a whole protocol for it, for the paste and liquid version, he has everything you need to know about it. Lymes disease, this has helped a lot of people. I don't know if it helps with alpha gal though, joint pain absolutely!

Can you please tell me more about the wildcrafted oregano capsules you mention? I make triple soaked oregano tincture but I have not made capsules. My friends and family suffer from a lot of Lyme and AGS and I would love to make natural aid to help them. Thank you! Emma