Re: AZ Healer - Pau d'Arco

 Candida proliferation has to be brought under control in any way; otherwise it overwhelms the systems and also short circuits the immune response that keeps it down. It cancels out the leucocytes meant to keep it in check.

80% of the immune system is comprised of the intestinal flora. The flora control Candida through the formation of lactic acid, acetic acid, and fatty acids. Candida does not inhibit this. But a lack of flora, and thus a more alkaline environment, allows the Candida to not only flourish by turning on the Candida growth gene, but also by converting Candida in to its pathogenic fungal form. Again this is why Candida is normally only found in the same areas of the body where the flora maintain an acidic environment. Candida RARELY ever goes in to the blood despite these claims.

And my question concerns Pau d'Arco. Actually, does it stop working at some point?

It is believed that Candida can build a tolerance to pau d' arco over time, which is why people often rotate the anti-fungal herbs they use.

It seems to have so many amazing properties that it could be taken continuously...

That is because people keep making the mistake of trying to kill the Candida, which is a normal part of the body. So they will NEVER kill it off completely.  Why do people avoid yeast products, like bread, when dealing with Candida? Because the Candida will feed on the dead yeast from the yeast sources. The same happens when people try to kill the Candida. The surviving Candida just feeds on the dead Candida cells causing a rebound. The only way they are going to get it back under control is by restoring the areas of the body where the Candida normally resides back to an acidic state.