How it went
Did it last?
- 5 of 11 said the benefit wore off (including the 2 who relapsed).
- 1 of 11 needed to keep doing it to stay well.
Read from what people wrote. A story that ends without a follow-up counts as lasting, so treat these as minimums.
| Outcome described | Accounts | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Full recovery | 2 | 18% |
| Near-full | 1 | 9% |
| Substantial | 4 | 36% |
| Partial | 2 | 18% |
| Relapsed | 2 | 18% |
| No benefit | 0 | 0% |
By how ill people were
| Severity at worst | How it went | n | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 1 | 100% | |
| Severe | 3 | 0% | |
| Very severe | 1 | 100% |
6 accounts don’t say how ill the person was.
Who published these accounts
Right-hand number: share describing a full or near-full recovery. Pages that sell something, and advocacy sites, tend to publish only the successes.
How often it comes up
Posts that mention Oxymatrine / Equilibrant, per 1,000 posts each year. Hover a point for the count.
Show as a table
| Year | Posts mentioning it | All posts | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2 | 184 | 10.9 |
| 2010 | 4 | 682 | 5.9 |
| 2011 | 3 | 704 | 4.3 |
| 2012 | 8 | 1,491 | 5.4 |
| 2013 | 4 | 1,708 | 2.3 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,352 | 3.0 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,158 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1,431 | 0.0 |
| 2017 | 43 | 3,110 | 13.8 |
| 2018 | 34 | 2,201 | 15.4 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,075 | 10.2 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,581 | 3.9 |
| 2021 | 6 | 1,867 | 3.2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1,166 | 0.9 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1,000 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1,237 | 0.0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1,019 | 1.0 |
| 2026 (so far) | 5 | 840 | 6.0 |
Posts in the forum threads we archived, 26,806 in all, counted per year. A mention means the post names the treatment, not that the writer took it. These threads all contain a recovery story, so they show what those communities discussed, not everyone with ME/CFS or long COVID. All trends
All 11 accounts
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Dr Chia finds enterovirus ME/CFS patients given remdesivir remain in remission (Teodora)
A long COVID patient with associated enterovirus involvement. A Paxlovid course produced remarkable reductions in pain and improved energy, but stopping it triggered a horrendous symptomatic rebound. A later molnupiravir course gave only modest benefit by…
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REMISSION! (suspected enterovirus, Dr. Chia treating)
Under Dr. Chia's care for suspected enterovirus, .jm. built up to running 40 miles/week by an April 2021 update (up from an initial "REMISSION!" post 18 months earlier), with insomnia and Raynaud's resolved, while tapering oxymatrine down to a maintenance…
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Does Valtrex work this fast?
On Valtrex for comorbid ME/CFS and POTS (dose not given), took about five weeks to see the major effect: crashes became "less severe and did not last long," she was "waking up refreshed," and her POTS "resolved" by the five-week mark. Trajectory beyond that…
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Oxymatrine: What to expect with fatigue and how long? (And my on-going journey, info and questions.)
Titrated oxymatrine up to one pill twice daily over 5-6 months, for ME/CFS that had left her housebound on constant bedrest and functioning at "about 35-40%." After an initial worsening (cold sweats, fever, vomiting), reports going "from functioning at about…
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I start to relapse every time I come off equilibrant
Equilibrant, a supplement combining shiitake mushroom with selenium, astragalus, sophora flavescens, olive leaf and licorice, was taken daily for over a year, working up to six pills a day. They had a severe bacterial infection that nearly killed them,…
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Equilbrant feels like helping me
Twenty-two years into illness and functioning at an estimated 30-40% of former capacity, started Equilibrant (oxymatrine) up to two capsules daily. Over the first ten days to a month reported better and longer sleep, dressing without pain medication,…
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Combination of 3 key treatments has me feeling significantly better
Combined the supplement Equilibrant, far-infrared sauna every other day for 30 minutes, and thymic protein three times daily, for just over two months. He reports a short-term energy and wellbeing bump plus better sleep within two hours of each sauna…
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Dr. Chia's Oxymatrine protocol - 3 great months, then crashed
On oxymatrine following Dr. Chia's protocol, prescribed through Dr. Montoya, had a "HUGE uptick in strength and stamina" in the first month, followed by "2 solid, life altering months." After about three months, though, she crashed back to pre-oxymatrine…
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List of ME/CFS Recovery and Improvement Stories
abdul1436, unable to speak or walk and sleeping 17-20 hours a day, is listed reaching remission after about 5 months on a combination of oxymatrine, inosine, dihydroquercetin and quercetin for enterovirus-associated ME/CFS - one of the most severe starting…
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Tenofovir (Viread), Raltegravir (Isentress) Cures ME/CFS Patient Sick for 20 Yrs? Tenofovir Poll
Index entry credits Diwi9 with oxymatrine (Equilibrant) for ME/CFS improvement; attempting to verify the linked post did not locate it, so no further detail on duration of illness, severity or durability beyond the bare index claim is available.
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Andrew Chia
Andrew Chia credits his recovery from ME/CFS to the immunomodulator interferon and the Chinese herb Sophora flavescens (contained in the supplement Equilibrant), though the page gives no specific doses or treatment duration. He developed CFS in 1997, in high…