The different "anchor herbs" in our remedies are hand picked by happy human hands from locally grown sources. These herbs are then taken through a 30-day extraction process using one of two bases: Ethanol/alcohol, or Apple Cider Vinegar. We started extracting the herbs using apple cider vinegar because many of the patients that present with Lyme disease cannot handle the alcohol due to the amount of ammonia in their bodies. We have also found it to be a good alternative for recovering alcoholics. The Apple Cider Vinegar formulas serve the same purpose as the the ethanol ones, but they do not act in the same way. The alcohol versions generally go under the tongue and are absorbed quickly and directly into the bloodstream. Apple cider vinegar, on the other hand, should be mixed with water or organic apple juice, and is processed more through the gut. If you can tolerate both alcohol and apple cider vinegar, then the question to ask yourself now is, where are the infections, or the bacteria, or the viruses? Are they mostly coming from a “sick gut”? Or is the infection in the blood? You can always do BOTH to get the most out of each product and attack from both angles, which can definitely be useful when dealing with complex illnesses, such as Lyme disease.

Many Lyme disease patients are unable to ingest remedies with alcohol because there is too much ammonia in their system and the alcohol affects them negatively. We also have known patients who are recovering alcoholics and cannot take alcohol. Hence, the apple cider vinegar  (ACV) formulas were created.

The main difference between the Ethanol formulas and their Apple Cider Vinegar counterparts is that Ethanol works by quickly delivering the herbal potencies quickly into the bloodstream while Apple Cider Vinegar is digested through the gut more. Because of this difference, Dr. Sara recommends using both the Apple Cider Vinegar and the Ethanol versions of the same remedy whenever possible to give the body two different ways to process the herbs and get the body to heal itself. The apple cider vinegar IS acidic so it is best to mix your dose in 4-8 ounces of water or in a shot using organic fruit juice not from concentrate. 

One thing that the good bacteria need to live and thrive is something called PREbiotics.

Guess what is an amazing prebiotic? Yep-- raw apple cider vinegar.

Every Jernigan Nutraceuticals product comes in both an ethanol (alcohol) base as well as an apple cider vinegar base. The herbal ingredients in our ACV remedies were extracted with certified organic, raw, unfiltered, unheated, unpasteurized apple cider vinegar. But, why not just take a remedy based in ethanol and drink some ACV from the store? Our ACV remedies have an advantage over the pure raw ACV. When you take apple cider vinegar in this form, the prebiotics consumed by good bacteria are super-charged with the healing frequencies of our formulas, which super-charges the gut bacteria in turn. It's like the difference between russet potatoes and sweet potatoes. They both feed you and give your body energy (calories), but sweet potatoes provide much more powerful nourishment. Get on a whole new level with our apple cider vinegar-based formulas!

One dropper is one good squeeze of the eyedropper bulb, even though the dropper will look only about half full. If you want to get specific, it's approximately 1ml or 20 drops.

Suggested General Adult Use is 1 dropper (1ml/20 drops) 3 times per day (again, take your body's individual tolerance levels into account). At that dosage, a 4oz bottle will last approximately 39 days.

Yes! They are 100% vegan and vegetarian.