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Reviewer: 65-74 Male on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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Increased my cd4 count dramatically. Also had none of the side effects listed. HIV+
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Reviewer: jimzplace3546@aol.com, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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I am hiv+ long term and asymptomatic. A good friend in San Francisco told me about this Chinese root. He claimed that many hiv+ people he knows were making a tea of it and most finding a remarkable increase in their cd4 count. (improvement of the immune function). I started it and had an average of about 800 CD4's prior. I made atea from the root and drank two large cups a day. My next and d
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