Herbal Medicine & Gut Health | Byron Bay & Australia
Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, has been researched from many different angles. Some researchers think that most IBS is simply small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (or SIBO) that hasn’t been diagnosed yet, others insist it is a diagnosis of exclusion meaning …
There are many herbs that act to improve motility in the digestive tract. In this article we will explore the top prokinetic herbal medicines that assist digestion by keeping things moving through the gut.
In my clinical practice I use …
Today we are following on with the SIBO series of videos covering different ways to test for small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Don’t forget there is a free Ebook download available to go along with this series which can be downloaded …
Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or SIBO, is a digestive imbalance I commonly see and treat in my practice. As a clinical herbalist I use herbal medicine, select prebiotics and targeted probiotic strains to help overcome this persistent microbiome imbalance. …
Heartburn, reflux and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD/GORD) is common. Lately I have been seeing a connection between my patients with poor gut health, particularly constipation, and reflux and heartburn. Today we will be exploring a study that found psyllium seed …
I use a ton of clove in my herbal medicine dispensary. So much so that it was one of the first few herbs that I bought in bulk to make my tinctures from scratch with. As I treat mainly gut …
Herbs can be very effective when treating parasite infections such as Entamoeba histolytica. This particular parasite, while not as common as Giardia and Cryptosporidium, needs to be addressed as quickly as possible due to the damage that it can cause …
SIBO, or small intestinal bacterial overgrowth is a digestive imbalance in the small intestine.
In the video above I cover why SIBO is an issue and the top symptoms that make me suspect SIBO in my patients here in Australia. …
Gastro-esophageal reflux disease is extremely common. Between 8.8% and 30% of the population in Europe and in the United States suffer from this disease while the rates of GERD in Asian countries are much lower and range from 3.5% to …
While it is impossible to determine what type of SIBO you have based on symptoms alone, you can make a pretty educated guess. Today we will be covering the different symptoms that point to either methane SIBO or hydrogen SIBO. …
Sick of extreme diets? Are one-size fits all treatment approaches getting you nowhere fast? Lets work together to get to the bottom of your digestive and health issues.