Herbal Medicine & Gut Health | Byron Bay & Australia
Methane dominant small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, also known as methane SIBO or even SIMO (small intestinal methane overgrowth) is commonly seen in patients with constipation, bloating, flatulence, burping and sometimes even reflux and heartburn. This particular condition, as well as …
Candida is often the first thing that patients think has gone wrong in their gut. Frequently it is more complicated and often involves bacterial overgrowths, enzyme dysfunction leading to food intolerances as well as potential fungal overgrowths. That said, the …
Today I wanted to share some thoughts on citrobacter. Now, this is a bacterial overgrowth that I frequently find when I test the large bowel of my patients. It is a member of the …
Escherichia coli, or E. coli, is a gram negative bacteria that is a common inhabitant in a healthy gut. However, certain strains of this particular species are known pathogens that can contribute to active inflammation and drive inflammatory bowel …
There is a strong connection between histamine intolerance and the gut. This inability to deal with high histamine foods in my patients with gut conditions like SIBO, coeliac disease and IBS is something I see in the clinic every week. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
