Herbal Medicine & Gut Health | Australia
Yersinia enterocolitica is a bacterial infection that I have seen in patients with chronic digestive health issues. With a Yersinia infection common symptoms include diarrhoea and cramping but this bug can cause a range of other digestive issues. When approaching …
Ulcerative colitis is a subtype of inflammatory bowel disease that I commonly see in my clinic. Often the patient is experiencing abdominal pain and blood, mucous or urgency with their bowel movements (or all three). Sometimes they have lost so …
Finding the right approach to uncover the root cause of stubborn digestive symptoms can make all the difference. Bloating, fatigue, joint discomfort, and gut issues are common complaints I hear in clinic, but fungal overgrowth is often overlooked or missed …
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 proteobacteria phylum, the enterobacteriaceae family, …
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 …
Histamine intolerance is something I see in clinic every week — often in patients with bloating, sinus congestion, headaches, or odd food reactions that don’t quite add up.
While many people think of histamine as just a “food issue,” the …
Campylobacter jejuni, a gram negative bacterial infection, is a major cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide. Today we will be covering what Campylobacter jejuni is, how it affects the body and some natural treatments to discuss with your gut health …
Are probiotics helpful or harmful when treating SIBO?
For years, the advice was to avoid probiotics if you have small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). But new research is challenging that belief. Certain probiotic strains can actually help reduce bacterial overgrowth, …
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 …
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. …