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 this bacterial pathogen the goal is complete eradication rather than rebalancing or reducing its numbers […]
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 much blood over time that they are iron deficient and anaemic. All in all, not […]
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 more functional testing I do the more I realise that fungal and mould overgrowths and […]
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, and it’s associated with an imbalance in the gut. Why is citrobacter an issue? One of […]
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 disease. Surprisingly, the treatment of certain inflammatory bowel disease cases is possible with certain non pathogenic […]
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. Today we will be covering the science behind histamine intolerance, the enzymes that help to […]
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 practitioner when considering treatment options. Campylobacter jejuni overview First a quick overview on the Campylobacter genus. […]
Are probiotics helpful or best to be avoided when treating SIBO? Read on to learn what recent research tells us about probiotic use in small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Setting the Stage SIBO, also known as small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, is a common digestive imbalance often found in patients that experience bloating, flatulence and burping, and […]
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 if you have SIBO you don’t have IBS. Today I wanted to explore a simple […]
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. Today we are following on in our SIBO series of videos and I will be covering […]