Herbal Medicine & Gut Health | Byron Bay & Australia
Methane dominant SIBO, also known as methane SIBO or constipation SIBO, is a form of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. The predominant microbe, called Methanobrevibacter smithii, is an archaeon which can convert hydrogen into methane, resulting in slowed intestinal transit.
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Gut infections are more common than I originally thought. They can be the root cause of many different gut issues including irritable bowel, chronic constipation and diarrhoea. Herbal medicine can play a big part in shifting your gut health back
Herbal medicine can soothe and nourish the digestive tract. It can help to heal and seal the gut wall to prevent leaky gut and it can improve digestion. Herbal medicine can be an effective treatment for parasite infections and bacterial …
Blastocystis hominis is a common parasite here in the Byron Bay region and Australia in general. As a protozoan parasite infection it is often transmitted through contaminated water (think unfilter rainwater for anyone living out of towns and cities). This …
The more I learn about our microbiome the more I appreciate it. That’s why I’m not such a big fan of the overuse of antibiotics. That said I do recognise that antibiotics play an important role when it comes to …
Are probiotics for Helicobacter pylori infections useful? A common question with a range of answers depending on who you ask. As I was finishing up a previous article discussing different approaches to treating gut infections I came across a review …
There seems to be two major approaches to working with gut infections. The first is to bomb the gut with strong antimicrobial herbs and supplements. The other is to gently nurture your gut microbiome in attempts to outcompete the infection. Read …
Anyone who has been reading this blog will know that I have been struggling with Blastocystis homins and Dientamoeba infections since contracting them, four years ago, in the Byron Bay hinterland. More on my story here.
Today I’d like to …
The use of prebiotics and probiotics in small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, or SIBO for short, has been generally considered a bad idea. The thinking does make sense. If you have an overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine then …
You have found gut infection and now are considering antibiotics for Blastocystis. There has been a debate in the literature as to whether Blastocystis is pathogenic or not. Some consider it pathogenic and others list the huge amount of …