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. …
Psyllium Seed for Reflux and Heartburn
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 …
Clove: Herbal Medicine for the Gut
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 …
Entamoeba histolytica: Effective Herbal Treatments
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 …
What Is SIBO? Common Signs & Symptoms
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. …
Herbal Medicine For Reflux, Heartburn and GERD
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 …
Hydrogen vs Methane SIBO symptoms
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. …
Endometriosis: The Gut & Vaginal Microbiome as Drivers
I have been holding off writing an article on endometriosis and bacterial infections for quite some time now. Recently there has been some high level science pointing to what some researchers have suspected for quite some time. The implication that …
Dietary Fibre and Short Chain Fatty Acids 101
Dietary fibre and the short chain fatty acids that are produced as a by-product have many beneficial impacts on human health. For years now I have been writing on the benefits of different short chain fatty acids (butyrate, acetate and …
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Natural Treatment Options
Today we’re going to be talking about inflammatory bowel disease including some natural treatment approaches and root causes theories on the drivers of inflammatory bowel disease that aren’t often discussed.
If you are struggling with inflammatory bowel disease and you’re …
