Herbal Medicine & Gut Health | Byron Bay & Australia
Antibiotic use is the number one approach to dealing with dysbiosis, SIBO and gut infections of all kinds. As an alternative, herbal antimicrobials can be used. Generally they are much less damaging on the gut microbiome but still they take …
A member of the poppy family greater celandine, or Chelidonium majus, has been used as a traditional herbal medicine for a number of different reasons. The ones of particular interest to those with digestive complaints, parasite and bacterial infections includes …
Klebsiella infections are more common than you would think. Because you have ended up here I am assuming that you or someone you know has found a Klebsiella infection and you want to know more.
Read on to learn what …
When it comes to treating GERD elimination of refined foods, reduction in carbohydrates and improvement/increase of gastric acid and digestive enzymes is the first approach. For people that still experience reflux, testing and treating gut imbalances and infections is the …
There are a number of approaches to treating SIBO. Rifaximin, as discussed previously, is the frontline approach for western biomedicine and as an antibiotic appears less damaging than most. The fact that rifaximin is non-systemic, is minimally absorbed and …
The herbal medicine Ginger, or Zingiber officinale is well known for it’s spicy, sharp flavour and is common in Indian and East Asian foods.
The herb grows well here in the Byron Bay area and is generally available fresh throughout …
Unknowingly we have been consuming prebiotic foods for eons. Anyone who was breastfed as an infant has consumed prebiotics that have altered their gut microbiome in a beneficial way. Recently prebiotics have taken the front stage as a gut boosting …
SIBO, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, has been on my mind recently. For a long time it wasn’t looked for, talked about or even really known about by many healthcare providers here in Byron Bay and Australia in general.
Things are …
Research on difficult to treat parasitic infections continues to point towards biofilms being the limiting factor. As with most thing relating to the host-parasite interaction it is a multifactorial issue. Still biofilms are worth considering, especially if you are struggling …
Giardia lamblia (aka Giardia duodenalis, and Giardia intestinalis) is yet another protozoan parasite frequently encountered here in the Byron Bay region. Where you find other protozoan parasites, Blastocystis hominis, Dientamoeba fragilis and the likes, giardia should be …