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 […]
Today we will be covering everything you need to know about small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. This complete guide to SIBO, in all it’s 10,000 plus words glory, covers the key points on SIBO including testing options, conventional and alternative treatments and the common underlying causes of this gut disorder. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, also known […]
Fighting off an oncoming cold isn’t as hard as you might think. True there are a million and one different approaches that you can dig up on the internet. In our household we have tried a dozen or so different approaches from garlic, raw onions in honey to mega dosing on echinacea. There is one […]
Welcome to the Australian guide to the Complete Microbiome Mapping gut testing. This guide will be covering a new test on the Australian market that gives you an incredible amount of insight when it comes to digestive health and gut issues. This test almost does it all. It screens for important markers of gut inflammation, […]
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 into balance. Today we will be exploring a natural treatment for gut infections. Gut Infections – […]
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 overgrowths, both of which can cause serious gut symptoms. They are also helpful combating viruses […]
Intestinal permeability also known as leaky gut can stem from many different causes. Any ongoing insult to the gut can lead to increased permeability. Read on to learn how an imbalanced gut flora can lead to leaky gut and what to do about it. A Primer On Leaky Gut Keeping it simple intestinal permeability, also […]
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 saving life and limb. After the second round of herbal antimicrobials failed to treat my […]
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 discussing the use of a particular, well studied probiotic, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, in the alleviation […]
The question ‘are probiotics helpful in irritable bowel syndrome’ is a common one that I hear often and the answer is different depending on who you talk to. Fortunately the literature is full of different studies, reviews and meta-analysis papers discussing this very subject. Unfortunately the studies vary in their results, and many of the […]