Herbal Medicine & Gut Health | Australia
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 …
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 …
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 …
Byron Bay, the land of rolling green hills, beautiful white sand beaches, warm ocean water… and parasites.
Yup I said it, parasites.
Unfortunately this is the elephant in the room that no one seems to be talking about, much less …
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is common. More common than you might think. Estimates vary depending on the study but it is somewhere in the ballpark of 3-20% of certain populations worldwide. Not only is it common the effects of IBS …
My interest in Functional Medicine and health in general came about from a very selfish place. Living in the Byron Bay hinterlands at the age of 27, for the first time in my life, I experienced the first symptoms that …
Today we’ll be covering one option to test your gut for infections called the CDSA (comprehensive digestive stool analysis) test and why I recommend getting the add on PCR stool test as well. The CDSA is offered by a number …
Mastic gum is harvested from the bark of Pistacia lentiscus var. Chi (aka mastic tree) and has been used in herbal medicine for thousands of years.
Use of mastic gum dates back to the bronze age Egyptians that apparently used …
Helicobacter pylori is a prevalent bacteria that is estimated to be residing in 50% of the human population and up to 85% of adults in developing countries making it one of the most widespread gut bugs (1). …