#antimicrobials

Hydrogen Sulfide SIBO: Symptoms, Testing and Treatment

What hydrogen sulfide SIBO is, why standard breath tests miss it, the three-gas test and its 3 ppm cut-off, and how it is treated, based on current research.

Allicin for SIBO: Garlic Extract and Methane

Why SIBO practitioners use allicin instead of garlic, what the evidence on methane really shows, how it is used, and the side effects and interactions.

Artichoke for SIBO: What It Can (and Can't) Do

What the research says about artichoke leaf extract for SIBO: bile flow, motility, the ginger-artichoke blend, study doses, and who should avoid it.

Berberine for SIBO: Evidence, Doses and Drug Interactions

What the research says about berberine for SIBO: the trials against rifaximin, doses used in studies, side effects, and the drug interactions to know about.

Oregano Oil for SIBO: What the Research Shows

What the evidence says about oregano oil for SIBO: the herbal-blend study, lab research, methane SIBO, how practitioners use it, and who should avoid it.

Treating SIBO with natural antimicrobials and herbs

What the evidence says about herbal antimicrobials for SIBO: berberine, oregano oil, allicin and neem, the doses used in studies, and drug interactions.

Treating Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth with Biofilm Disruptors

What biofilms are, whether they matter in SIBO, and what the evidence shows for NAC, enzymes, EDTA, bismuth and lactoferrin, plus die-off and binders.

Prescription Antibiotic Therapies for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth

How rifaximin, neomycin and metronidazole are used for SIBO and methane overgrowth: success rates in studies, doses, side effects and what to do after.