Digestive Wellness: Strengthen the Immune System and Prevent Disease Through Healthy Digestion, Fourth Edition (39 page)

Body Ecology Diet

Yeast diet

Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD)

Gut and Psychology Syndrome (GAPS) Diet

Garlic: Either several cloves of garlic eaten daily or standardized to 5,000 mcg allicin potential three times daily

Goldenseal or berberine: Standardized to contain 200 to 400 mg of berberine; 200 to 400 mg three times daily

Wormwood or Chinese wormwood: 1,000 to 3,000 mg three times daily

Grapefruit seed extract: 250 to 500 mg three times daily

Oregano (Origanum vulgare) oil: 200 mg three times daily

Thyme (Thymus vulgaris): Standardized to contain thymol, 100 to 200 mg three times daily

Aromatic oils such as caraway, bitter orange, sweet fennel, star anise, lavender, peppermint, and Ajowan oils have been shown to inhibit disease-causing microbes while preserving healthy GI balance.

Rifaxamin (brand name: Xifaxan): 1,200 mg daily seven days (for SIBO)

Ciprofloxacin (brand names: Cipro, Proquin): 250 to 750 mg every 12 hours

Norfloxacin (brand name: Noroxin): 250 to 750 mg every 12 hours

Co-trimoxazole (brand names: Septra, Bacrim): 500 to 875 mg every 12 hours