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Helicobacter pyloric infection
Can you suggest any remedy for an Helicobacter pyloric infection (confirmed by blood tests) which does not involve blasting the system with high doses of antibiotics?
Most stomach ulcers, we now know, are not caused by stress or bad diets but by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), which causes inflammation and pain when it burrows into the lining of the stomach and small intestine.
This organism survives the stomach’s acid secretions by producing a compound called urase, which neutralises these acids so infection can take hold.
The best alternative remedy, if you want to avoid antibiotics, is Mastic gum, which is produced from the resin of the Mediterranean Pistacia lentiscus tree. Laboratory tests suggest this single agent has the potency to kill off seven different strains of H. pylori and, in addition, in some 70% of ulcer patients using it, the damaged tissue repairs itself so well it is as if there had never been any infection or ulceration.
Preliminary studies also now suggest plant bioflavonoids can further help inhibit the growth of H. pylori so I would suggest using quercetin, one of the better known ones available in supplement form, and taking this alongside the mastic gum.
You can mail order both these supplements from Revital (0800 252 875) where Allergy Research Group’s Mastic gum costs £31.95 for 120 x 500mg capsules. Take three a day. Solgar’s Quercetin Complex costs £25.25 for 100 x 250mg capsules. Take two a day with meals.