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Reply to "Has anyone tried alternative therapies for pouchitis"

Hi Karen, like you I live in Australia as well. I noticed that most of the people who are on these posts seem to be in America so sometimes what they have available and what we have can be different.

My wild oregano oil use  varies depending on my symptoms. I must admit that I don't exactly measure out the quantities. What I have bought is called wild oregano oil the brand name is Oregavit and it's latin name is Origanum Vulgare. This is a pure 100% pure essential oil. It has a minimum of 86% carvacrol. This must be diluted in another oil otherwise it is far too strong.  It suggests you put 2 to 4 drops of this oil in 5 mils or 1 teaspoon of olive oil or coconut oil. I use these ratios to fill up a small bottle of oil. Then I use a little eye dropper to give me my daily dosage awesome

Perhaps when you start using it do it once a day for a few days just to see if you're ok with it.

Then you fill your mouth with a gulp of water and I get a little eye dropper and drop some of this diluted liquid into my mouth swirl it around and swallow it. You can have a burning sensation but it doesn't actually burn you.

If I have symptoms of pouchitis I might do this three to 5 times a day. However it is very strong and it is really important that it is also followed up with probiotics. So I tend to take my wild oregano oil early in the day and night time before bed I take my probiotics. As my symptoms improve I reduce the number of times a day that I use this.

The other product that some people find can be really helpful is olive leaf extract.

I would think it's possible that the passage between the jouch and the anus could be narrowing  or maybe it's just the anus. I think my gastroenterologist said that sometimes this happens and they need to do a little stretching. Perhaps this is scar tissue? I am not a doctor so I couldn't answer that section of it, Im just guessing. I do wonder if maybe the pouchitis has made everything so inflamed that this could be causing some of this issue?

I've just got to go and take my son somewhere so I'll try to reply a bit more later about my diet

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