Treating SIBO with TCM

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Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) is gaining ground as a diagnosis in integrative and functional medicine. While it is a newly identified pattern, many have long been treating it as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or candida overgrowth. One of my physician colleagues asked me recently about how Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) treats SIBO. My brief answer, the same way we treat everything else—personalized treatment based on a TCM assessment and diagnosis. However, there are some…