Question about tinctures vs. supplements and gut bacteria

So it might stand to reason (methinks ) that if I take an herbal tincture that is broad spectrum antibacterial that so long as it is alcohol based it would be absorbed into the bloodstream and bypass the stomach preventing kill off of gut flora vs supplements which have to go through the digestive tract....

curious about others thoughts/feelings on this?

~beth

Well, I can tell you that once I treated the Candida that I had while I was abx for that year, although I did have it stick it's ugly head back into my life, it was never very bad. A couple doses of kefir was all I needed, and once I got into the latter stages of healing, I didn't need any kefir.

I believe that it's because I was taking (whole) herbs & tinctures, not pharmaceuticals.

Anyway, that was just my experience.