Boswellia

Has anyone tried and had luck taking Boswellia?  I have read good things and it is listed under UMM hospital's list of herbs for UC and Crohns.

There is research on the effectiveness of boswellia as an anti-inflammatory. www.douglaslabs.com/pdf/pds/inf.pdf

I've been using the product Inflaguard (boswellia, turmeric, devils claw) for half a year now, and can easily increase dosages of this for a stronger effect.

Thank you all!

Have tried it on three occasions and each time my symptoms and pain actually worsen. Hopefully it would help you though- if you try it, start out with a small low dose.

everyone should do a genova labs or metametrix test or maybe 2. it helped correct imbalances for me, so I knew to flood bifidobacteria.

I got "Parasite present taxonomy unknown" on my metametrix that Im now going to pursue further with a serology test for S.stercoralis. I have walked barefoot on many beaches all over the world. I love beaches.

I think everyone with IBD should get one, especially before kept on prednisone. Its been a pain in the ass to find a doc who will order ELISA serology for this

http://www.miracalifesciences.com/focus-microscope

Post Edited (PathogenKiller) : 2/9/2013 11:24:02 AM (GMT-7)

When I was first diagnosed I got a 6-month remission from just Boswellia and Probiotics. I would reccommend giving it a try. I used Nature's Way brand, I believe it is less than $7 on Vitacost. Good luck!

I second killcolitis's remarks regarding those functional tests- I have found they are grossly inaccurate and inconsistent, and the chance of them missing parasites is extremely high i e they are unlikely to detect any (I know this because they scored negative for parasites when my stool was tested DURING worm therapies that I tried such as TSO, hookworm, etc). Anyway, I am convinced one could do the test twice, submit them under different nAmes and get completely different results as to what nes sensitivities are etc i e the test results are skewed by random noise and not meanignful signal- which is to say they are happy to take your money (naturopaths probably get commisions for them too) but not hinest regarding how inaccurate they are. However, since mainstream med wont touch this sort if testing, I guess one can only hope for the best - wish I could afford to run split samples and use two identities and addresses to ensure they wouldnt know what I'm up to, just to test the labs accuracy.

PathogenKiller said...
everyone should do a genova labs or metametrix test or maybe 2. it helped correct imbalances for me, so I knew to flood bifidobacteria.

I got "Parasite present taxonomy unknown" on my metametrix that Im now going to pursue further with a serology test for S.stercoralis. I have walked barefoot on many beaches all over the world. I love beaches.

I think everyone with IBD should get one, especially before kept on prednisone. Its been a pain in the ass to find a doc who will order ELISA serology for this

http://www.miracalifesciences.com/focus-microscope

I too got taxonomy unknown. I will be doing test again in March per my doctors request.

The test allowed me to find out what is wrong with my digestive system:

I didn't eat a
balanced diet when I was younger, leading to acid reflux, and then
taking Prilosec. If prilosec can limit production of hydrochloric acid
or gastric juices, then i can attribute this to IBS and hypochlorhydra
symptoms since I was about 15 or 16yrs.
drweyrich.weyrich.com/disorders/hypochlorhydria.html I've had
all of these symptoms at that age.

Its possible that my Elastase 1 pancreatic insufficiency can explain my maldigestion
of protein, and fermentation in the gut leading to post-prandial
bloating.
www.homeopathicdoctor.ca/GSDL/one_pager/Gastro/td_pe1.pdf
-Thus allowing for an environment suitable for pathogens, yeast,
parasites, causing auto-immune inflammation.

I also wonder if reason for Low Total SCFA and n-Butyrate showing up on my tests is because
of lack of fiber in past diet, then leading to imbalance of GI
microbes/good bacteria.

Leading me to believe that my UC is digestion related and can be repaired in some way by rebuilding the gut. I've emailed this to my doctor and he said I could certainly be right but that we need to examine other possibilities.

Laughingduck- how much do you take of each?

I take boswella and circumin for arthritis and it helps a lot. I've tried it for gut pain when flairing with minimal relief.