Wendy-
I ran across this recent paper. Rheum is rhubarb. It seems to be unusually effective against HP without the resistance problem. I revved up my usually moribund GI tract with a combination of prunes, milk of magnesia, and enemas (you did ask). I also took a tincture of green tea one-to-one with the rhubarb because the former purportedly counters the toxins from the HP. Finally, I added in silymarin for liver support. And then I watched myself like a hawk for symptoms. The HP is not to be trifled with. Its endotoxin seems to be a neurotoxin and was really scarey when I accidently provoked it with the turmeric a couple of months ago. I am, however, very encouraged by the results. Definite feeling of too much meds now where a week ago it was just the opposite.

1: World J Gastroenterol. 2006 Nov 28;12(44):7136-42.

Antimicrobial activity of Sapindus mukorossi and Rheum emodi extracts against H
pylori: In vitro and in vivo studies.

Ibrahim M, Khan AA, Tiwari SK, Habeeb MA, Khaja MN, Habibullah CM.

Centre for Liver Research and Diagnostics, Deccan college of Medical Sciences
and Allied Hospitals, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad 500064, India.
ibrahim_cce@rediffmail.com

AIM: to evaluate the antibacterial activity of Sapindus mukorossi (S. mukorossi)
and Rheum emodi (R. emodi). METHODS: Powders of S. mukorossi and R. emodi were
extracted successively with petroleum ether, benzene, chloroform and ethanol and
were concentrated in vacuum. The disk diffusion method was used for in vitro
studies and in vivo studies were performed on male Wister rats. Thirty resistant
clinical isolates of H pylori, as determined by their antibiotic sensitivity
patterns by E-test, along with two Gram +ve (S. aureus, B. subtilis) and two
Gram -ve (E. coli, P. vugaris) organisms were screened for their susceptibility
patterns against these extracts. RESULTS: In our screening, all 30 resistant
isolates and the other four organisms (two Gram +ve S. aureus, B. subtilis and
two Gram -ve, E. coli, P. vugaris) were sensitive to the test compounds. It was
found that ethanol and chloroform extracts of S. mukorossi and ethanol and
benzene extracts of R. emodi inhibited H pylori at very low concentrations. In
the in vitro study, the isolates showed a considerable zone of inhibition at
very low concentrations (10 mug/mL) for both the extracts. In the in vivo study,
the H pylori infection was cleared with minimal doses of extracts of S.
mukorossi (2.5 mg/mL) and R. emodi (3.0 mg/mL) given orally for seven days.
CONCLUSION: We can conclude from this study that the extracts of S. mukorossi
and R. emodi inhibited the growth of pylori in vitro and, in in vivo studies,
the H pylori infection cleared within seven days at very low concentrations. We
also found that H pylori did not acquire resistance against these herbal
extracts even after 10 consecutive passages.