| Bacterial Dysbiosis | The Condition
"...Bacterial overgrowth here is promoted by hypochlorhydria, by stasis due to abnormal bowel motility, physical/surgical abnormalities, by immune deficiency or by malnutrition..."
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Diarrhea |
The Condition
"...Most of the commonly-employed antidiarrheal medications are antimotility agents that act by slowing intestinal motility, thereby increasing intraluminal fluid time and allowing for greater intestinal fluid absorption..."
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Echinacea (Coneflower) |
As A Treatment
"...Essentially, Echinacea has been shown to stimulate phagocytosis (engulfing of bacteria/viruses by certain white-blood cells), increase respiratory activity, and increase the motility of the white-blood cells..."
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Female Infertility |
Recommendation Tobacco Avoidance
"...In animal studies, nicotine has not only been shown to decrease tubal motility and blood flow, but appears to decrease estrogen levels as well..."
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Heartburn / GERD / Acid Reflux |
The Condition
"...In one study, over half of GERD patients showed abnormal nerve or muscle function in the stomach, which caused impaired motility - an inability of the muscles to contract normally..."
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High/Increased Fiber Diet |
As A Treatment
"...In addition to promoting beneficial SCFA production and intestinal motility, dietary fiber can help to bind endotoxins and facilitate their elimination via the bowel..."
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Intestinal Obstruction |
The Condition
"...Parasympathetic stimulation increases movement (motility) through the lumen of the gut wall through pendular contractions and waves of peristalsis..."
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Lei Gong Teng |
As A Treatment
"...Amongst male patients, sperm count and motility was reduced and the sperm disappeared completely after a month..."
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Male Infertility (Low Sperm Count) |
The Condition
"...Marginal zinc status is associated with poor sperm count and motility (especially if testosterone levels are low)..."
Relationship to Zinc Requirement
"Zinc increases sperm count and motility as well as raising testosterone levels when low..."
Recommendation Test Zinc Levels
"...Marginal zinc status is associated with poor sperm count and motility (especially if testosterone levels are low)..."
Recommendation Lycopene
"...Amongst the 50 men, 70% had an increase in sperm concentration and 58% had an increase in sperm motility..."
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Tribulus |
As A Treatment
"...and erectile function, increasing serum concentration of testosterone and luteinizing hormone (LH), and stimulation of spermatogenesis with increased concentration of sperm and an increase in sperm motility and viability..."
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