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Best-selling author and clinical herbalist Maria Noël Groves offers a comprehensive guide to the best herbs and natural practices to boost your gut microbiome, decrease your risk of chronic disease, and alleviate conditions like SIBO, leaky gut, irritable bowel syndrome, and GERD.
A healthy gut is the key to good overall health—both physical and mental—and researchers are beginning to uncover the links between an unbalanced gut microbiome and chronic conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, obesity, and cancer. As a clinical herbalist with decades of experience, Maria Noël Groves has helped patients of all ages resolve their digestive complaints and related health issues by teaching them how to adopt healthier dietary habits, employ herbs to alleviate digestive issues and improve digestion, and incorporate balanced lifestyle practices—resolving their diseases and dramatically improving their quality of life.
Herbal Gut Health Natural Therapies to Promote Healthy Digestion, Boost Your Microbiome, and Support Gut Repair
by Groves, Maria NoelFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2026-01-13
Publisher(s): Storey Publishing, LLC
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Author Biography
Maria Noël Groves is the author of Herbal Remedies for Sleep, Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies and Body into Balance. She is a clinical herbalist and herbal medicine teacher with more than two decades of experience, and a registered professional member of the American Herbalists Guild. She writes for numerous publications including Herbal Academy’s The Herbarium, Taste for Life, Remedies, Herb Quarterly, and Mother Earth News. Her business, Wintergreen Botanicals, is based in Allenstown, New Hampshire.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Why GI Function and Gut Repair Matters
Chapter 2: Herbs to Help Break Down Food
Chapter 3: Herbs to Facilitate Nutrient Absorption
Chapter 4: Herbs for Elimination
Chapter 6: Strategies for Gut Repair
Appendix: Herbs at a Glance Chart
The State of the Nation: GI Health
Basic Tips for Healthy Digestion
Common Root Patterns of GI Distress
Basic Tips for Healthy Digestion
Common Root Patterns of GI Distress
Stress and Digestion
Inadequate and Deficient Digestive Function
Nutrient Deficiencies and Poor Assimilation
Dysbiosis and Microbiome Imbalances
SIBO
Food Allergies and Sensitivities
GI Lining Inflammation, Damage, or Leakiness
Inadequate and Deficient Digestive Function
Nutrient Deficiencies and Poor Assimilation
Dysbiosis and Microbiome Imbalances
SIBO
Food Allergies and Sensitivities
GI Lining Inflammation, Damage, or Leakiness
Potential Downstream Effects of Poor Gut Health
Why Enhancing Digestive Function Matters
Why Supporting Gut Integrity and Repair Matters
Why Microbiome Support Matters
Why Supporting Gut Integrity and Repair Matters
Why Microbiome Support Matters
Common Patterns of Digestive Distress and Energetics
Chapter 2: Herbs to Help Break Down Food
The Upper GI Tract
Predigestion
It’s True: Chew Your Food
Multitasking in your Gut
Bitter Herbs to Facilitate Good Digestion
Predigestion
It’s True: Chew Your Food
Multitasking in your Gut
Bitter Herbs to Facilitate Good Digestion
Artichoke leaf, dandelion
Recipe: Dandelion Pesto w/variations
Recipe: Bitters Spray
Recipe: Bitter Brew Coffee Substitute
Recipe: Dandelion Pesto w/variations
Recipe: Bitters Spray
Recipe: Bitter Brew Coffee Substitute
Relaxing Bitters
Chamomile, catnip, lemon balm, wood betony,
Recipe: Chamomile Mint Tea
Recipe: Lemon Balm - Catnip Glycerite
Sour Herbs
Remedy: Vinegar
Herb: Schizandra
Food: Sour Citrus
Herb: Schizandra
Food: Sour Citrus
Sphincter Issues - Fire in the Hole! (GERD/Reflux/Heartburn)
Herb for Tone: Crabapple/Apple Bark
Ulcers and Gut Wounds
Herb for Tone: Crabapple/Apple Bark
Ulcers and Gut Wounds
Demulcent and Mucilaginous Herbs
Licorice, marshmallow, aloe,
Recipe: Marshmallow Root Overnight Infusion w/Variations
Small Chart: Demulcent & Mucilaginous Continuum
Recipe: Marshmallow Root Overnight Infusion w/Variations
Small Chart: Demulcent & Mucilaginous Continuum
Vulnerary Herbs for Gut Healing
Plantain, gotu kola, calendula, yarrow
Remedy: Glutamine
Comfrey: Friend or Foe?
Comfrey: Friend or Foe?
Common Food Allergens and Sensitivities
Gluten/Wheat, Dairy, Soy, Eggs, Sugar & High Glycemic Foods, FODMAPs, Nightshades
Other potential reactions - meat/alpha gal, nickel, copper, MCAS…
Other potential reactions - meat/alpha gal, nickel, copper, MCAS…
Chapter 3: Herbs to Facilitate Nutrient Absorption
The Lower GI Tract
Good Bugs, Bad Bugs, and Probiotics - expanded
Recipe: DIY Fermented Vegetables
Kombucha
Kombucha
Protocol Points: Gas, Pain, and Bloating
Carminative Herbs
Box/chart: Spices
Recipe: Maria’s Chai Base with Variation Recipe Examples
Fennel, dill, mints, giner, anise hyssop and Korean licorice mint, holy basil
Recipe: Fennel and Korean Licorice Mint Seltzer
Recipe: Quick Dill Pickles (w/“Pickle Juice” Vinegar Variation)
Recipe: Maria’s Chai Base with Variation Recipe Examples
Fennel, dill, mints, giner, anise hyssop and Korean licorice mint, holy basil
Recipe: Fennel and Korean Licorice Mint Seltzer
Recipe: Quick Dill Pickles (w/“Pickle Juice” Vinegar Variation)
Antimicrobial Herbs
Oregano, bee balm, bitter berberines, pau d’arco
Other GI Antimicrobials to Consider
Recipe: Killer Chai
Other GI Antimicrobials to Consider
Recipe: Killer Chai
Chapter 4: Herbs for Elimination
Moving Right Along: Smooth Elimination
What’s a normal BM?
What can BMs tell you
Fiber - what, why, when, how, soluble vs insoluble, tips, etc
Tips for healthy BMs
What can BMs tell you
Fiber - what, why, when, how, soluble vs insoluble, tips, etc
Tips for healthy BMs
Protocol Points: Dysbiosis (including candida, h pylori, SIBO, SIFO mentions)
Protocol Points: SIBO (in greater depth)
Box: Hiatal Hernia
Protocol Points: Diarrhea
Protocol Points: SIBO (in greater depth)
Box: Hiatal Hernia
Protocol Points: Diarrhea
Astringent Herbs
Cinnamon, roses
Protocol Points: Constipation
Laxative Herbs
Laxative Herbs
Protocol Points: IBS (separate out from IBD)
Protocol Points: IBD (separate out from IBS)
Chapter 5: Anti-Inflammatories, Nutritive Support, and Immune ModulationProtocol Points: IBD (separate out from IBS)
Anti-inflammatory Herbs
Meadowsweet, boswellia
Nutritive Support in GI States
Nutritive Herbs
Nettle, oat straw, violet
Recipe: Marshmallow Nettle Violet Mint Tea
Nutritive Recipe Ideas
Supplement & Diet Support
Nutritive Recipe Ideas
Supplement & Diet Support
Deep Immuno-Regulatory Support
Immune Modulation
Medicinal Mushrooms
Reishi, lion’s mane
Reishi, lion’s mane
Astragalus, Baikal skullcap
Adaptogens and Immune Amphoterics
Tie in to probiotics, etc.
Tie in to probiotics, etc.
Nervous System, Calming & Stress Support
Chapter 6: Strategies for Gut Repair
When We Might Support Gut Repair
The 4-5 Rs of Gut Repair
How Long Does It Take?
The 4-5 Rs of Gut Repair
How Long Does It Take?
Craft Your Own Gut Healing Tea
Recipe: Gut Healing Tummy Tea, Take One
Recipe: Gut Healing Tummy Tea, Take Two
Variations for Special Situations
Cheat Sheet for Creating a Gut Healing Tea (2 page spread)
Recipe: Gut Healing Tummy Tea, Take Two
Variations for Special Situations
Cheat Sheet for Creating a Gut Healing Tea (2 page spread)
Recipe: Gut-Healing Broth
Protocol Points: Leaky Gut
Tips for PPI (proton-pump inhibitor) Cessation
Diets & Digestion - different approaches for different situations
Overview, pros, cons, tips for each
Specific Diet or Simply Emphasize Vital Foods?
Temporary or Long-Term?
General Healthy Diet Tips for Digestion
Specialized diets, including: Mediteranean, asian & flexitarian, vegan/vegetarian, paleo, GAPS and specific carbohydrate diets, allergy elimination/avoidance, low FODMAP, low acid, low histamine
Temporary or Long-Term?
General Healthy Diet Tips for Digestion
Specialized diets, including: Mediteranean, asian & flexitarian, vegan/vegetarian, paleo, GAPS and specific carbohydrate diets, allergy elimination/avoidance, low FODMAP, low acid, low histamine
Appendix: Herbs at a Glance Chart
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