Anti-diarrheal medications may become a thing of the past once barberry is introduced to your gastrointestinal system. It has astringent properties that help ease traveler's diarrhea or diarrhea caused by food poisoning. The shrub's amazing properties go to work on intestinal bacteria and may help ease diarrhea issues faster than antibiotics.

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