Aunt Vadge: How do oral biofilm enzymes get to the vagina?

Hi Aunt Vadge,

How does Aunt Vadge’s Biofilm Enzyme Blend reach vaginal/genital tract biofilms? Do you know about its absorption in the body?

Thanks for any info you can provide.

Yours,
Curious
USA

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Hi Curious,

Oral biofilm enzymes work throughout the digestive tract, bloodstream and tissue via several mechanisms, depending on the specific enzyme. Enzymes are essentially proteins with superpowers, absorbed into the bloodstream and active throughout the body.

Serratiopeptidase is much more than just a biofilm enzyme

For example, an enzyme in Aunt Vadge’s Biofilm Enzyme Blend is serratiopeptidase, known as a potent anti-inflammatory, with a direct effect on immune cells. It is absorbed intact into the bloodstream via the gut, and migrates to the areas suffering the most inflammation and acts on inflamed tissue the most, which is where we need it.

When there is inflammation, blood vessels known as capillaries are more porous (which isn’t that beneficial), but serratiopeptidase helps reduce this capillary permeability. It also breaks down abnormal items in blood and tissue, while supporting clearance of metabolic ‘junk’ through the lymphatic system and blood.

Serratiopeptidase promotes wound healing and repair, restores the regular temperature of inflamed areas, and penetrates all body tissues. So, if you have an infection in your vagina, which causes inflammation, the enzymes help reduce this inflammation and support normalising the environment – which disruptive flora don’t like.

How BV bacteria are impacted by serratiopeptidase

A good example is bacterial vaginosis (BV)-causing bacteria. BV-related bacteria benefit greatly from inflammation, deliberately causing it to benefit from the extra shedding of epithelial (outermost) cells of the vaginal wall. Epithelial cells shed during inflammation contain amino acids, sugars and other ‘food’ for disruptive bacteria, which can also be used to fortify biofilms.

Thus, reducing inflammation in the vagina, as just one example, has a direct impact on the ability of disruptive bacteria to thrive and build a strong biofilm there.

This is just one example. These processes help restore the body’s balance, resolve inflammation, and support the body to heal itself while inhibiting biofilm formation and improving the efficacy of antimicrobials (antibiotics or herbal antimicrobials). They are pretty amazing!

This is why we typically use a biofilm treatment in the vaginal treatments to directly degrade vaginal biofilms. This direct approach improves the efficacy of vaginal antimicrobial treatments while using systemic biofilm treatments to support the entire body to heal.

Enzymes perform many incredible functions in the body, and we utilise them to help people resolve vaginal bacterial infections that might be a little more stubborn for some reason.

I hope this helps. It’s a bit complicated; there is a lot to every different enzyme and its multiple roles in the body, but this is just one example to help you understand how just one enzyme can work. Think of an enzyme like a little firecracker racing around your body, cleaning out junk and protecting you. We love our enzyme blends! They’re very good friends for so many reasons.

Best,
Aunt Vadge

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Tiwari M. The role of serratiopeptidase in the resolution of inflammation. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Published online May 2017:209-215. doi:10.1016/j.ajps.2017.01.003