Your gut microbiome,
investigated properly.
Most gut symptoms are managed at surface level for years.
Functional microbiome testing goes deeper: mapping the bacterial landscape of your gut at species level and building a treatment plan around what is actually found.
Functional gut health testing · Melbourne
What is functional microbiome testing?
Not a standard stool test.
A complete picture.
The Microba Explorer Comprehensive stool test uses metagenomic DNA sequencing to identify every bacterial species living in your gut, including those that standard pathology misses entirely. It tells us not just what is present, but what those organisms are producing and what that means for your digestion, immune function, hormonal balance, skin health and mood.
What sets this test apart is the scope of what it covers. Three separate technologies work together to give a complete clinical picture that I cross-reference with your full health history, symptoms, diet and any existing pathology results. The goal is a treatment plan that is specific to your microbiome, not a generic gut protocol.
Results are returned within 14 days and interpreted in a dedicated consultation. This is where the real clinical work happens: translating data into a targeted, phased treatment plan built around you specifically.
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Functional Microbiome Markers
Metagenomics technology
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Diagnostic GI Health Markers
ELISA technology
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Diagnostic Pathogen Markers
RT-PCR technology
Investigate
Before the test is ordered, we spend 90 minutes going through everything. Your symptoms, your history, your hormones, your diet, your stress load and your lifestyle. This context is what makes your results meaningful when they arrive.
Full health history, 90 minutes
Microba Explorer test ordered
Existing pathology reviewed
Physical assessment: tongue, skin, nails
Analyse
Your results are cross-referenced with your clinical presentation across all 41 markers. This is where the patterns become clear: the bacterial deficiencies, inflammatory signals and microbiome imbalances that explain why symptoms have persisted despite everything else you have tried.
Species-level microbiome analysis
Dysbiosis and pathogen identification
Gut-hormone and gut-skin connections
Barrier integrity and inflammation markers
Treat
A targeted, phased treatment protocol is built directly from your findings. Every recommendation, whether herbal formulas, practitioner-only supplements, dietary strategy or lifestyle adjustments, is chosen because of what your specific results showed.
Personalised herbal medicine protocol
Targeted prebiotic and probiotic strategy
Therapeutic dietary plan
Two follow-up consultations included
The Naturofreq approach
Three phases.
Nothing is guesswork.
Each phase builds on the last: from thorough investigation through to targeted treatment and monitored progress.
Microbiome balance
Bacterial diversity and dysbiosis
The ratio of beneficial to pathogenic bacteria and which specific species are overrepresented or absent from your gut ecosystem.
Gut barrier
Intestinal permeability markers
Butyrate-producing bacteria and short-chain fatty acid levels that indicate how intact your gut lining is and where it needs support.
Inflammation
Systemic inflammation signals
Bacterial contributors to chronic low-grade inflammation. Particularly relevant for endometriosis, PMDD, eczema and immune-related conditions.
Hormones
Estrobolome function
How your gut is metabolising and clearing oestrogen. This is an under investigated driver of hormonal conditions that I find consistently in clinical practice.
The Naturofreq approach
Answers that standard
testing cannot provide.
Mood and cognition
Gut-brain axis markers
Serotonin precursor production and bacterial contributors to anxiety, brain fog and mood dysregulation through the gut-brain connection.
Skin
Gut-skin axis connections
Microbiome patterns associated with eczema, acne and chronic inflammatory skin conditions that have not responded to topical treatment alone.
Everything in one package.
No hidden extras.
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A comprehensive case review covering your full health history, symptom timeline, diet, lifestyle and any existing blood work or pathology. The Microba test is ordered at this stage.
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Australia's most advanced clinical-grade microbiome test. Completed at home with a simple collection kit and posted directly to the lab. Results returned within 14 days.
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A dedicated session to work through your findings in detail. Results are cross-referenced with your clinical presentation and translated into a clear, targeted treatment plan.
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A written plan covering herbal medicine, practitioner-only supplements, dietary strategy and lifestyle recommendations. Built from your results, not a template.
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A progress review to assess how your body is responding to treatment, refine the protocol and map out the next phase of your gut health restoration.
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Access to me directly between consultations as your body responds to treatment and questions come up. You are not left to figure it out alone.
Ready to find out what is
actually going on?
Book an initial consultation and we will work out together whether functional microbiome testing is the right next step for you.
Driven by curiosity and built on purpose, this is where bold thinking meets thoughtful execution. Let’s create something meaningful together.