Urinary Indican Testing

The Urinary Indican Test is an accurate, simple and inexpensive screening tool, allowing identification of the putrefaction of protein in the gastrointestinal tract. A positive test reflects a state of intestinal dysbiosis.

The patient’s urine sample is mixed with reagents and then evaluated with the colour chart enclosed in the kit. If test results are positive (the darker the colour, the more positive it is), it suggests gastrointestinal toxicity as a result of protein putrefaction. While there may be other toxic conditions of the colon that do not produce protein putrefaction (such as amoebic infestation or overgrowth of rare pathogenic bacteria), protein putrefaction is normally a result of intestinal dysbiosis.

Current dietary and lifestyle practices have produced an increasing number of health disorders caused by a malfunctioning digestive tract and the consequent toxicity. The identification of bowel toxicity followed by effective treatment is invaluable to many patients. It is especially useful for monitoring the early stages of gut detoxification, to identify when antimicrobial remedies have cleared dysbiosis and reinoculation with probiotic bacteria can commence.

ow does testing the urine indicate a bowel abnormality?
Most of the indole produced by bacterial action on tryptophan is eliminated in the faeces. The remainder is absorbed, detoxified and excreted in the urine. With leaky gut a greater amount enters the bloodstream and is filtered through the kidneys. Or in constipation, where material sits in the intestine for an extended period, a larger amount of indoxyl sulphate may appear in the urine.

Reliability
Indoxyl sulphate is not broken down over time, nor is it affected by temperature extremes.

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