I’ve been using a few drops of neem oil in a tablespoon of coconut oil as part of a new oral healthcare regime. I don’t use it every day, but at some point after starting it my gut has started to flare up and all of the worst symptoms I’ve had from the past two years are back in spades.

What started as a gluten allergy developed into a vata-driven gut imbalance which has been hard to get on top of. A case of parasites added to the mix (likely from supermarket fish), but even having got rid of those, and having weeded out all the food I know of which irritate it, in the last couple of weeks it has become really bad.

As background, I almost never eat refined sugar (unless it’s in something in small quantities and I don’t have a choice), I’m gluten free, I don’t eat much dairy, I’ve cut back on red meat, I haven’t had any alcohol in six months, and I eat waaay more fruit and veg than I have done at any previous point in my life. I eat khichari three of four days per week, using long grain basmati and not brown rice, and I know I shouldn’t be having symptoms this strong with the effort I’m making, so it seems obvious to me that there must be something else in the mix causing that balance.

Symptoms are tightness or what might be a slight swelling of the abdomen (which I’ve had previously when I was eating wheat and drinking alcohol and when I could also actually feel my colon twitch and spasm because it was so unhappy). I also have slight hemorrhoids which are indicative of an irritated colon but also of some blood pressure issues (professional Ayurvedic diagnosis) Given what I’ve researched, I see that neem can irritate vata and given that I know that vata is my principle dosha which is out of balance, it seems to be the most likely candidate. I’ve also been diagnosed as having low digestive fire; I’m male, 5’9” and 133lbs.

My main concern is that, previously, in this kind of situation, I’ve been able to cut out a troublesome food and the symptoms die down within about 48 hours, however, it seems like it is taking much longer for the symptoms to die down from taking this, and I really would like some relief.

So, can anyone recommend a counteracting remedy, ideally something which is tri-doshic, which won’t cause anything else to flare up. Thanks in advance for any suggestions!