a small-batch probiotic for women in their forties

find your
rhythm.

we make floraguard in small batches, by hand, in upstate new york. four named lactobacillus strains, each one cited in the published vaginal-microbiome literature, dosed at the levels the studies actually used. it is the formula a midwife in our circle put together because nothing on the shelf was working for the women in her practice. one capsule a day, taken with morning water — rhythm, not rescue.

begin your bottle — $149 read what’s in it
4 clinical strains
6B CFU end-of-shelf
60 day guarantee
usa gmp-certified
FloraGuard bottle on a peach-cream botanical plate
usa.
small-batch, u.s. herbalist facility
made by hand in upstate new york
04.
four named strains, each cited in research
no proprietary blend, no mystery
60.
sixty days. if it isn’t right, we refund you
bottle or no bottle — we mean it
v.
plant-based capsule, no gelatin, no animal anything
hpmc, dairy-free, grown on plant medium
what the body is doing

the microbiome shifts
and almost no one tells you.

by the time menopause arrives, the lactobacillus-rich flora of your reproductive years has been replaced by something quieter, thinner, less protective. the biology is straightforward. the symptoms have names. and the support you need is far simpler than the conversation around it tends to suggest.

70%
of perimenopausal women report dryness
60%
report sleep disruption
5×
higher recurrent UTI risk after 45
4–10
year perimenopausal transition
how we made it

four strains.
named on the label.

most women’s-health probiotics reach for generic gut strains at impressive-looking cfu counts. we made the opposite choice — four lactobacillus strains the vaginal-microbiome literature actually points to, in the doses the trials we cite actually used.

l. crispatus CTV-05 to restore the protective species that does the heavy lifting. l. rhamnosus GR-1 with l. reuteri RC-14 — the pairing most replicated in the women’s-health research. l. acidophilus La-14 for the lactic acid a low ph depends on. plant-based capsule. no proprietary blend.

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a small daily ritual

how we take it.

one capsule, once a day, with morning water before food. this is not a quick fix — it is a slow rebuilding of the flora the body lost when oestrogen began to fall. think of it as a ritual: small, repeated, and not in a rush.

01.

day one

one capsule with morning water. no need to refrigerate — shelf-stable for 18 months.

02.

week two

early shifts in comfort and balance — subtle, often before you can name them. probiotics need time to colonise. consistency matters more than dose.

03.

week six

the endpoints the studies were measuring typically begin to express here. hold the rhythm — this is the part where most women stop too early.

04.

onward

daily maintenance, the rest of the quiet decade. the rebuilt flora needs ongoing reinforcement — no cycling off, no breaks, no second-guessing.

what changes after forty

when oestrogen drops, the chain breaks.

the vaginal microbiome of a woman in her reproductive years runs on a self-sustaining cycle — oestrogen drives glycogen, glycogen feeds lactobacillus, lactobacillus makes lactic acid, lactic acid keeps the protective ph.

in perimenopause, every link weakens. less glycogen, less lactobacillus, less lactic acid, higher ph, less protection. floraguard supplies what the depleted system has lost — daily, in capsule form, without trying to be hrt.

read the body
three rules

we will not break.

i.

strain-specific, or nothing.

every strain is named to the identifier on the label — not just “lactobacillus.” if we cannot tell you which strain it is, we will not put it in.

ii.

trial-level doses, or nothing.

we dose each strain at the level used in the trials we cite. if we cannot deliver the dose the research was run at, the strain is not in the formula.

iii.

plain language, or nothing.

a lot of what makes intimate health hard to talk about is that the available language is bad. we use clear, non-euphemistic words throughout — because vagueness has done enough damage already.

things we’ve written

read first.
decide later.

all articles

we would rather you understand what is happening in the body than buy a bottle without knowing. start here.

women’s health

the vaginal microbiome, plain-language: what changes after 40 and why

The single most important thing about women’s intimate health that most women learn far too late.

apr 168 min read
women’s health

vaginal pH: the single number that tells you how your flora is doing

One of the most informative biomarkers in women’s health — and one of the least discussed.

apr 096 min read
women’s health

perimenopause: the quiet decade most women are asked to navigate without a map

The 4-to-10-year transition where most of the meaningful changes happen — and where most women get the least support.

apr 029 min read
the science

why probiotic strain matters — and CFU count matters less than you think

Strain identifiers are where the evidence lives. Big CFU numbers without strain specificity are marketing.

mar 265 min read
symptoms

hot flushes, explained: what’s happening and what actually helps

The thermoregulatory neuroscience behind vasomotor symptoms — and the interventions with the best evidence.

mar 197 min read
treatment

HRT and probiotics: complementary, not competing

How systemic and local oestrogen therapies work alongside daily probiotic support — without overlap or interference.

mar 126 min read
choose your rhythm

begin with two.

colonisation moves in weeks, not days. the two-bottle course is the window the published research was run across — it is where the measurable change tends to live.

one bottle

30-day starter — 30 capsules

$149
one-time purchase
  • 30 daily capsules
  • 4 clinical strains
  • 60-day guarantee
begin with one
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two bottles

60-day course — the protocol

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  • 60 daily capsules
  • spans clinical-trial endpoint window
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find your rhythm

three bottles

90-day reinforcement

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  • 90 daily capsules
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three bottles
if you’ve read this far

sixty days.
no risk to you.

if floraguard does not make a real, felt difference, we refund every cent — bottle returned or not. that is the agreement, and we mean it.

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