Butyric acid, dilute in water (~3-5 drops in 1L warm enema water) calms down IBS/IBD and flares right away.
Butyrate is essential in all epithelial cells in the body (especially all epithelial linings)
Butyric acid, the unbuffered form, is a precursor to GABA (Gamma Amino Butyric Acid) the relaxation hormone.
Butyric acid tightens up the gut lining and lowers gut lining inflammation rates.
Butyric acid is a short-chain fatty acid similar to plant oil omega-3s which is the much preferred fuel for intestinal lining cells for fuel.
It is generated by healthy gut flora colonies as a byproduct of the fermentation of resistant starches.
It reduces candida populations, and is a chemical signal that tells the candida not to grow into it's hyphal (infectious) state.
Do not confuse the body's own production of mucous with the mucous strands and colonies created by hyphal form candida when it becomes infectious. Infectious candida creates mucosal strands (crosslinked polysacchiride (sugar!) protective film called -biofilms-). Biofilms is what you are passing in your stool.