what are the best herbal remedies for the digestive system, particularly the stomach?

Question

My girlfriend has had stomach problems for two years, and has been unsuccessfully checked out by doctors over and over again, but we are finding the problem may be simpler than we thought as it is temporaraly cured by mylanta. What herbal medicines would you recomend to aid in healing her digestive system?

Answer 1

Chlorophyll is very good and also bromelain. Bromelain is found in the core of pineapple.

Answer 2

You didn't really give enough information about what her stomach problem is. There are many stomach problems and each one requires a different kind of med. or herb.
Very often if it is a colonic issue, some yogurt with active cultures will help restore the natural flora in the intestines and fix the problem.

Answer 3

I'm not a doctor, but you might want to try peppermint or ginger if she can hold things down pretty well. Both are natural remedies in soothing a sour stomach.

Answer 4

Apple Cider Vinegar has really helped out my stomach problems as well as acid reflux.

1 Tablespoon, in 8 ounces of water, once or twice a day. I do recommend Del Monte or Bragg brand.

Hope this helps her!

Answer 5

Fresh ginger root and parsley. Have a salad and add parsley to it or simply rinse and eat about 1 tablespoon of parsley. Peel and slice ginger root placing the sliced ginger in a small pot of "pure" water not tap water, simmer to make a tea and drink warm. Try drinking distilled water for a few months. Stay away from a lot of preservatives and be careful of pesticides (was your fruits and veggies well). Be happy and be well, Margo.

Answer 6

If mylanta helps, then maybe ginger will as well--if she's having problems with nausea, that is. A few studies have shown then ginger is better than most manmade chemicals at preventing and stopping nausea. Anyway, good luck.

Answer 7

First: Digestion begins inside the body with acidity in the stomach. Adding a basic (converse of acidic) solution to your digestive tract only slows the action by diluting the acidity of the stomach. It like throwing a bit of water onto a burning haystack so that the flames smolder rather than burn fully as they should. It's a poor man's panacea for what may be something more or could develop into more over time.

Second: Two years? This really does call for a practitioner of Chinese medicine, aka TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine).

You have a few options:
1) Go to www.nccaom.com, the nationally certifying board, which has all presently certified practitioners listed by their tested specialty. I would recommend that you find someone that is:
a) Local. You can search by city, state, and zip code among other things.
b) Multiply certified. There are three certifications; Acupuncture, Herbalism, and Chinese Medicine. This should insure a broad and in-depth level of experience. Anyone out there with health issues that have a shorter period, by all means give the newbies some due respect and much needed practice as all medical practices are just that, a locus for practice. The more good doctors your town has the better the quality of life so give them a try if you have an "itch" that hasn't lingered for more than a year as they are well equipped to apply some very effective methods.

2) Go to www.aaom.com which is the American Association of Oriental Medicine. There are a number of educational links and also methods for finding a practitioner near you.

3) Go to www.acufinder.com if you want a search engine that allows you to search for someone with a certain mile range from your location. Many have profiles which elucidate upon the types of methods and symptoms for which they have experience.

Many practitioners have their own website which may further shed some light upon their past and personal philosophy. Don't feel awkward about asking how many years of experience they have or if they've dealt with such issues before because if they're going to learn more about you and your body you deserve to know about them and should feel comfortable with their bedside manner be it "less talk, more action" or "let's find out more about your emotional state"(which can be a great underpinning to many conditions if perhaps only as a mental motor for unhealthy contributing habits).

One more thing with a very important prefacing statement: If you have the time to study (and are perhaps economically limited) perhaps consider going into depth learning about the Five Element Theory which is laid out in fine form in "Healing with Whole Foods" by Paul Pitchford (about $30US). It's a heavy phonebook of a tome that warmly explains this philosophy of food as not only a cure but as a lifestyle for healthy living, thinking, and feeling. Only if you're willing to study this book at length and leave it in your kitchen for course correction. Some things may seem contradictory but I will state that this is only so when you assume to have a particular state which is best diagnosed by a schooled practitioner. I can't state how many times I thought I had one type of condition when it was another and it would show that the focus of "curing" foods can be very different for each.

Best thing to do outright though would be to cut these things *completely* from her diet, or anyone's for that matter:
coffee, refined sugars, refined grains (ie any type of flour), all dairy, ice-cold drinks, alcohol, deep-fried foods, added refined salt. Continue to neglect these ultimately unhealthy foods during treatment; any of these consumed just once can further entrench her problems setting any gains made back a few days. It does cost money to be treated so realize that throwing out a guilty-pleasure snack(before you eat too much of it!) is far cheaper than having to go back for extra sessions to recoup stymied gains.

And try to avoid self-diagnosis. Regardless of how much research you feel you have done or can do online I will say from four years of such and more than $3000 of my own cash spent on supplements and nootropics that you don't know i*sh*t and probably won't. Save yourself the time and money and get it done right the first time by someone that deals with these kind of "soft" problems. The Western medicine (allopathic) doctors that sent you away without answers are best for "hard" problems such as acute conditions like cancers, tissue trauma, infectious pathogens(bacteria, parasites), and dental work ;) . Give it a try. It may not allow you to live in the fastlane but you'll have your health and as you click past that mid-20's age mark on your odometer when it seems everyone's metabolism conks out in some way or another you'll find that your stable, balanced health is the most valuable thing you can have a hold on.

Answer 8

aloe juice is a wonderful product for repairing damage done to the stomach. Unlike tums and other anit-acids that in the long run will make your problems worse aloe juice will repair and help fix the problem. I take aloe juice daily because I don't want to run the risk of having problems down the road. The best tasting and I feel working one that I have found to-date is:

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good luck

Answer 9

A hot bath and a hot water bottle! The best things for period pain. Feel better soon. Xx

Answer 10

You can have her try a all cell detox, Dandelion, Ginger, HY-A, Burdock, Anti-Gas Chinese Formula and a few others, you can find these and many more at www.mynsp.com/natures_choice

Answer 11

sounds like she is not digesting her food.check out a natural product called PhytoBioForte Super.find it at www.dna911.info works for me.