8 effective folk remedies for peptic ulcer disease
The main role in the development of gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer is played by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori. With increased reproduction, the activity of these microorganisms leads to a weakening of the protection of the mucous membranes of the named organs of the gastrointestinal tract and their erosive damage. The manifestations of the disease seriously reduce the quality of life: patients regularly experience bouts of severe pain, heartburn, and nausea. Against this background, psychoemotional problems develop: ulcers, as a rule, show increased irritability, often suffer from sleep disturbances, sudden mood swings, increased fatigue, depression. The presence of a peptic ulcer requires a very noticeable correction of the lifestyle (introduction of dietary nutrition, reduction of habitual loads, etc.). It is dangerous to neglect such restrictions:violations of the regime multiply the risk of developing severe complications.
Most ulcers are forced to constantly take medications, but there are many effective folk recipes that help alleviate the painful condition or even completely recover. The most reliable of these means we bring to the attention of our readers.
Oatmeal jelly
Oats contain a lot of starchy substances, which, when cooking cereals, turn into a decoction, due to which its consistency becomes viscous, sticky. The drunk jelly envelops the walls of the stomach, creating a protective film that relieves irritation and reduces the acidity of gastric juice. As a result, jelly quickly relieves heartburn, eliminates belching and nausea.
To prepare homemade jelly, a glass of washed oats is poured with a liter of water, brought to a boil and cooked over low heat for half an hour. Then the boiled broth is brought to the same volume with boiling water, boiled for a few more minutes, cooled and filtered. Kissel should be drunk three times a day, half a glass half an hour before meals. The tool is extremely effective: within a day after the start of admission, pain attacks cease due to an exacerbation of peptic ulcer disease.
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Potato juice, sea buckthorn and propolis
These funds are used in the well-known course therapy of peptic ulcer disease. Treatment consists of three stages:
- Reception of raw potato juice 100 ml twice a day. To prepare one portion, two or three well-washed medium-sized tubers are rubbed on a fine grater along with the peel (the "eyes" must be cut out, since they contain a lot of solanine). The resulting gruel is squeezed through cheesecloth. The juice should be drunk immediately after preparation, it cannot be stored. The greatest amount of substances useful for the stomach can be obtained from potato varieties, which have red tubers. Their juice, rich in biologically active components, has an anti-inflammatory and enveloping effect, optimizes the acidity of the stomach contents. The treatment lasts a week.
- Therapy with propolis tincture. A heaping teaspoon of "bee glue" crushed into powder is infused for a week in 100 ml of medical alcohol, and then filtered. Take the drug three times a day one hour after eating, diluting 25 drops of tincture in a glass of water. Propolis successfully relieves inflammation and promotes rapid healing of ulcerated areas of the mucous membrane. The stage lasts three weeks.
- Taking sea buckthorn oil a teaspoon three times a day for a month. You can independently make a healing agent from sea buckthorn seeds or use a pharmacy preparation. Sea buckthorn oil has a powerful healing effect. Its effect completes the process of scarring of ulcerated areas of the stomach wall.
This course of treatment can significantly improve the condition of ulcer patients. In the most difficult cases, it is recommended to conduct it twice a year.
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Clay
White or blue clay, sold in pharmacies as a remedy for joint treatment or for cosmetic use, is also successfully used for exacerbations of peptic ulcer disease. Clay particles help to heal the surface of the mucous membrane and remove toxic substances from the stomach.
The healing drug is a solution that is taken 200 ml twice a day one hour before meals. At the beginning of treatment, it is prepared from a third teaspoon of clay and a glass of water. The amount of clay is gradually increased, bringing it to a full teaspoon. The course lasts 30 days and can be repeated after a 10-day break.
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Honey with walnuts
Not only curative, but also delicious. It is prepared from flower honey, finely ground walnut kernels and butter, taken in equal parts (300 g each). The components are placed in an enamel bowl and heated for 20 minutes in an oven at about 100 ° C. A well-mixed mass is taken in a tablespoon three times a day half an hour before meals.
If the peptic ulcer is not neglected, the medicine helps to get rid of the disease as soon as possible.
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Aloe
The bactericidal, anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties of this houseplant are well known. It is also used in the treatment of peptic ulcer disease, since aloe helps to normalize the acidity of gastric juice and accelerate the regeneration of mucous membrane cells.
To prepare the medicine, a plant is used that is at least three years old. It is not watered for two weeks before processing. The leaves are cut, washed, wrapped in cotton cloth and kept in the refrigerator for several days. Then 500 g of plant materials are passed through a meat grinder, mixed with the same amount of natural honey, heated in a water bath until a temperature of 60 ° C is reached, and 500 ml of good red wine is poured. The medicine is insisted for a week in a glass container in a dark place. The course of treatment is designed for three weeks (three times a day one hour before meals), and in the first week, one dose is a teaspoon, in the second - a tablespoon, and in the third - two tablespoons of the mixture.
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Plantain
The effectiveness of plantain in the treatment of gastric diseases has been known since ancient times. There are several industrial pharmaceutical preparations based on this plant.
At home, peptic ulcer disease is treated with tea from dried plantain leaves: a teaspoon of raw materials is poured with a glass of boiling water and the resulting infusion is taken half an hour before meals three times a day. Fresh juice, which can be squeezed out of freshly picked plantain leaves, is also very useful. They also drink it half an hour before a meal three times a day, gradually increasing the dose from half a teaspoon to a tablespoon at a time.
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Chaga
Substances contained in the body of a tinder fungus (dry birch mushroom, or chaga) are capable of having a healing, regenerating, hemostatic and anti-inflammatory effect. For the treatment of peptic ulcer, an aqueous infusion of chaga is used.
It is prepared like this: tinder fungus is soaked in water for five hours and passed through a meat grinder. Then a glass of the resulting mass is poured with a liter of heated (not hot) water and insisted for two days in a warm place. The filtered solution is taken in a third of a glass three times a day, half an hour before meals. The duration of the course of treatment is one month.
Calendula
An infusion of this herb of this well-known garden plant perfectly relieves heartburn, nausea and pain in patients with peptic ulcer disease, helping to alleviate the most severe attacks. In addition, calendula has strong bactericidal and anti-inflammatory properties.
To obtain a home remedy, five tablespoons of herbs and marigold flowers are infused in a thermos for five hours, pouring two liters of boiling water. The filtered liquid is drunk half a glass four times a day at regular intervals.
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Each of the folk remedies used for the treatment of peptic ulcer disease has its own contraindications and side effects. Therefore, regarding their use and the possibility of combining with drug treatment, it is necessary to consult with your doctor.
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Education: First Moscow State Medical University named after I. M. Sechenov, specialty "General Medicine".
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