Each of us has at least once in our life encountered symptoms of indigestion. The main one is diarrhea, or, scientifically, diarrhea. This condition occurs for various reasons and most often suddenly. The use of medicinal herbs for diarrhea is effective and safe, since such treatment has practically no side effects compared with pharmacological drugs.
The reasons why stomach upset develops
Diarrhea is a rather dangerous condition with seemingly safety. The most serious complications of diarrhea are dehydration, internal bleeding, and the development of peptic ulcer. Depending on age, gender and health status, diarrhea can cause one or another harm to the patient. For example, in older men, an onset of diarrhea is often the cause of internal bleeding that can lead to death.
It is possible to start diarrhea therapy at home only with full confidence that the patient has no chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (gastritis, erosion, ulcers, tumors, various neoplasms).
Common causes of diarrhea include:
- the ingestion of a microorganism that provokes a relaxation of peristalsis;
- some intestinal infections (in this case, the temperature rises, fever and fever begin);
- eating stale foods;
- chronic bowel disease;
- insufficient pancreatic production of enzymes.
What to choose - pharmacological or alternative methods of treatment
If you need to get rid of diarrhea as soon as possible, you should use tablets. For example, “Loperamide”, “Chloramphenicol” have a fastening effect and almost instantly stop even the most severe attacks of diarrhea. Whatever the cause of diarrhea, pills will help literally half an hour to get rid of its manifestations.
Alas, almost all pharmacological agents have an impressive list of side effects and contraindications. For example, many of them are prohibited for people with diseases of the cardiovascular system, as they can provoke the development of tachycardia and increased heart rate.
From the point of view of safety for the body and the absence of side effects, herbs for diarrhea are much better to use than pills. Let the infusions and decoctions not work in the first minutes of admission, but they will help to maintain health and will not harm internal organs.
Rules for the preparation of infusions and decoctions of herbs
Diarrhea herbs can be used both fresh and dried. There are lovers to walk through the fields and forests and collect medicinal herbs in order to dry them and use them to treat pathological conditions. Doctors are wary of such "healers": confusing plants is very simple.
As a result, complaints and calls to the ambulance are still being received when patients are etched with their own hand-picked "medicinal" herbs. It is possible to collect plants for therapy only if the healer is confident in his knowledge. There are many poisonous plants that look like medicinal plants - they are easy to confuse.
Therefore, it is better to purchase pre-grown for therapeutic purposes, professionally dried and pre-packaged herbs in the factory (including diarrhea). Most dry plants cost a penny: from thirty to one hundred rubles. In this case, the patient can be sure of their quality and in the absence of possible side effects.
Horse sorrel - a centuries-old remedy for diarrhea
This weed has long been used in folk medicine. It is necessary to familiarize yourself with the medicinal properties and contraindications of horse sorrel before preparing potions:
- contains carotene, rutin, bioflavonoids - these components provide a fixing effect, normalize digestion, heal the digestive tract, strengthen the walls of blood vessels;
- mineral salts of calcium and iron prevent the violation of the water-salt balance, which almost always develops with diarrhea;
- contraindications for use - individual intolerance.
Recipes with this plant are one of the most popular in folk medicine, it is difficult to overestimate the healing properties of horse sorrel. Contraindications to taking medications based on it and side effects from their use are minimal: this is a relatively rare development of an allergic reaction to bioflavonoids.
Rules for Using Horse Sorrel for Digestive Disorders
Recipes with this plant that have a bonding effect on diarrhea:
- A decoction of the root of horse sorrel is used for diarrhea, provoked by colitis, enterocolitis, hemorrhoidal disease. Bring a tablespoon of dry root of the plant 200 ml of boiling water and take 20-30 ml ten minutes before each meal.
- A decoction of a stalk of horse sorrel is also effective for diarrhea. The leaves and stem contain less nutrients than the root. Therefore, decoctions and infusions should be prepared more concentrated. Three tablespoons of dry shredded plants in a glass of boiling water. It should be taken the same way - on an empty stomach, 10-15 minutes before each meal.
The course of treatment is long - about one month, daily. For the duration of therapy, fatty foods and alcoholic beverages should be completely excluded from the diet. Otherwise, treatment may be ineffective and digestion will not be restored.
Medicinal properties of St. John's wort with diarrhea
This plant has been considered one of the most healing for centuries. With digestive upset, St. John's wort has a fastening effect due to tannic compounds, which are found in high quantities in the stem and leaves. The plant is also rich in nicotinic acid, hyperforin, carotene, tocopherol.
How to make St. John's wort, so that he quickly stops the manifestations of diarrhea:
- throw two or three tablespoons with a hill of dry chopped plants in 400 ml of boiling water;
- simmer for fifteen minutes;
- remove from heat, cover;
- insist for an hour or two.
It can be used both in warm and in a cooled form. St. John's wort, like all other herbs, must be carefully. With insufficient fat, the nutritional properties will be reduced to zero.
Rules for using oak bark for stomach upset
Another centuries-old remedy for diarrhea. Instructions for use on dry crushed oak bark states that the optimal method of application is as follows:
- immerse two tablespoons of raw materials in boiling water (400-500 ml);
- simmer for ten minutes;
- let it brew for three to four hours;
- take a decoction on an empty stomach, before each meal.
The total duration of the course of treatment is two to three weeks. It eliminates bouts of diarrhea on the first day of use due to tannins, which are rich in oak bark. Instructions for use of the tool states that use is prohibited in the presence of an allergic reaction or individual intolerance to homeopathic oak compounds.
The healing properties of hemorrhage
What herbs for diarrhea in older people are most effective, but safe? If possible, it is worth trying a hemoptysis. This is a relatively rare plant, but it treats the internal organs as carefully as possible and almost never causes side effects.
This is a perennial plant with small flowers of dark red color and large-sized leaves. What is the best diarrhea herb? It could have been a hemorrhage, but it rarely grows, and it is difficult to collect it.
The infusion of the plant can be used both as an independent tool, and as part of complex therapy for diarrhea. Hemophilus root is rich in the following components:
- vitamin C;
- starch;
- bioflavonoids;
- para-aminobenzoic acid ;
- carotene;
- a nicotinic acid.
Use of peppermint, ivan tea and chicory
There are a lot of fixing herbs for diarrhea. Here are effective and simple recipes with mint, ivan tea, chicory:
- Mint has long been famous for its fixing effect. Effective for diarrhea of any etiology. It weakens seizures within two hours after taking the infusion. You can use both fresh leaves and the root of the plant, as well as dry crushed raw materials. It is enough to brew two or three tablespoons of a dry plant with boiling water or a few twigs and leaves of fresh mint. Take 30-40 ml of the infusion on an empty stomach before each meal.
- An excellent remedy for diarrhea is Ivan tea. Fresh twigs and leaves are ground. If the plant was harvested on its own, it should be dried and chopped. It can be used within a year after collection. Three tablespoons of the dried ground plant is poured with a glass of hot water. Insist for 40 minutes. Take on an empty stomach 50-100 ml of decoction.
- Chicory has an excellent fastening effect on diarrhea. In any supermarket, ground, dried chicory is sold. You can drink it instead of coffee or tea - this is a tasty and healthy drink that does not have caffeine in its composition and normalizes digestion.
Therapy with berries, fruits and infusions thereof
Few people know that the usual berries and fruits have no less fastening properties than herbs for diarrhea:
- berries of hawthorn - both freshly picked and dried - should be poured with boiling water (per hundred grams of berries a liter of water) and taken on an empty stomach for a week - digestion normalizes on the second day;
- alcohol tincture from the partitions of walnuts (two hundred grams of partitions 500 ml of alcohol or one bottle of vodka) - take ten drops before each meal, you need to stop taking immediately after the end of diarrhea;
- pour a tablespoon of aspen kidneys with a glass of boiling water, take a few tablespoons before each meal;
- Blueberries have an excellent fastening effect: it is not necessary to prepare a decoction from them, it is enough to eat 10-15 berries with the initial symptoms of diarrhea.
What contraindications exist for the use of herbal infusions
One of the most effective remedies for diarrhea in adults is herbs. The advice of doctors that they give to their patients, nevertheless, allows us to conclude that even such seemingly safe therapy has a number of contraindications:
- intolerance to plant bioflavonoids;
- internal bleeding;
- peptic ulcer of the intestines and stomach;
- neoplasms on the walls of the organs of the gastrointestinal tract (polyps, tumors, hemangiomas);
- state of alcohol intoxication.
Gastroenterologist's advice: rules for using herbs for diarrhea
Hepatologists and gastroenterologists recommend the following rules when treating diarrhea:
- To avoid dehydration (which always occurs with diarrhea), you need to drink as much fluid as possible.
- Use only herbs that you are sure of the origin.
- Do not exceed recommended dosages.
- Do not drink alcohol during treatment with herbs for diarrhea.
- Closely monitor the patient's condition and, if necessary, call an ambulance.
- Do not treat with herbs for longer than one month in a row.