Gastritis is one of the most "popular" diseases. Science knows many varieties of this disease, but most often doctors diagnose patients with erosive gastritis. Many factors adversely affect the body of modern people: stress, irregular and unhe althy diet, alcohol and nicotine.
What is erosive gastritis and what are its manifestations
The mucosa of the stomach performs certain functions, and one of them is protective. Errors in eating or alcohol abuse can cause inflammation of the mucous membrane, in medicine called gastritis. Erosive gastritis differs from the usual one in that many erosions appear on the mucosa. The main cause of this disease is anxiety and stress. Treatment of erosive gastritis with folk remedies in most cases gives positive results. Most often this disease affects the elderly and is diagnosed mainly in males. Initial manifestations of the diseasebelching, gastrointestinal upset (constipation, diarrhea, bloating) are considered.
Chronic and acute forms
Doctors distinguish between chronic and acute forms of the disease. In the acute form, patients experience:
- continuous abdominal pain;
- after eating - nausea, heartburn;
- vomit;
- presence of blood impurities in the feces.
Chronic form accompanied by:
- sudden, non-regular nausea;
- increased gas production;
- softening stool.
However, in most cases, chronic erosive gastritis occurs with mild symptoms or asymptomatic.
Folk remedies to combat the disease
Treatment of folk remedies for erosive gastritis is quite welcomed by doctors. However, it is important to remember that one should not completely replace the course of medical therapy with traditional medicine methods.
Treatment by folk methods should play the role of an auxiliary, but in no case the main means. Before starting the use of "grandmother's" methods, you should consult a doctor and perform all actions under his control. There are various methods, using which, they treat erosive gastritis with folk remedies. The most effective of them are presented below.
Alcohol tincture of propolis
Propolis goodhelps in the presence of a pronounced pain syndrome. To prepare the tincture, it is best to buy propolis directly at the apiary, so you will be sure of its quality. This beekeeping product must be crushed and placed in a glass vessel. It is desirable that the glass be dark. Then 96% alcohol is poured into the container at the rate of 100 ml of liquid per 10 mg of solid. The vessel is clogged and infused for 10-12 days.
Tincture is taken immediately before meals in a diluted form (25 drops per 250 ml of water). With severe pain, taking propolis is a very effective treatment for erosive gastritis with folk remedies. Feedback from those who have already taken it allows us to judge its effectiveness.
Mixture of honey and aloe
These two remedies have long been known for their healing properties. Honey relieves inflammation, aloe heals. Together they make an excellent remedy for erosive gastritis.
To prepare a mixture of them, you need 4-5 leaves of young aloe and 5 tablespoons of natural honey of any consistency. The leaves are frozen in the freezer until firm, after which they are turned through a meat grinder or grated. Juice is squeezed out of the resulting mass through cheesecloth and mixed with honey. The remedy is drunk on an empty stomach in the morning after getting up. The course of therapy is three weeks. For those diagnosed with erosive gastritis, treatment with folk remedies - honey with aloe - will help reduce inflammation and accelerate healing of the mucosa.
Mumiye
A small piece of mummy the size of a pea and a tablespoon of honey are mixed in a glass of milk. The mixture is taken twice a day: in the morning on an empty stomach and in the evening before bedtime. Treatment with mummy takes place in three doses, each for 14 days. A 5-day break must be observed between courses.
Antral erosive gastritis
A variety of the described disease is antral erosive gastritis. It is characterized by an increased content of hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice and the appearance of ulcers on the gastric mucosa. This type of gastritis is caused by bacteria of the genus Helicobacter pylori and develops in the antrum of the stomach.
Inflammation of the mucosa occurs due to microdamages resulting from the vital activity of these microorganisms.
Another cause of antral erosive gastritis is frequent overeating, excessive consumption of spicy or s alty foods, as well as food poisoning.
Signs of this disease are approximately the same as those of other types of gastritis. For patients diagnosed with erosive antral gastritis, treatment with folk remedies brings considerable benefits. To combat this disease, along with medicines, folk methods are also used as additional therapy. These include: freshly squeezed potato or cabbage juice, tincture of burdock roots or calamus roots. A decoction of plantain on alcohol helps well. From patients who were helped to defeat erosive antral gastritistreatment with folk remedies, feedback on the results can be obtained mostly positive.
Menu for patients with gastritis
Diet is important for disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. A special diet accelerates the onset of remission, violation of this regime, on the contrary, leads to serious consequences and aggravation of the condition.
Treatment of erosive gastritis with folk remedies will give the desired results only if a special diet is followed. The presence of erosion on the inner surface obliges to exclude from the diet products that can lead to chemical or thermal damage to the mucosa. In this regard, too cold, too hot, spicy, hard, rough food is excluded from the menu. Eat small portions 5-6 times a day. Overeating is prohibited, as food will remain in the stomach for a long time, and a large amount of gastric juice will begin to irritate the affected mucosa.
Treatment of folk remedies for erosive gastritis completely excludes some foods and dishes from the diet. Among them: fried potatoes, spicy salads and spicy sauces, smoked meats, pates, meatballs fried in oil, all kinds of crackers and nuts.
As for the foods that can be eaten with gastritis, a variety of soups are in the first place. It is advisable to cook them on vegetable broths or secondary broths from lean meat. Dairy and vegetarian soups are also useful. Frying for diet soups is not prepared. Vegetables are dipped into the broth raw. In the manufacture of cereal soups, cerealsneeds to be cooked very well. Sour, spicy, fish soups are excluded from the diet.
There should be enough protein in the diet menu, so meat and fish dishes should not be neglected. Meat should be lean (chicken, veal, rabbit) and soft, lean parts should be chosen.
For patients with gastritis, porridge is useful. Cereals for them should be boiled for a long time, until completely boiled, so that the porridge becomes viscous, enveloping. You can cook porridge with both water and milk. Barley, barley, corn and millet groats should not be eaten.
From vegetables it is better to prefer non-acidic apples, pumpkin, bananas, peaches, pears, lettuce leaves and greens, carrots. At the same time, onions, beans, peas are contraindicated. With gastritis, you can drink vegetable juices from potatoes, cabbage, carrots.
You can use milk, cream, low-fat and non-acidic cottage cheese, the same sour cream, non-acidic jams, marshmallows, weak tea (both black and with milk are allowed).
Attentive attitude to their he alth and compliance with medical recommendations will help patients overcome erosive gastritis. Treatment with folk remedies, diet and prevention - this is a guarantee of protection against subsequent complications and a guarantee of excellent he alth.
Reviews from former patients
Medics' views on traditional medicine are ambiguous. Some of them believe in the usefulness of a number of recipes, there are those who are completely convinced of their inefficiency. However, people with previous stomach problems, includingvarious gastritis, coped with their ailments, largely due to the effect of proven folk recipes. Their reviews allow us to judge the effectiveness of some of the methods of treatment discovered by our ancestors. The opinions of the recovered agree not only in terms of the positive results of the "grandmother's" treatment, but also in the fact that it should occur in conjunction with drug treatment and only under the supervision of a doctor.
Whatever method of treatment the sick person chooses, it is important to know the main rule that self-therapy without the help of a medical worker can be life-threatening.
