Peptic ulcer is a chronic pathology of the gastrointestinal tract. It requires the patient to change lifestyle and nutrition. Without treatment, this disease can lead to serious complications. Therefore, it is very important to follow all the prescriptions of the doctor and take the medicines prescribed by him. But at the initial stage, as well as during the period of remission, you can additionally use folk remedies for stomach ulcers. In folk medicine, many effective recipes have been accumulated, many of them are even recommended by doctors. But such treatment can be used only after consultation with a gastroenterologist and as an auxiliary method.
General characteristics of peptic ulcer disease
This pathology is quite common, especially in middle-aged men. After all, the main cause of peptic ulcer is stress, malnutrition, uncontrolled medication and bad habits. Tothe appearance of an ulcer can lead to long-term gastritis with high acidity, smoking, frequent dry food. Recently, there has also been a lot of talk about the role of the Helicobacter pylori bacterium in the occurrence of this pathology. Therefore, the treatment of peptic ulcer should be prescribed by a doctor.
This disease is characterized by the formation of ulcers on the mucosa. Such formations can corrode the walls of the stomach, which is called perforation of the ulcer. This leads to peritonitis, or internal bleeding. Such dangerous consequences arise if you do not follow the doctor's prescription. This is, first of all, a special sparing diet, a calm lifestyle and taking special medications. In addition, you can additionally use traditional medicine recipes. For stomach ulcers that are chronic, they can be very effective.
Features of the use of folk methods
If you start treating peptic ulcer at the initial stage and follow all the doctor's recommendations, you can achieve a complete recovery. But for this you need to carry out complex therapy. Be sure to include a special diet. Folk remedies for stomach ulcers are also effective if used correctly. Many patients choose to take natural medicines as they are less likely to cause side effects.
The most important rule of such treatment is that before using any prescription, you need to consult a doctor and check the remedy for individual intolerance. After all, side effects on natural medicines, although rare, do happen. In addition, all traditional medicine acts slowly, so they cannot be used during an exacerbation. And even during remission, the use of folk recipes should be carried out under the supervision of a physician. All such funds are used in courses - for 1-3 months, then you need to take a break or use a different recipe. Their combination is possible only after consultation with a specialist.
Common folk remedies for stomach ulcers
For the treatment of peptic ulcer, you need to use something that helps heal the ulcer, protects the mucosa from irritation by gastric juice. Therefore, agents are used that reduce the acidity of the stomach, enveloping the mucous membrane, and helping in the digestion of food. In addition to drugs, folk remedies with the same effect are used for stomach ulcers. They protect the mucosa, reduce acidity, reduce inflammation, many help in scarring the ulcer. For this, some food products, as well as medicinal herbs, are used. The most effective for ulcers are:
- honey;
- milk;
- potato;
- sea buckthorn;
- pumpkin;
- aloe;
- plantain;
- flaxseeds;
- calendula;
- chamomile.
Bee products for ulcers
These funds take pride of place in traditional medicine. They are used for a variety of diseases, even official medicine has recognized the healing properties of bee products. Most often used for stomach ulcers honey with propolis. Themeffectiveness is recognized even by official medicine. They have soothing and anti-inflammatory properties, accelerate the healing of the mucosa and reduce the acidity of gastric juice. Honey has also been proven to kill the bacterium Helicobacter Pylori.
There are some features in the use of bee products for peptic ulcer. First of all, they can only be used by those who are not allergic to these products. In addition, you need to know in what quantities to take honey. Before meals or after? Its action depends on this, and if used incorrectly, it can, on the contrary, increase acidity.
In case of peptic ulcer, it is recommended to take honey no more than 1 teaspoon at a time. It is dissolved in warm water and drunk a couple of hours before meals. A tasty medicine containing honey, butter and walnuts is also effective for stomach ulcers. All components must be mixed in equal quantities and baked in the oven for 20 minutes. Take a tablespoon three times a day, half an hour before meals.
A very valuable medicine for the treatment of ulcers is royal jelly, which is available in tablets called "Apilak". They are more convenient to take - you need to dissolve in your mouth until completely dissolved. If you buy royal jelly in the market in liquid form, it is taken at 20-30 mg per day.
Propolis is also often used. It's called bee glue. It is a solid that is insoluble in water. Therefore, the most famous alcohol tincture of propolis. It is taken in 20 drops, dissolving them in water or warm milk. You can also make a medicine based on butter. Grind 10 g of propolis and heat in a water bath in 100 g of oil until the mass becomes homogeneous. Take a teaspoon of the remedy, mixed with milk and honey, three times a day.
Vegetable juices as a treatment
The easiest and most affordable way to treat ulcers is to use regular food. Some vegetables have healing properties, but for this you need to use them not fresh, but in the form of juice. Most of all, the beneficial properties of potato juice are known. With it, you can cure the ulcer completely. Take all vegetable juices only freshly prepared, if they stand, they will lose their therapeutic effect.
Take half a glass of potato juice a day. But often at the beginning of treatment, the patient begins to experience pain and dyspepsia, so they start with small doses. First, take 30 ml, bringing the dose to 100 ml by the end of the month. Drink juices half an hour before meals. Most often, several vegetables are used to treat ulcers.
- The most common peptic ulcer is potato juice. Useful properties allow you to use it even with exacerbation. Potato juice has analgesic, anti-inflammatory and healing properties, and also reduces hyperacidity. The best way to make juice is to use red varieties of potatoes and make it fresh every time.
- Potato-carrot juice will also be effective for ulcers. It can be taken immediately in a glass, but the amountpotato juice can be reduced. You need to drink this mixture in the morning on an empty stomach.
- Cabbage juice for ulcers is also often used. It has a healing effect and reduces the acidity of gastric juice.
- Beetroot juice is more effective than many drugs. It accelerates the regeneration of the mucosa, strengthens the walls of blood vessels, improves blood circulation. You need to start drinking it with small doses - from 30 ml.
- How to make pumpkin juice is clear to everyone. But pumpkin can be used to make a more effective cure for ulcers. The crushed pumpkin pulp should be poured with milk (400 g per 1 liter) and boiled for an hour over low heat. Drink half a glass 3 times a day.
Flax seed: uses and what it treats
This plant has long been used in non-native medicine to treat various pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract. After all, flax seeds have an enveloping, anti-inflammatory, soothing and wound-healing effect. When combined with water, they secrete a lot of mucus, which envelops the walls of the stomach, protects it and heals ulcers. Flax seeds normalize the processes of digestion, accelerating the release of the stomach from food. This helps to reduce the acidity of gastric juice and its amount. Therefore, the use of flax seed is so effective in peptic ulcer disease. And what it heals is now known to many, even doctors recommend using its decoctions as an auxiliary treatment. The most common and effective are several recipes.
- 1 tablespoon of seeds pour 500 ml of water andboil for 5-10 minutes. Drink this slimy decoction 50 ml 30 minutes before meals.
- If you add less water and cook a little longer, you get a thick jelly. It can be eaten as an independent dish, adding honey or berries allowed for ulcers.
- You can make an infusion of flax seeds in a thermos. When insisting, you need to shake it periodically.
- Flaxseed oil can be purchased at the pharmacy. It is also effective for ulcers. You need to drink a glass of kefir at night with a spoonful of this oil.
Using Aloe
Of all medicinal plants, this is the most popular, especially since many grow it on the windowsill. Aloe is quite effective for stomach ulcers, as it accelerates regeneration processes, relieves inflammation and helps to destroy bacteria. For treatment, you need to use old leaves, from a plant older than 3 years. The plant is not watered for 2 weeks, then the leaves are cut, wrapped in dark paper and placed in the refrigerator. There are several recipes for using aloe leaves:
- take a teaspoon of crushed raw materials before meals;
- take 10 drops of freshly squeezed juice;
- make an infusion of 100 g of leaves and 300 ml of water, squeeze and mix with honey 1:5, take a tablespoon three times a day.
Sea buckthorn in the treatment of stomach ulcers
This plant is not only eaten, but has long been used as a medicine for many diseases. The properties of sea buckthorn to heal wounds and ulcers makes it indispensable for stomach ulcers. Patients are advised to eat fresh berries during remission, make juice and compotes from them. But most often it is recommended to use sea buckthorn oil for stomach ulcers. You can cook it yourself by infusing the berries in olive oil, or you can buy it ready-made in a pharmacy. Take it in a teaspoon three times a day, half an hour before meals.
Plantain for ulcers
The most common folk remedy for stomach ulcers is psyllium. This plant has anti-inflammatory, wound healing and soothing effects. Plantain can be used in the form of a decoction, infusion, juice. Use its herb or seeds, take it on its own or as part of fees.
You can be treated with plantain all year round. In spring and summer, juice is pressed from fresh leaves. It is taken in a tablespoon 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals. You can also chew fresh psyllium leaves daily. Closer to autumn, ripened seeds are collected, dried and ground in a coffee grinder. You need to take a pinch added to a teaspoon of honey on an empty stomach. An infusion is made from dry grass by brewing a tablespoon with a glass of boiling water in a thermos.
Use of medicinal herbs
St. John's wort is often used to treat ulcers. It has astringent, anti-inflammatory and wound healing properties. It is easiest to prepare an infusion from this plant in a thermos. Pour 15 g of grass with a glass of boiling water overnight. The next day, you need to drink the resulting infusion of 50 g before each meal. St. John's wort oil is also effective. It is prepared from a fresh plant. Need itchop and pour unrefined olive oil. After insisting in a dark place for 10 days, the oil should be taken 20 g before each meal.
Well heals sores and restores the mucosa using calendula. This plant has a strong anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effect. You can use calendula in the form of a decoction or alcohol tincture, but oil is most effective for ulcers. It is insisted on fresh flowers of the plant (30 g of flowers per 100 g of oil). Then heat in a water bath for 1-2 hours and leave for a day. Take 5 g 3-4 times a day. You can also dilute this amount of oil in a glass of warm milk, add some honey and drink in the morning.
It is also effective to use various herbal preparations for the treatment of ulcers. They may include different herbs, but the main components are chamomile, calendula, licorice root, mint grass, linden flowers, oak bark, marshmallow root, yarrow, St. John's wort. Such a collection can be bought at a pharmacy or combine herbs yourself. But it is better if their combination is advised by a specialist. You need to brew a tablespoon of the collection in a glass of boiling water and take it during the day half an hour before meals.
Other folk recipes
Any folk remedies are safer than drugs. They rarely cause side effects, but you still need to consult a doctor. A suitable folk recipe will help you choose a specialist after examining and determining the severity of the disease. There are several meanswhich are used most often for ulcers.
- Pomegranate peels are effective for stomach ulcers. They protect the mucous membrane from irritation and contain many nutrients. From the crusts you need to make an infusion: 20 g per half liter of boiling water. Drink an infusion of 50 ml three times a day before meals.
- Pumpkin seeds are often used for stomach ulcers. They need to be crushed together with the peel, and then brewed like regular tea.
- The well-known seasoning turmeric has antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties, normalizes the secretory function of the digestive system. You can use it with an ulcer only in small quantities. But studies have shown that 2-3 grams of turmeric per day for 2 months can cure this disease. The seasoning is best taken with milk.
- Chaga mushroom also helps to heal ulcers, reduces acidity and relieves inflammation. The medicine from chaga is prepared simply: grind 100 g of soaked mushroom, pour 200 ml of honey into a three-liter jar. Mix well and pour boiled water to the top. After 3 days, strain the product. Take 50 g each morning.
- Rosehip decoction for stomach ulcers is also often used. This remedy is affordable and tasty, which is very important for some patients who often experience nausea. It is better to brew wild rose in a thermos or boil in a water bath.
- Shilajit, when properly taken, can quickly relieve the patient of all the unpleasant symptoms of peptic ulcer. It should be taken dissolved in milk 2 times a day
- Oats are very good for the stomach. Oatmeal saturates well, it can beis even in the period of exacerbation. It is effective for an ulcer to use a decoction of oatmeal or oatmeal jelly. You can cook them according to any recipe, most importantly, the grains must first be soaked, then boiled for at least half an hour, and then insisted.
