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Bloating Gas Constipation Be Gone!
If you are coping with gas, bloating, stomachaches or heartburn, there are some great natural herbal remedies that have relieve these symptoms for centuries. You may even have some of these right now in your kitchen cupboards. Here’s a table to help you find the right herbal remedy for your condition.
Herb |
Use For |
Info |
| Alfalfa | Rich in chlorophyll, which reduces gas. | Avoid using if on blood thinners |
| Anise | Edible seeds remedy bloating, flatulence, poor appetite and indigestion. | Member of the parsley family |
| Bay | Aids digestion, relives flatulence. | Can be made into a tea |
| Caraway | Relieves belching, flatulence, and intestinal cramps and spasms. Aids in the digestion of starches. | Excellent for children’s digestive issues |
| Cinnamon | Stimulates digestion. Effective in treating appetite loss and flatulence. | Add it to dairy foods to make them eaiser to digest |
| Dill | Edible seeds help prevent heartburn, nausea and indigestion | The edible flowers and leaves rich in Vitamin C |
| Fennel | Edible sees and leaves enhance digestion, ease flatulence, heartburn, stomachache. Helps digest fatty foods. | Member of the parsley family |
| Flax | Soothes inflammation in the GI tract. Consume 1 to 2 tablespoons of seeds with plenty of fluids to ease constipation. Eat raw or cooked. | Seeds can also be ground up in coffee grinder |
| Gentian | Helps break down proteins and fats. Improves absorption of iron and vitamin B12. Take tincture 10 to 30 min. before meals for best results. | Used to flavor beverages known as bitters |
| Ginger | Soothes indigestion, bloating, flatulence, irritable bowel, nausea, and stomach pain. Root is the most effective in dried form. | Pregnant women should taken no more than 1 gram a day |
| Juniper | Eat up to seven of these berries before a meal to stimulate stomach acid. Helps with digestion and flatulence. Possesses anti-diarrheal properties. | Avoid during pregnancy |
| Licorice | Eases acid indigestion, constipation, cramps, spasms, diarrhea, heartburn, stomachache, and irritable bowel. Use deglycyrrhizinated licorice (DGL) to reduce potential of increasing blood pressure. | Avoid in cases of nausea and vomiting. Short term use if pregnant |
| Linden | Eases indigestion | Herbal tea should be consumed in moderation, is suitable for children |
| Peppermint | The oil relaxes muscles in the stomach and small intestine, relieving cramping. Useful for flatulence, diarrhea, indigestion, nausea, and stomachache. | Do not drink more than 2 cups a day if pregnant |
| Rosemary | Aids in digestion of fats and starches | Excellent herb of seniors |
| Sage | Stimulates digestive secretions, improves digestion of fatty foods, and can help treat diarrhea, flatulence, and indigestion. | Avoid large doses during pregnancy |
Now you can start treating yourself with these natural herbal remedies! I can vouch for the ginger, I’ve used it many times when my stomach felt sort of queasy. Helped in no time flat!
Is Your Stomach Bloating From Enzyme or Gastric Stomach Acid Insufficiency?
There are two functional causes for heartburn, gerds, indigestion and stomach bloating that need to be talked about in more detail. Your problems can stem from either a lack of enzymes or a lack of proper gastric stomach acid. Here’s a good way to know which one you may be deficient in.
If you have heartburn, stomach acid reflux, abdominal bloating, stomach discomfort and gas that occur within the first 15 to 30 minutes after you eat, the cause is likely low gastric stomach acid secretions. If these affects happen after 45 minutes, the cause could be a lack of sufficient enzymes.
Gastric stomach acid or hydrochloric acid (HCL), can be taken as a supplement at mealtime. Begin slowly with about 600 mg. at one of your large meals. If it does not aggravate your symptoms, take 2 at the next large meal and so on until you feel a warmth in your stomach. At that point you know you can back off one tablet and know that whatever dose your at, will be correct for you. Of course take smaller doses at smaller meals.
You can also try digestive enzymes. These actually help a lot of people since most foods we eat are cooked and the enzymes are destroyed at any temperature over 120 degrees. Digestive enzymes are best taken from multi-enzyme vegetarian sources. Look for supplements that contain bomelain and papaya these are protein digesting enzymes. Follow the label for correct dosage.
Garden of Life Digestive Enzymes