Treatment of gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer with folk remedies
Peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum is a chronic disease, which is based on the formation of ulcers.
Causes: infectious factor( Helicobacter pylori infection), food factor( rough food, abuse of fried, spicy, spicy dishes, pickles, marinades, smoked foods and other irritating foods, irregular meals), smoking and alcohol abuse, neuropsychiatric factorsemotions, intense intellectual activity), genetic predisposition, the impact of certain medications.
The predominant manifestation of duodenal ulcer is pain syndrome. The pain is localized in the epigastric region( more to the right), acute, painful, develops on an empty stomach, often at night. The pain subsides after taking soda, food or vomiting. In addition to pain, there are heartburn, bloating, nausea. Exacerbations of duodenal ulcer occur more often in the spring and autumn. Duration of exacerbations - from 1 to 2 months. Peptic ulcer is characterized by pain in the epigastric region( more to the left).Pain occurs after a short time after eating. The intensity of pain is different. The pain is accompanied by heartburn, eructation, nausea, vomiting at the height of a painful attack that brings relief. The peptic ulcer can be complicated by the development of gastrointestinal bleeding, perforation of the ulcer, its malignancy. More about the symptoms, see here.
There is an opinion that the diseases of the stomach and gastrointestinal tract have become a real disease of the century, so they are common among our fellow citizens. Complaints of stomach pain, poor digestion and even attacks stomach and duodenal ulcers cause only sympathy and sighs: "Oh, and something has recently overcome the same pain, probably, as usual, ate something notthen. "Such "as usual" accumulates more and more, and, finally, a very deplorable result - a severe diagnosis of doctors "stomach and duodenal ulcer."Needless to say, I have nothing to congratulate you, the disease is quite unpleasant, especially during the period of exacerbation, and it is not easy to treat it, even with the help of modern medications. The most terrible thing is that this ailment can later develop into a perforating ulcer, which will require surgical intervention.
What factors become "accomplices" of chronic and acute forms of stomach diseases? Of course, the irregular and improper diet, the abuse of various medicinal chemicals, irritating the mucous membrane of the stomach and duodenum, nervous overload, stress, addiction to alcohol and smoking.
It is very sad that the diseases of the gastrointestinal tract have ceased to be the "privilege" of only elderly and middle-aged people. Constantly there is a "replenishment" of young people suffering from all kinds of gastritis and colitis.
In some cases, this disease is transmitted hereditary, but, in general, the main cause of peptic ulcer is a violation of diet. The main "risk group" includes students, students, young people who are lightly related to their health.
1. Hereditary genetic predisposition.
2. An infectious disease of the stomach.
3. Dysfunction of diet and diet( acute, rough, smoked food, dry food, food in a hurry).
4. Smoking, abuse of coffee and alcoholic beverages.
5. Physical overvoltage.
6. Insufficient sleep and rest, stress, mental stress.
7. Frequent use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
The most important sign of a peptic ulcer is pain. With a stomach ulcer, pain is usually located in the epigastric region to the left, and in the case of duodenal ulcer - on the right. Pain can be of different nature. Aching, daggerlike, cutting, cramping. It always begins at the same time as eating. With "early" pain, that is, with pain that occurs on an empty stomach and immediately after eating, there is a stomach ulcer. With "late" pain, "night", and arising after 2 hours after eating, it is a duodenal ulcer. Sometimes, at the height of pain, vomiting occurs, which, as a rule, brings temporary relief. Appetite is preserved, but there are disorders of the stool - constipation. The aggravation, as a rule, falls on the spring-autumn period.
Diagnosis is the careful collection of complaints, examination and conduct of laboratory tests. Treatment during an exacerbation is recommended to be spent in a hospital. The bed rest is prescribed, the food should be frequent, but in small portions. Food should be grinded, warm and seasoned. Salinity, smoked meat, canned foods are prohibited! From medicamentous agents are appointed: antibacterial agents, antisecretory and antimicrobial agents. Antacids are also prescribed to reduce pain.
The prognosis is relatively favorable with respect to diet and adequate treatment. There may be complications: bleeding, a break in the wall of the stomach or intestines at the site of the ulcer, constriction and transformation into a malignant neoplasm. In this case, the outlook becomes unfavorable.
• Refusal from smoking, coffee and alcohol.
• Compliance with the doctor's diet and prescriptions.
• Discarding non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
• Compliance with the work and rest regime.
• Dispensary supervision.
Stone oil has a strong antiseptic and healing effect. But most importantly, the stone oil will prevent the transformation of the ulcer into an oncological disease. With ulcers, as with gastritis, take a solution of stony oil inside.
Dilute 5 g of rock oil in 3 liters of water. Drink 1 glass 3 times a day for 30 minutes before eating.
An important place in the treatment of peptic ulcer is the diet. When the disease worsens, frequent( 4-5 meals a day) meals are indicated in small portions.
Flax( seeds).Pour 1 part of whole flax seeds 30 parts of hot boiled water, shake for 15 minutes, strain and wring out. Formed mucus take 1/4 cup 30 minutes before meals 3 times a day. The course of treatment is 2-3 weeks.
Chaga( birch mushroom).Wash the mushroom with water, then soak in boiled water so that the body of the fungus is immersed in water, and insist 4-5 hours. Soak the mushroom on a grater or through a meat grinder. The water in which the mushroom was soaked is used for cooking the infusion: 1 part of the mushroom fungus, pour 5 parts( by volume) of this water, heated to a temperature of 50 "C.
Insist for 48 hours, then pour the infusion, pour the sediment through the gauze, dilute the resulting liquidup to the original volume Drink 3 glasses a day
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What do you need to change in your daily diet? First of all, especially during the exacerbation of the disease, be sure to exclude sharp and fried foods, salted and pickled vegetables, raw fruits andvegetables, muffins, meat and fish dishes, mushrooms, fresh fruit and berry juices, canned fruit and vegetable compotes, coarse bread, spicy and spicy condiments.
Combine the use of medicines, the basis of which is milk and dairy products, with the use of products that do not irritate the gastric mucosa. This can be a variety of soups cooked on milk, with the addition of gouis, pasta, buckwheat, wheat or barley cereals, eggs boiled soft-boiled, chicken or lean beef steamed, mashed potatoes, mashed porridges cooked in milk, omelette, steamed, mashed boiled vegetables( except white cabbage), baked apples, low-fat cottage cheese, butter and vegetable oil, milk, jam, honey, sweet loose tea, cream, sour cream, cottage cheese, cream cheese, broth.
Treatment of peptic ulcer disease mainly reduces to receiving a certain amount of whole cow milk in pure form or in mixtures with other medicinal, but only natural ingredients.
One of the most acceptable and available, in our opinion, methods of treatment is the regular intake of cow's milk, in which an ordinary vegetable pumpkin was soared. Peel the pumpkin( ripe) with peel, remove all the seeds and cut into small pieces across the fibers, take 200 - 250 grams of raw pumpkin for 1 liter of milk, pour the milk into the clay or enamelware, put the pumpkin pieces in milk and close the lid tightly.saucepan with milk in a slightly heated oven and steam until softly squeezed on a slow fire. Put the pan out of the oven, wrap it with a wide towel and leave to pump the pumpkins for 15-20 minutes in a warm place, then smootle with a mortar directly into the castesle and milk, and stir well. Take a mixture of 1/2 cups daily 3 times a day for half an hour before meals
If you do not have allergies to honey, we can offer another very healing medicine, which in ancient times healers healed the sick ulcer
1 tablespoon honey should be melted on low heat, dilute one glass of hot boiled cow's milk, cool slightly and take it warm in a warm form 3 times a day: in the morning - one hour before a meal, in the afternoon for an hour and a half, and, finally, in the evening - after 2 - 3 hoursAfter supper.
This medication gives excellent results( with good tolerability of honey and milk by the body).Calmed or easier to endure debilitating pain in the stomach, many unpleasant "companions" of peptic ulcer disappear - nausea, vomiting reflexes, weakness, general malaise. In addition, this therapeutic drink has the property of exciting the appetite, contributing to the increased allocation of gastric juice. With regular reception of the drink, a partial restoration of the damaged mucous membrane of the stomach occurs.
Considerable relief to patients with peptic ulcer disease brings treatment folk remedy, which practiced the Ural healers. This is fresh goat's milk, diluted with a warm broth of potatoes.
For half a glass of goat's milk, take 1/3 cup of potato broth, mix and take twice a day on an empty stomach, 1.5 to 2 hours before meals, preferably in the morning and evening. If the goat's milk is well tolerated by the body, you can increase the dose of this medication up to 3 to 4 times a day. This drink eliminates severe pain in the abdomen.
Usually, in such cases, 50 g of birch buds are taken for treatment, they are insisted for 10 days on 500 g of vodka and allowed to drink a tincture of half to one teaspoon of with water three times a day for 15-20 minutes before meals. This drug causes the patient a good appetite, promotes healing of stomach and duodenal ulcers.
For the treatment of folk medicine use cabbage juice. It is widely used in the treatment of stomach with reduced acidity, and also in inflammatory bowel processes. Crushed raw and sour cabbage increases the secretion of the stomach, increases appetite, improves digestion, normalizes the activity of the intestine. Sour cabbage is a good preventive against chronic dyspepsia, scurvy.
To be treated with a tincture of birch buds on vodka: take a bottle of vodka on a bottle of vodka, insist for a month;use one glass every hour until vomiting stops. With peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum take 40 drops 3-4 times a day.
1. Collection used for gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer: 10 g of chamomile( flowers), 10 g of fennel( fruits), 10 g of altei( root), 10 grams of rhytix( rhizome), licorice( root) - 10 g.
2 teaspoons of the mixture for a glass of boiling water. Insist, wrapped, 30 minutes, strain. Take a glass of infusion overnight.
2. Collection used for gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer: 1 leaves of spray - 20 g, lime flower - 20 g, chamomile( flowers) - 10 g, fennel( fruits) - 10 g.
2 teaspoons mixturefor a glass of boiling water. Insist, wrapped, 1,5-2 hours, strain. Take one to three glasses of infusion during the day.
3. Gastric ulcer with pain. Cancer necks( roots) - 1 part, plantain( leaf) - 1 part, horsetail field - 1 part, St. John's wort - 1 part, valerian( root) - 1 part, chamomile - 1 part.
1 tablespoon of the mixture for a glass of boiling water. Soar for 1 hour. Take 100 g 3 times daily before meals.
4. The sequence - 100 g, celandine - 100 g, St. John's wort - 100 g, plantain - 100 g.
All is good to grind, mix.1 tablespoon of the mixture for a glass of boiling water. Insist, wrapped, 2 hours, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day for an hour before meals or 1.5 hours after eating.
5. Licorice, root - 10 g, orange peel - 6 g, water - 100 g. Soak on low heat to half the original volume. Add 60 g of honey. This dose should be taken during the day in 3 divided doses. The course of treatment is 1 month.
6. Peel the potatoes in an enamel saucepan, do not salt. Then decoction of the broth. This broth is taken by 0.5-1 cup 3 times a day. Drink fresh broth daily, avoiding smell and spoilage.
7. White cabbage. Drink fresh cabbage juice 1/2 cup 2-3 times a day for an hour before meals in a warm form.
8. Sea-buckthorn crustaceans. To treat gastric ulcer and 12 duodenal ulcer take 1 teaspoon of sea-buckthorn oil 3 times a day before meals for 3-4 weeks. During the first 3 to 4 days of treatment, heartburn is intensified and acidic eructation appears. To prevent these unpleasant sensations, add 1/4 cups of a 2% solution of SODA to the sea buckthorn before use and shake well. With systematic ingestion, the pain, heartburn, belching decreases or disappears completely. The acidity of the gastric juice does not significantly affect the oil.
In addition to oil, fresh and canned sea buckthorn fruits are widely used as a valuable multivitamin. Fruits of sea-buckthorn are washed, put in clean enameled dishes, covered with equal weight of sugar, stir well. Then the mixture is put into half-liter glass jars, filling them with 4/5 volumes, and the top is covered with sugar. Banks are closed with parchment and tied. In this form, the sea-buckthorn can be stored in a cool dark place throughout the winter, without losing its taste and healing properties.
9. Calendula( marigolds are medicinal).Water infusion for oral administration: 20 g of flowers are poured with 1 glass of boiling water, kept in a water bath for 15 minutes, filtered, brought to 1 cup and in a warm form 1-2 tablespoons 1-2 times a day. It is recommended for peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum.
10. Clover. A mixture of clover( with a stem) and kipreya( with a stalk) in equal proportions. Blend the brew as tea and drink throughout the day. The infusion has an anti-inflammatory effect, is used in the treatment of gastric ulcer, gastritis and colitis.
You need to take a relatively small, but quite high pot and a jar with a wide throat. Put a stand or several layers of cloth on the bottom of the pan so that the pot does not burst. Fill the jar almost to the top with dried or fresh grass of St. John's wort, pour olive oil so that the oil just covers the top layer of grass, put the jar in the pan on the stand, take another saucepan. Fill both pans with water and boil. It is necessary to keep the main pot with the medicine in the boiling state of water in a pan( and not in a jar with butter and grass).The water in both saucepans should boil all the time. When three or four tablespoons of water are boiled in the main saucepan, then as much as boiled out of the spare pot. After six hours, the medicine is ready. It must be filtered and kept in a dark cool place. Drink one or two tablespoons for half an hour before meals. The following diet should be strictly observed. It is best to starve on one water for two or three days at the beginning of the treatment. In this case, take the medicine three to four times a day. On the fourth day( during the week), three times a day, one-third of the egg boiled soft. Then the next two weeks, eat half the boiled-boiled egg for each meal and add a little oatmeal porridge. Then add chicken broth to this diet. After five weeks, you can eat a little white meat( chicken, turkey and , etc.);so continue for three months. Eating black meat can be allowed only after ten months of with starting treatment. Alcoholic beverages, even very weak( beer and "), are prohibited throughout the course of treatment and before the expiry of 18 months. If the diet and medicine are observed correctly, the disease is completely cured.
Take 100 g of propolis, 20 g of linseedseeds, 50 grams of oat grains, finely chopped burdock leaf and bring to a boil in a 0.5 liter solution( one to one) of grape vodka and water. Insert three days, then strain. Adopt a tablespoon before eating
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As the exacerbation worsens, a mixture of hot sand and herbs can be used.
Required:
1 tbsp.a spoon of celandine grass, 2 tbsp.spoon of licorice root, herbs elecampane, leaves of mother-and-stepmother, herbs medunitsy, 4 tbsp.spoons of herb swamp grass, calendula flowers, chamomile flowers, 1 liter of water.
Method of preparation.
Mix thoroughly, pour boiling water, insist for 20 minutes, strain, discard the residue until slightly moist.
How to use.
Spin mix with hot sand, wrap in gauze, folded into 4 layers, and lay on the epigastric region. Top with cellophane and wrapped in a terry towel or woolen blanket? The duration of the procedure is 25-30 minutes. The course of treatment 10-15 sessions every other day.
1. Dilute 1 teaspoon of white clay in a glass of boiled water. Drink 1 teaspoon of suspensions every 30 minutes. Gradually bring the clay up to 4 teaspoons a day.
2. Piece of cloth folded several times, apply a white clay on the cloth 2 cm thick, tightly applied to the skin in the area of the stomach. Top with a terry towel and tie the compress with a bandage. Keep the compress until the clay dries. Repeat 3-4 times a day for pain.
1. In a bath filled with warm water( temperature 34-35 ° C), add 2 liters of the infusion prepared according to the following recipe.
Required:
2 tbsp.spoons of celandine grass, licorice root, elecampane grass, mother-and-stepmother leaves, herbs of the lungwort, 4 tbsp.spoons of herb swamp grass, calendula flowers, chamomile flowers, 1 liter of water.
Method of preparation.
Blend the mixture thoroughly, pour boiling water, insist for 20 minutes, drain.
How to use.
Take a bath. The duration of the procedure is 20 minutes. The frequency of baths 3 times a week.
2. Cold douchement 2 times a day with the obligatory thorough grinding of the body with a towel.
1. Take honey for 1.5-2 hours before breakfast or lunch and 3 hours after dinner, dissolving in a glass of warm water. Doses: morning and evening 30-60 grams, in the daytime 40-80 grams of honey.
2. Outside the exacerbation, it is recommended that the course treatment with flower pollen: mix pollen with honey, take 1 teaspoonful 3 times a day for 3 weeks;Take 10-15 mg royal jelly 2-3 times a day for 2-4 weeks.
3. Take an alcohol solution of propolis 15-20 drops 3 times a day for 1-1.5 h before meals for 3 weeks, adding a glass of water or milk.
1. Mix 1/2 cup steamed goat milk and 1/3 cup warm potato broth, take 1,5-2 hours before meals in the morning and evening.
2. Drink at night a day for a month 1 cup of fresh kefir mixed with 1 tbsp.spoon of vegetable oil.
1. Drink potato juice from red potato varieties 100 ml 2 times a day for 30 minutes before meals for 20 days.
2. Take fresh cabbage juice. Fresh white cabbage to cut and pound in enameled dishes, squeeze out the juice. Take 200 ml 4 times a day for 30-50 minutes before meals. The course of treatment is 40 days.
3. It is recommended to eat peaches, fresh, wet and cooked cowberry.
4. Take the following juices and mixtures of juice for 250 ml per day for 3-4 weeks: carrot juice;a mixture of juices of carrots and celery in a ratio of 9: 4, a mixture of juices of carrots, beets and cucumber in a ratio of 10: 3: 3;a mixture of carrot and spinach juices in a 5: 2 ratio.
Required:
1 dess.spoon leaves of the watch, 1 tbsp.spoon of St. John's wort, herb horsetail, herbaceous grass, licorice root, herbs lemon balm, fennel fruits, celandine grass, psyllium leaves, calendula flowers, 2 tbsp.spoons of herb grass, oat grain, black currant, hips, 500 ml of water.
Method of preparation.
3 tbsp. Spoon pour boiling water, insist for 1 hour, strain, add honey to taste.
Method of use.
Take 1/2 cup for 30 minutes before meals 3 times a day.
Required:
for 1 tbsp.spoon of fennel fruits, althea root, rhizome rootgrass, chamomile flowers, licorice root, 2 tbsp.spoons of yarrow herb, 200 ml of water.
Method of preparation.
1 tbsp. Spoon the mixture with pour boiling water, insist for 1 hour, strain.
Method of use.
Take 1 tbsp.spoon 3 times a day for 30 minutes before meals.
Required:
for 2 tbsp.spoons of valerian root, root of aira, fennel fruits, horsetail grass, sage grass, 3 tbsp.spoons of herbs lemon balm, 4 tbsp.spoons of flax seeds, herbs of thyme, 5 tbsp.spoons of grass marshweed, 6 tbsp.spoons of St. John's wort. Cooking and taking as collection number 2.
Required:
for 2 tbsp.spoon leaves peppermint leaves, watch leaves, yarrow leaves, dill seeds, 3 tbsp.spoons of St. John's wort, 400 ml of water.
Method of preparation.
2 tbsp. Spoon the mixture with pour boiling water, insist in a hot oven for 2 hours, drain.
Method of use.
Take 1/4 cup sips 6 times a day.
Required:
for 3 tbsp.spoons of herb St. John's wort, chamomile flowers, yarrow herb, 1 tbsp.spoon of celandine grass, 400 ml of water.
Method of preparation.
2 tbsp. Spoon the mixture with pour boiling water, insist in the thermos for 1 hour, drain, cool.
How to use.
Take 2/3 cup 3 times a day for 30 minutes before meals to normalize the acidity of the gastric juice, accelerate the healing of gastrointestinal ulcers.
Required:
1,5 st.spoons of peppermint leaves, 1 tbsp.spoon of yarrow herb, valerian root, chamomile flowers, anise fruit, cumin fruit, centaury grass, rhizome of marsh aureus, leaves of three-leaf watch, 500 ml of water.
Method of preparation.
3 tbsp. Spoon the collection with water, bring to a boil, boil for 20 minutes, drain.
How to use.
Take 1/2 cup of decoction 30 minutes before meals 3 times a day in a warm form to accelerate the cicatrization of the ulcer.
Required:
for 2 tbsp.spoons of chamomile herb, rhizome rootstocks erect, herb St. John's wort, 400 ml of water.
Method of preparation.
2 tbsp. Spoon the mixture with water, bring to a boil, boil for 20 minutes, cool, drain.
How to use.
Take 1 tbsp.spoon 4-5 times a day for 1 hour before meals with a tendency to gastrointestinal bleeding.
Required:
for 2 tbsp.spoons of althea root, licorice root, comfrey root medicinal, 1 tbsp.spoon of celandine grass, 200 ml of water.
Method of preparation.
2 tbsp. Spoon the mixture with water, bring to a boil, boil for 10 minutes, drain, cool.
How to use.
Take 1/2 cup 3 times a day for 30 minutes before meals for 3-4 weeks.
Alcoholic tincture is prepared from birch buds: 30-40 g of birch nights per 1 liter of approximately 70 ° alcohol, insist for a month, take three times a day for 15-20 drops. Instead of alcohol tincture use also a decoction of birch buds: from 5 to 10 grams per glass of water h drink three glasses a day in the same cases as the drops.
If there are no kidneys, then with the same success apply a decoction or brew of young leaves: 10 grams per glass of water. It is believed that all these parts( kidneys, leaves, juice) have the property to favorably influence the metabolism, remove from the body any harmful ballast and harmful substances in infectious diseases.
The decoction of the althaea root is good. There are several ways to prepare medicines from the althea. From its roots: four teaspoons of roots insist eight hours in two glasses of cold boiled water, filter, then take half a glass three to four times a day. From flowers: one teaspoon of flowers insist 2 hours in a glass of boiling water, filter.
Take one teaspoonful 3 times a day in a warm form. Of the leaves: one tablespoon of crushed leaves of the marshmallow is insisted for one hour in a glass of boiling water, filter. Take one teaspoonful - 2 times a day.
The occurrence of peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum is caused by neuropsychic overstrain, eating disorders, smoking, alcohol abuse.
This disease refers to chronic, its symptoms - pain in the epigastric region after a certain time after eating or on an empty stomach( "hungry pains"), the formation of ulcers in the mucous membrane of the stomach or duodenum, vomiting, seasonal exacerbations in spring and autumn. In this case, such complications are observed: bleeding, perforation of the organ wall, constriction of the pylorus of the stomach, etc.
Massage is recommended for use in subacute form;in the phase of fading exacerbation and incomplete remission of stages I, II and III, mild, moderate and severe.
1. Bleeding.
2. Exacerbation of peptic ulcer.
3. Tuberculous lesions and neoplasms of the abdominal cavity.
4. Presence of concomitant purulent cholecystitis.
5. Acute and subacute inflammatory processes of female genital organs, as well as general contraindications.
6. Pregnancy, postpartum and postabortion periods( for at least 2 months).
1. Promoting the improvement of secretory and motor functions.
2. Achieving better blood circulation.
3. More rapid scarring of ulcers.
1. Back massage.
Initially, strokes and wringing are done all over the back, then kneading is performed on the long muscles of the back - a circular pincushion of the thumb, circular pads of four fingers, a circular phalanx of bent fingers, "tongue-shaped", circular with pads of thumbs. The zones D7-D9, D10-L1 on the left and D9-D12-L1 on the right should be massaged most carefully, since these zones are respectively associated with the stomach and duodenum.
Next stage - kneading the widest back muscles - ordinary, double neck, double ring, circular phalanges of bent fingers.
Then, grind the fascia of the trapezius muscle, the interscapular, supraglobular and subacute areas - the rectilinear cushion and the thigh bump, circular with the rib of the thumb, circular with the thigh bug. The implementation of these methods does not provide for impact, they should be done very carefully.
2. Neck and trapezius muscle massage.
As usual, stroking is first done, then squeezing and kneading are used - ordinary, double ring, phalanxes of bent fingers, the radial side of the brush.
3. Breast massage.
All techniques are used in full, which includes massage of large pectoral muscles, intercostal spaces, places of attachment of large pectoral muscles and the subcostal angle.
4. Massage of the abdomen.
Techniques are applied on the straight and oblique abdominal muscles, and massage is also performed in the zones associated with the stomach and duodenum.
It is necessary that the course of treatment consist of 12-14 sessions, which are conducted every other day.