Slippery Soothing Gut Healers
Slippery Soothing Gut Healers
If you suffer from diarrhoea, irritable bowel, colitis, painful gastritis, or any of the other many and varied gut and bowel disorders then you might like to know about gentle herbs that heal and soothe. Herbs like marshmallow, slippery elm, marigold, and arrowroot will all line the gut and bowel and protect the delicate mucous membranes initiating speedier healing. Meadowsweet can also act as a demulcent and tissue healer and all will encourage local immune responses and cell regeneration. Some of these herbs’ ‘stick’ to the stomach/intestinal walls keeping them safe and giving them time to restore themselves.
These herbs will also feed and nourish, so in extreme cases, a few days on these will really speed up the healing process of an acute crisis. (Marshmallow root also induces ‘phagocytose;’ which is a process whereby certain cells engulf bacteria and dead cells).
To this regime also avoid acidic foods like sugar, coffee, and alcohol, but also wheat and dairy and other known allergens personal to you to avoid more pain and recovery delays. Use pureed foods for a while and smoothies to reduce abrasive fibre intake as this will encourage the gut to produce less stomach acid and allow healing more rapidly.
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