 There are herbs, which are efficient additions to the main course of ulcer treatment. They also can be helpful in prevention of ulcer and gastritis. Practitioners prescribe a combination of herbs for ulcer treatment since the sources of gastrointestinal problems are multiple. Ulcer in many cases is just an indicator of bunch of hidden health problems. Ulcer is very often accompanied by hyper or hypoacidity of the stomach, haemorrhage, insufficient absorption, pain and cramp, stool disorders, absence of resistance or poor flora.
There should be special treatment of each of these problems. Doctors advise to take a combination of plants since there is no single herb for treatment of all these problems. The prescription can be changed in the process of treatment.
Here is a description of useful herbs for ulcer treatment:
Cabbage
Cabbage juice is used extensively as the remedy for ulcer. For a couple of weeks patients should take a quart of just-made cabbage juice each day. As it was discovered in 1950s cabbage has anti-inflammatory properties.
Licorice Root
This plant is effective when the ulcer is on the stage of inflammation. The ingredients of licorice root encourage generation of mucilaginous and secretion. It protects the wall of the stomach from digestive acids. Deglycyrrhizinated licorice root is available in specialized stores and has no side effects since glycyrrhizic acid was taken away from it. Excessive amount of glycyrrhizic acid may cause low potassium in the organism, hypertension and edema. Deglycyrrhizinated licorice root are available in the form of chew tablets or as a powder.
Meadow Sweet
This plant fights hyper or hypo acidity of the stomach. It should be mentioned that duodenal ulcer happens when the amount of stomach acid is excessive; gastric ulcer occurs in people with regular or poor acid amount in the stomach and the main reason of this type of ulcer is not redundancy of the stomach acid, but feebleness of the stomach lining. Meadow sweet helps to keep the balance in the stomach by normalization of acid secretion.
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