Comments on: Is there a good home treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome? http://www.colitis-symptom.com/is-there-a-good-home-treatment-for-irritable-bowel-syndrome/ Crohns or Colitis? Or is it Cancer? Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:50:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Wintergirl http://www.colitis-symptom.com/is-there-a-good-home-treatment-for-irritable-bowel-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Wintergirl Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:21:09 +0000 http://www.colitis-symptom.com/is-there-a-good-home-treatment-for-irritable-bowel-syndrome/#comment-989 I've had the same problem on and off my entire life. Do NOT drink extra coffee like the person above me said. Coffee contains tanic acid, which irritates the lining of your stomach and can cause diarrhea. You don't get "over it" like they said. It just irritates your stomach more and more. A natural remedy would be peppermint. You can find the essential oil of peppermint at any natural foods store. Put a few drops up to a spoonful into some herbal tea and drink it. Avoid coffee & carbonated drinks as they're irritating. If you need caffeine to wake up in the morning, try green tea. It's not great on a stomach but much softer on it than coffee. Licorice (black, not red) is also a remedy for upset stomach & diarrhea in general. You can find licorice tea at most stores. There's a really strong natural tea that will calm you down for those moments you get anxious - it's Valerian root, also found at natural food stores. It doesn't smell good (my husband won't even let me keep it in the house but I don't think it's THAT bad :) but it really does have a calming effect when drank as a hot tea. Get Fiber One on your cereal isle and put that on top of whatever cereal you eat. Fiber balances you out - helps bind you if you have diarrhea or help you go if you can't. Eat a healthy diet with plenty of greens for natural fiber. I bought something called "Colon Cleanse" online for like $90, but I never used it b/c my IBS cleared up before it arrived, but I think the main ingredient in it is just fiber... I know what you're going through - I had IBS straight for 2 years once! UG! (before I found natural remedies) I’ve had the same problem on and off my entire life. Do NOT drink extra coffee like the person above me said. Coffee contains tanic acid, which irritates the lining of your stomach and can cause diarrhea. You don’t get “over it” like they said. It just irritates your stomach more and more.

A natural remedy would be peppermint. You can find the essential oil of peppermint at any natural foods store. Put a few drops up to a spoonful into some herbal tea and drink it. Avoid coffee & carbonated drinks as they’re irritating. If you need caffeine to wake up in the morning, try green tea. It’s not great on a stomach but much softer on it than coffee.

Licorice (black, not red) is also a remedy for upset stomach & diarrhea in general. You can find licorice tea at most stores.

There’s a really strong natural tea that will calm you down for those moments you get anxious - it’s Valerian root, also found at natural food stores. It doesn’t smell good (my husband won’t even let me keep it in the house but I don’t think it’s THAT bad :) but it really does have a calming effect when drank as a hot tea.

Get Fiber One on your cereal isle and put that on top of whatever cereal you eat. Fiber balances you out - helps bind you if you have diarrhea or help you go if you can’t. Eat a healthy diet with plenty of greens for natural fiber.

I bought something called “Colon Cleanse” online for like $90, but I never used it b/c my IBS cleared up before it arrived, but I think the main ingredient in it is just fiber… I know what you’re going through - I had IBS straight for 2 years once! UG! (before I found natural remedies)

]]> By: Scpwnz http://www.colitis-symptom.com/is-there-a-good-home-treatment-for-irritable-bowel-syndrome/comment-page-1/#comment-988 Scpwnz Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:11:45 +0000 http://www.colitis-symptom.com/is-there-a-good-home-treatment-for-irritable-bowel-syndrome/#comment-988 systematic desensitization works for some people. What you do is that you train yourself to adapt to your IBS demands. Drink coffee (yes this will cause IBS) about 8 oz every hour, you have to do this for 2 weeks, and afterwards you won't have any problem. But you do have to do it for at least 2 weeks to see results. systematic desensitization works for some people. What you do is that you train yourself to adapt to your IBS demands. Drink coffee (yes this will cause IBS) about 8 oz every hour, you have to do this for 2 weeks, and afterwards you won’t have any problem. But you do have to do it for at least 2 weeks to see results.

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