Home Remedies for Colitis
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Colitis Home Remedies:
Submitted at 2003-11-07 17:47:18
Take papaya or peppermint with garlic or goldenseal to encourage digestion and alleviate irritation.
rating: 8 (1 votes)
Submitted by Matthew at 2006-02-15 08:12:28
Drinking cabbage juice and eating cabbage definitely helps to lower inflammation in the colon. This is most important. Vegetable Juice Juice Juice. Yeah it is gross but it helps for sure. Also take Fish Oil. I have found this will get you off those steroids faster than anything. Take a probiotic to assist in digestion. I found when having a flair-up it is a good idea to slow things down by eating a high protein diet, even adding carbs helps me. My 'comfort' food which is suprising is pesto pasta. What I do is ground pumpkin seeds and almond seeds to a dust and add garlic and green herbs. I then add it to a pasta free of chemicals. This slows my digestion and the pumpkin seeds help calm the colon. Also eggs and bananas seem to be tolerable foods when having a flair-up. Stay away from all preservatives all the time, and excess dairy and bread especially during a flare-up is not a good idea. Get things to slow down and then re-introduce slowly veggies and foods with fiber. Personally, I have changed to diet that has no meat in it besides fish. This has definitely helped. Red meat seems to cause inflammation. I hope this has helped. cooolthings@hotmail.com
rating: 7 (43 votes)
Submitted by colitis victim at 2005-11-06 06:38:02
I have gotten clear results for colitis.
Eating cabbage and drinking the juice.
I believe this is a cure to some degree
Also Acti-zyme enzyme pills really help.
The key I think is to get off prednesone and other harsh drugs.
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rating: 6 (19 votes)
Submitted at 2008-08-31 01:01:32
(hope this is helpful)-Ive had colitis since I was 7 and am still battling it 10yrs. later.I have been on just about all the drugs they can put you on for this.Ive also had 2 colonoscopies (not fun).The loss of appetite and diharrea were there but never bothered me very much, but what got me worst of all were the stomach cramps.The pain is sometimes so bad it makes me wish I could just rip off my lower half.But anyway, I have found that drinking 2 cups of 'Aloe Vera Juice' a day, helps bring down immflamation and make cramps alot less frequent.Aloe Vera is also called the miracle plant and so far has been helping me greatly.
rating: 6 (24 votes)
Submitted by Kristy at 2008-06-26 21:35:20
I had colitis for almost 2 years and the only thing that seems to help me when i have flare-ups is this take a blender add plain yogurt, salt, ground cumin powder, and fresh tumeric(hard to find but you can try a indian grocery store they usually have it or can order it for you) lots of tumeric!!! might not taste that great but it worked for me i thought nothing was going to help but this did and i still kept taking the med. that was prescribed to me by my doc. I also heard that cabbage juice is good for you and wheat grass shot but i cant keep those down i always seem to throw it back up. Hopefully this helps you
rating: 6 (8 votes)
Submitted at 2006-03-26 16:09:22
Doctors will usually try to put you on a low-fiber diet. The exact opposite is required to cure yourself of colitis. Doctors will try to keep your colitis going so that they can continue to keep you on the drugs and steroids, and possibly end up hospitalizing you, or killing you, which makes a killing for them. Steroids may decrease inflammation, but they also decrease your ability to fight infections and can possibly take such a toll on your immune system that you become dangerously ill or even die. Doctors do not tell you this. I almost died of blood poisoning because I was on steroids and was unable to fight the infection. It wasn't until I got out of the hospital and got off of all medication that I began to heal. If you do not go to the root of the problem and do not change your diet and keep it changed, if you choose to remain on the medication and steroids, then you are guaranteed to remain ill or have frequent flare-ups.
Some of these have been said before, but I will attest that they do cure colitis: lots of fiber, raw fruits and vegetables, psyllium seed/husk, lots of water, bromelain, slippery elm, acidophilus/probiotics, enzymes, and reduced stress.
rating: 6 (39 votes)
Submitted at 2003-11-07 17:47:18
Avoid foods rich in white flour.
rating: 6 (6 votes)
Submitted at 2003-11-07 17:47:18
Take psyllium and water to cleanse the colon and alleviate constipation.
rating: 6 (24 votes)
Submitted at 2008-11-11 01:20:08
Coconut milk. You can buy it in cans (Thai Kitchen is the best brand in my opinion), pretty cheap. I make about a quart at a time -- empty the contents of the can into a jar, then fill the rest with water. If you want it sweet, you can add a very tiny bit of stevia (safe herbal no-calorie sweetener). It's tasty. You can also try coconut oil (extra virgin is best). Please do not believe the lies you hear about coconut oil being bad. Yes, it is saturated fat but it is a certain type of fatty acid that is actually healthy for you and the only other source it is found in nature is breastmilk.
It will help heal inflammation and soothe soreness from ulcers in the intestines. Also, I find that it does not have a diarrhea effect on me as some people say it does. It makes me feel good in general, gives me energy. I'm convinced that it's probably the best food/drink/medicine on the planet.
rating: 6 (19 votes)
Submitted at 2003-11-07 17:47:18
Take vitamins A, E, K, and B-complex to help in healing the colon.
rating: 6 (7 votes)
Submitted by Lana at 2007-11-06 16:21:12
I have a bleeding ulcerative colitis.The medicine gave me bad side effects, so I tried to find a natural remedy.The best result gave me bee propolis, boswellia(60-65% of boswelic acid), olive leaf extract(20%standardized),anise seed (for gas and cramps) and 2 caps. of multi-enzymes after each meal. My diet: rice, cheese, potatoes, eggs, boiled of stewed chiken, fish (baked or fried slowly)stewed or boiled vegetables and just recently I added bananas, apples and mangoes. I drink tea with raw honey. So, my diet is wheat free, sugar free and yeast free. My advice is try to read about Philippino diet. It is very healthy.
rating: 5 (15 votes)
Submitted by Eve E at 2007-09-24 01:08:50
After suffering from lymphcytic colitis from the age of 27, I have tried all the steriods, asacol(and all the drugs I had to take for the painful sides effects), donnatol, etc. If you've suffered your doctor pushed em on you too.
Eat a pro-biotic everyday, DO NOT EAT WHEAT!!!!!, and treat with pink bismuth - don't worry about the black tongue or too much metal in your body- this works better than anything to bring the inflammation down.
My cure : NO to wheat(follow a gluten free diet)!! YES to Yogurt(Bio-K or other high doses of probiotic)
rating: 5 (10 votes)
Submitted at 2005-07-01 23:34:05
Take Bromelain, drink pineapple juice, and carrot juice.
rating: 5 (11 votes)
Submitted at 2008-06-11 03:48:03
SCD Diet + take the following daily - 4 Wild Salmon & Fish Oil capsules 1000mgs, 4 Acidophilus with bifidus & FOS(Non-Dairy), take a natural source multi-vitamin from a trusted manufacturer, 4 Calcium Magnesium with Zinc and drink plenty of Green Tea or White Tea as they both have excellent anti-inflammatory properties. The above has helped me greatly. Hope it helps you.
rating: 5 (2 votes)
Submitted at 2003-11-07 17:47:18
Take myrrh, slippery elm, and white oak bark separately to calm and help heal an irritated intestine.
rating: 4 (10 votes)
Submitted by becky at 2009-12-21 17:43:00
I have had crohn's disease for 2 years and accidentally stumbled upon a remedy. I was determined to find a natural way to treat it, since I believe that the immune suppressing drugs the doctors give only mask the symptoms, not treat the cause. They think it is the body attacking itself for no reason, that the immune system is too strong. But from my personally experience I believe that it is a yeast that my body is fighting, and that my immune system is too weak, so the battle wages on causing chronic inflammation. Well, I bought a drink with soluble fiber in it, and lo and behold, it made my diarrhea go away-which I had constantly for a year and a half. So I bought some in powder form and take it in the morning and at night. It is inulin and guar gum. Thank God I found that. Because no matter what I stayed away from, nothing helped. So I feel the responsibility to pass this information along so it can help someone else.
rating: 4 (5 votes)
Submitted at 2006-04-08 12:49:48
Bromelain and pure pineapple juice really helps.
rating: 4 (2 votes)
Submitted at 2003-11-07 17:47:18
Rubbing cayenne extract over the body will improve circulation.
rating: 1 (4 votes)
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