Herbs To Help Digestion

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Herbs helping your digestion

People are often heard complaining the problem of Indigestion. Indigestion occurs when somebody has eaten too much or too fast, or has consumed unhealthy foods.

Treating indigestion

Only in very rare cases that Indigestion causes serious trouble. Otherwise medicines and herbs will help you. There are several herbs that really help you in digestion and make your stomach crave to eat more. The herbs for digestion makes you feel lighter and are without any side effects.

Herbs- your special friend in need

There are numerous herbs for digestion available for us. Some of them are following:

Herbal teas

Herbal teas are best for Digestion, and there are many herbal teas.

Chamomile

Both varieties of Chamomile have been in use since ages. Chamomile teas are easy to drink and many people find that they develop a love for the flavor.

Caraway (carum carvi) and fennel (foeniculum vulgare)

A tea can be made by grinding 2-3 teaspoons of seeds. Drink three or more cups per day just after meals. These herbs are excellent carminatives.

Artichoke (cynara scolymus)

Artichoke, an edible plant, is bitter. Researches have shown that extracts of artichoke have been beneficial for people with digestion problems. Artichoke is particularly useful when there is less bile production by the liver.

Greater Celandine (chelidonium majus)

Three times daily for six weeks could relieve symptoms of indigestion (such as abdominal cramping, sensation of fullness, and nausea) significantly better than placebo.

Ginger (Zingiber Officinale)

Ginger is a spice well known for its traditional use as a treatment for a variety of gastrointestinal complaints, ranging from flatulence to ulcers. Ginger has anti-inflammatory properties. Ginger has been shown to enhance normal, spontaneous movements of the intestines that aid digestion.

Linden (Tilia SPP)

Drink several cups of linden per day. Linden is a carminative and a relaxant.

Peppermint (Mentha Piperita)

Peppermint is a carminative.

Sage (salvia officinalis)

4-6 grams of sage leaf is approved for use internally for indigestion.

Turmeric (Curcuma longa)

Turmeric is used as a spice or in capsules. Turmeric is an anti-Inflammatory and a carminative.

All about Artichoke

Artichoke is an edible flower bud of a thistle-like plant of Sunflower family which is eaten as a vegetable. Its botanical name is Cynara scolymus.. Artichoke has been a household name since last more than 3000 years. It first appeared in English records in the15th century from Italy and then made its way into America via French and Italian explorers.

Artichoke Plants have thorny leaves but under these thorny leaves you have treasure for your dining table that only you can explore with various Artichoke recipes available in the Market.

How Artichokes are grown

Growing Artichokes is very simple. Castroville "Green Globe" Artichokes are perennials while our "Globe" varieties are annuals. A big gorgeous artichoke plant, with its soft, grey-green fronds, takes 6 months to grow. A perennial artichoke plant will produce within 5 to 10 years. Castroville Green Globe produces the best artichoke.

What is Warmwood

Wormwood plant, is a Mediterranean perennial herb or shrubby plant (Artemisia absinthium) often cultivated in gardens. It has silvery gray, deeply incised leaves and tiny yellow flower heads. Oil is extracted from Wormwood plant and used for intestinal worms and for other medicinal purposes. It has a bitter taste.

volatile oil is usually dark green or sometimes blue in color and has a strong odor and bitter acrid taste. The oil contains thujone (absinthol or tenacetone), thujyl alcohol (both free and are combined with acetic, isovalerianic, succine and malic acids), cadinene, phellandrene and pinene. The herb also contains bitter glucoside absinthin, absinthic acid together with tannin, resin, starch, nitrate of potash and other salts.

It is used to treat stomachic, febrifuge, anthelmintic. A nervine tonic specifically helps in treating Falling sickness and for flatulence.

Carminatives

Carminatives are herbal remedies that have a high content of volatile oils. They are used to stimulate the digestive system to work properly. They are very effective to expel gas and easing griping pains from the stomach and the intestines. They tone the mucous surfaces and increase peristaltic action (esophagus, stomach and intestine movement which propels its contents onward). They are also used with other herbs to make formulations more palatable, carminatives are also known as aromatics.

Preparation Methods for Herbal Remedies

Some type of selection criteria is a must to choose the right herb for the specific herbal remedy. Some set of guidelines has to be used to prepare remedies. We should build our own formulas for preparing herbs.

Normally we use more than one herb, as the synergy of the herbs will be stronger but at the same time we should avoid using too many herbs as it is more effective to give more quantity of a few herbs than very small amounts of many herbs. In most cases 4 or 6 herbs accomplish the objective. The first step should be to find the herbal actions and then try to find the causes of the problem.

Traditionally a herbal formulation should contain:

2 to 3 parts of specific herbs particular for the condition.
1 part of herbs that is relaxing /soothing for the affected area or to the nerves in general.
1 part of herbs that are tonic & strengthening to the affected area or system.
1 part of herbs that will aid the eliminative/alterative/depurative areas concerned.

Proportions in the formulation can be adjusted to provide more potency to some herbs. You can also enhance actions by the herbal synergies of the formulation. Usually herbs have several actions that helps clear the condition and gives more versatility while making formulation.

TEAS: usually 3 cups a day of tea will be a normal dosage. For preparation use 1 teaspoon of total herb/s per each cup of tea to be prepared. Try to prepare the tea daily, rather than a big batch to last for several days, as teas tend to get moldy very quick.

Are there any Side Effects of Herbal Medicine for Curing Indigestion

There are many benefits of Herbs for digestion. People are turning towards Herbal medicines just to avoid side effects. If any side effects occur, they occur due to the negligence in the proper use of Herbal medicines. Herbs for digestion are definitely helpful.

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