Herbal remedies? Ah, the taste is bitter and untested. If we had scientific research, the herbal medicine could be developed more in for stomach pain. Interested in trying?
Stomach is one part of the means of digestion, is a hollow muscular organ and has two holes, one hole in the form yatu entrance of the esophagus and the other one is a door out to the small intestine. Gastric function, among others, that is to store food for a while, mixing and helps digest food with the help of gastric secretions and hydrochloric acid, and the contracting of food into the small intestine.
Inflammation of the stomach, or gastritis, or better known as ulcer disease is a common digestive disorder. In this disease occurs an irritation or inflammation of the mucosal lining of the stomach so that it becomes red, swollen, bloody and wounded. Gastroenteritis can be either acute or chronic disorders attacks. Sudden acute attacks occur eg after drinking alcohol, coffee, spicy food a lot or a difficult to digest.
Explanations about the ulcer surely you already know. But you know, nature also provides a lot of drugs to help cure these gastric diseases. If we look, the healing of ulcers by neutralizing stomach acid, reduce gastric acid production, treating the infection on gastric mucous membrane, and reduces pain due to irritation of the mucous membrane of the stomach wall or muscle spasms.
Medicine, antacids, antihistamines, anticholinergics, demulcent (to reduce local irritation in peptic ulcers, and physically protect the cells under it against contact with irritants from the outside). Especially for stomach pain due to infection of H. pylory treatment using antibiotics. To the patient is also encouraged to eat small amounts but often.
In addition to the treatment using pharmaceutical drugs, ulcer healing was also able to use medicinal plants. With a mix of plants that have demulcent properties, antacids, and astringent, will be able to obtain the best dosage for the treatment of wounds (ulcers).
Some plants that have been widely studied for the healing of peptic ulcers are turmeric, aloe vera, basil, and komamila. In addition there are some plants that are empirically used as an ulcer drug, although there is still no scientific data. Among kencur, grass jelly, and Meniran.
Of all the plants, the rhizome of turmeric (Curcuma longa or C. domestica), including the most known to the public. The properties of turmeric to heal wounds that have been reported since 1953. The results showed, with turmeric cure rate increased 23.3% to 24.4% in rabbits and rats. This discovery, and its use traditionally for dyspepsia, stimulate further research. The aqueous extract or ethanolic turmeric extract in rabbits orally significantly reduce gastric acid secretion and increase mucus production in gastric mucosa.
These results show the therapeutic effect of turmeric to gastric disease is possible due to the stimulating effects of mucus. Juice and turmeric powder also showed antiulcer activity caused by high doses of HCl, aspirin, and the pressure in rats. Each dose is 165 mg / kg body weight for turmeric juice and 10 g / kg body weight for turmeric powder.
Another case study involving the use of turmeric powder for stomach pain due to peptic ulcers. After 12 weeks of treatment, 88% of patients receiving turmeric pills (3 pills, which is equivalent to 4 g) showed improvement and one case of incurable.
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