As the holiday season approaches quickly and we focus our attention on festivities, family and loved ones, we thought it could be useful to look at some herbs that support the digestive process. In case that.
Ginger
Ginger has an old, medicinal history of internal and external use around the world. It is used in Indian, Chinese, Arabian, Tibetan, Unani and Siddha systems of traditional medicine to calm digestion and calm feelings of nausea. It is warming and it gently stimulates the blood circulation to move blood through the body to the capillaries and periphery.
Spicy and warm on the tongue, ginger can calm a convulsive stomach and morning sickness. The unique ability to regulate appetite, to support bile production and gas too easier makes Ginger a beautiful digestion.
Peppermint
Peppermint is a reliable remedy to calm the stomach and intestines and to help with digestion. Peppermint has been used for thousands of years to illuminate colic, indigestion and calm movement disease. Peppermint also contains bitter properties that support a healthy liver and gallbladder, which helps with the right assimilation and excretion.
The essential oil in peppermint gets a lot of credit for its active properties. However, the use of peppermint in a tincture or tea also offers many vital nutrients: free radical baiters, vitamin A, beta carotene, vitamin C and vitamin E. The leaves of peppermint also contain many important B-complex vitamins, such as folates, riboflavin also and pyridoxin (vitamin B-6). And finally, the herb is an excellent source of vitamin K, essential minerals, potassium, calcium, iron, manganese and magnesium. Talk about a multivitamin!
Cat cake
Catnip is a soft and relaxing digestive state used for indigestion, gas, nervous stomach and constipation since ancient times. It has bitter and relaxing properties and helps to promote healthy enzyme production. It is cautiously relaxing and calming, making it a nice tea after dinner.
Catnip is also greatly appreciated by new parents and babies as a relaxing remedy for Kolicky discomfort. Mother can drink a catnip infusion (undiluted) or tincture as often as she wants during the day to support her digestion and assimilation, making her breast milk easy for the baby to digest. The end result? A happy mother and baby.
Drop
A traditional Chinese medicine to support the upper respiratory, digestive, wound healing and adrenal function, licorice is a unique herb power house. Moreover, the sweet taste of Licorure makes it a soothing and cooling addition to any digestive formula.
Use licorice to calm stomach acid discomfort, to calm mouth and throat irritations and indigestion and harmonize the body. Liquorice also feeds the adrenal glands and soothes the stress response, making it a perfect ally for those who recover from food allergy and food contamination. And have we already said it tastes good?
Warming and cleaning, Calendula has an affinity for the lymphatic and digestive system. Use calendula as a soothing digestion to calm down discomfort due to digestive problems. Calendula can also be used in formulas to tackle discomfort from food allergies.
Fennel
The traditional use of fenkel is as a digestive assistance for colic babies and to tackle cramps in stomach and intestine. The sharp, spicy, oily properties make fennel a tool for good digestion, one that also supports the health of the gallbladder and liver.
Fennel brings water into the body, moved liquids and is a wonderful way to support healthy digestion and assimilation. Fennel can be used to improve the digestive system for people of all ages.
Hemst
Sweet and soft marshmallow root helps healthy digestion by coating calming and coating mucosal membranes, supporting healthy intestinal immunity and working well with other digestive herbs. Rich in mucilagine polysaccharides, marshmallow covers the lining of the stomach and intestines and can be used to tackle the inflammatory reaction and wounds. Only use Marshmallow as a tea or tincture to calm down and protect delicate tissues against irritations.
Written by Elizabeth Willis, certified clinical nutritionist, certified medical herbalist.
Only for educational purposes. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent a disease or to sell a product.
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