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Herbal Remedies for IBS

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Herbal Remedies for IBS - provides a long-term solution that has minimal side effects (if any) to remediate your IBS symptoms

* Take corrective action, using herbal remedies, to seek relief from your IBS symptoms. This method is the most effective and least harmful way to reverse your IBS condition. *

Modern techniques of using strong medicated pills to suppress your symptoms have two major disadvantages:

  • it does not target the source cause of the problem, instead it only acts to suppress the negative symptoms.
  • it causes damage to your system and possibly side-effects due to the concentration of the pill.


Here are the highlights of the various types of herbal remedies for IBS and supplements that will help to ensure your symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome are reversed.

These remedies focus on the source of the problem and not the symptoms portrayed by the body. This is why the remedies presented here are so highly effective if followed persistently to completion. Symptoms are mainly present to provide you with an awareness that your body is encountering problems.





Digestive Enzymes | Probiotics | Candida Stop | Fiber | Licorice Extract | Gingko Biloba |


Digestive Enzymes: herbal remedies for ibs

The enzymes contained in these pills, will effectively help to break-down the food that you have ingested. This ensures that:
  • the food has been broken-down thoroughly enough to allow for the nutrients contained in the food to be fully absorbed by your body
  • bloating and gas production is minimized since the food is properly digested before reaching the small intestines
Always take the pills consistently during or immediately after each meal to ensure that your stomach contains sufficient enzymes to digest the food ingested. Normally an IBS sufferers' digestive system is very weak, so this helps to provide a much-needed assistance to enable it to restrengthen by persistently lightening its load at each meal.

Dosage: normally 2-3 pills at each meal, dependant on meal size. However please follow the recommended dosage on the bottle
Duration: minimum of 3 months. If bloating/gas persists, continue until the symptom is eliminated.

Benefits these symptoms:
Abdominal Pain
Allergies
Bladder Uncontrollable
Diarrhea
Fibromyalgia
Head Fog
Hot and Cold Sweats
Nausea
Skin Damage
Stomach Bloating and Gas
Weight Gain/Loss









Probiotics: herbal remedies for ibs

The beneficial live bacteria (Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium) present in these pills will help to replenish a healthy bacterial balance within your system. These supplements are normally taken after a course of treatment with antibiotics. However it can also be taken even if antibiotics were not recently taken but you are suffering from specific negative symptoms. Alternatively, it can simply be taken to boost your immune system.

Taking probiotics would ensure that the yeast in your system does not over-grow beyond normal amounts. If sufficient beneficial bacteria exists, the yeast are kept in check.

Dosage: normally 2 pills, taken twice per day; 2 pills in the morning and another 2 pills at night before heading to bed. (or as directed on bottle)
Duration: minimum of 2-3 weeks, however 4 weeks is recommended.

Benefits these symptoms:
Allergies
Bladder Uncontrollable
Diarrhea
Head Fog
Hot and Cold Sweats
Nausea
Skin Damage
Weight Gain/Loss




Candida Stop: herbal remedies for ibs

The herbs contained in these pills are targeted to attack the yeast overgrowth in your body. When the amount of yeast dominates over the level of beneficial bacteria, many negative symptoms will be present. These would include diarrhea, allergies, etc. Yeast overgrowth is in-fact the number one culprit that is responsible for the most unbearable IBS symptoms to be present.

Using this type of herbal remedy to attack the yeast count, is the least intrusive method towards your body, to ensure your bacteria levels are balanced within your system. The yeast overgrowth normally begins in the gut, however it can begin in other regions of the body as well. However the gut is where most IBS sufferers experience their symptoms.

I highly recommend everyone to avoid taking any type of antibiotics unless it is absolutely required. Antibiotics severely disrupts the bacterial environment that exists in your body by elminating the bad and the good bacteria.

Dosage: normally 3 pills, taken 3 times per day; each dose taken at least 5 hours apart. (or as directed on bottle)
Duration: minimum of 2 weeks, however 3 weeks if original symptoms are very severe.

Benefits these symptoms:
Allergies
Bladder Uncontrollable
Diarrhea
Head Fog
Hot and Cold Sweats
Nausea
Skin Damage
Weight Gain/Loss

Note: Ensure that you initiate a course of probiotics after completing your treatment with Candida Stop to help replenish the beneficial bacteria and to create a healthy bacterial balance within your system.




Fiber: herbal remedies for ibs

Any person can benefit from fiber supplements however IBS sufferers with predominant constipation usually finds the most advantages with this supplement. Fiber helps to produce regularity for those with constipation.

Ensure that you choose the type of fiber powder that contains both soluble and insoluble portions all mixed together. Soluble fiber helps to create a film around the stool to allow for ease of bowel movements. Insoluble fiber helps to create the bulk size of the stool and to aid in cleaning the walls of the intestines.

When taking fiber supplements, ensure that you drink plenty of water in order to help hydrate the fiber contents ingested.

Dosage: normally 2 scoops in 1 cup of water, taken 3 times per day; each dose taken at least 5 hours apart. (The optimal daily diet of fiber is between 21-38 grams)
Duration: minimum of 2-3 weeks. If constipation is one of the symptoms that you are targeting to elminate, continue with the fiber supplement until you experience continuous relief for at least 1-2 weeks.

Benefits these symptoms:
Constipation




Licorice Extract: herbal remedies for ibs

The substance contained in this extract will help to eliminate Helicobacter Pylori. This is the least intrusive solution which presents minimal side effects.

Normal treatments prescribed by modern-day doctors would consists of 2-3 types of antibiotics, taken simultaneously to attack H. Pylori. Antibiotics may cause severe side-effects and is highly concentrated.

This product of extracted licorice is strongly recommended since it targets the same bacterial strain (H. Pylori), however it is far less intrusive to your body and most importantly, it does not disrupt your system's bacterial balance.

Dosage: normally 5 drops in a 1/4 cup of water, taken 3 times per day; each dose taken at least 5 hours apart. (or as directed on bottle)
Duration: minimum of 2 weeks. However 3 weeks is recommended.

Benefits these symptoms:
Ulcers




Gingko Biloba: herbal remedies for ibs

This extract contains an anti-vertigo agent and also helps to improve your overall blood flow. When you are experiencing dizziness, the intake of these tablets helps to counteract this problem. Further usage, will aid to prevent future occurrences of dizziness. Other benefits include a significant increase in attention and prevention of oxidative cell damage from free radicals.

Dosage: normally 1 tablet (60 mg), taken twice per day (total 120mg);
1 tablet in the morning and one more at night. (or as directed on bottle)

Duration: minimum of 3 weeks. However 4 weeks is recommended.

Benefits these symptoms:
Dizziness








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