Is there a cure for I.B.S. (irritable bowel syndrome)?
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My Bride has IBS.  \n\nThere is no cure, but it can be controlled with a healthy diet.  It sounds like you are making a good go at that.\n\nOne thing that we have done is completely cut Casien (Dairy Protien) out of her diet, and that has done wonders.\n\nDairy Alergies are often an underlying cause of IBS...  Please not that this is not Lactose intolerence.\n\nI would recomend skipping the dairy  --  Cheese, Butter, Margerine, Anything with Whey or Dried Milk, Anything with Casien or Caseinate \n\n(Sodium Caseinate). http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-IYIp5vk7dKilI9wI1w_jA7SeWdQ-?cq=1&p=1319\n\nI would bet that it's the Casein provoking your troubles.\n\nI have a number of Dairy-Free recipes on-line to help you eat happy without Milk if you would like.\nhttp://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-IYIp5vk7dKilI9wI1w_jA7SeWdQ-?cq=1&p=1\nNot all of my recipes are dairy-Free, so careful which ones you fall in love with...\n\n\nOne last thing...  Oil of Peppermint is a natural source of relief if you're in horrible pain, and looking for something that's not just going to make things worse...
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My aunt has had diarrhea for years but none of us knew.  When we found out, my wife told her about a mangosteen juice health drink that we use.  My aunt started taking 2 ounces a day and within 1 month she was totally regular.  She'd tried everything before that so it is amazing what the juice did.  Here is more info if she's interested in reading more: http://www.kimandjeffmacmillan.natureswellnesssecret.com/\nAlso, this website has many testimonials for various conditions including IBS: http://205.234.239.246/index.htm\nTell your friend good luck...
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Hot tea with lemon and honey....Also try eatting some chewable vitimin C's.  They will help build up your imune system.  Feel better.
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There are sites to help you on information about IBS. Yes, I have IBS (thanks to a medication I was on.). Before you suspect that you might have IBS, check with your doctor. \n\nHere are some sites: \n\nhttp://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ibs_ez/\nhttp://www.aboutibs.org/\nhttp://www.helpforibs.com/
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Try Pepto Bismo it should help with any stomach problems.
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IBS can cause several symptoms such as chronic stomach cramping, bloating, gas, diarrhea, and constipation.\n\nIt affects mainly the bowel, which is the part of the digestive system that makes and stores stool. \n\nIf you don't include many vegetables in your diet, try taking Metamucil or Citrucel (both available at any drugstore) on a regular basis and you'll notice the symptoms will be alleviated and in many cases will go away. (It did for me!)
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Please consult a doctor if your condition persists!\n\nBut here are some recognized home remedies to help in the meantime.\n\nNatural Home Remedies For Diarrhea\n\nSome common food substances have proven remarkably useful against diarrhea.\n\nCarob powder\n In a Canadian study of 230 infants with diarrhea only three were not cured by the addition of carob ‘powder to their formula. The treatment apparently worked because carob contains high levels of fibre which, as recent research has shown, can clear up digestive problems including diarrhea. \n\nApple cider vinegar\nFor a preventive measure start taking a teaspoon of vinegar and a teaspoon of honey in a glass of water half an hour before each meal a few days before your trip. Continue this regimen during your trip.\n\nYogurt \nThis seems to be beneficial in maintaining or restoring the health of the intestinal tract. ‘In many countries along the Mediterranean Sea and in the Balkans, yogurt has been used for years as a remedy for infantile diarrhea by both laymen and physicians,’ wrote Dr Molly Niv, Walter Levy and Nathan M. Greenstein in Clinical Pediatrics. \nThe three doctors fed yogurt to half of a group of children hospitalized with severe diarrhea. Those in the yogurt group ate a little less than 4 fl. oz three times daily, while the rest of the children received an anti-diarrhea drug. More children in the yogurt group than in the drug group recovered within three days.\n\nGinger - \nGinger tea can stop cramps and pain. Or take Ginger in capsules. Take a teaspoon of paste made from equal parts powdered ginger, powdered cumin, and powdered cinnamon mixed with honey three times a day.\n\nBran \nThe normal functioning of the intestinal tract depends upon the presence of adequate fibre - the kind that absorbs water and forms soft bulk. Fibre like bran. Bran relieves both constipation and diarrhea. It is not a laxative; It is a normalizer of bowel functions. Transit times - the amount of time it takes for food to pass through the body - are lengthened in individuals with chronic diarrhea who eat bran, but they are shortened in those with constipation. Bran thickens the loose, watery stools of diarrhea and softens the hard, dry stools of constipation. A few tablespoons (less for a child) followed by a glass of water should do the trick in a few days. If diarrhea persists, see your doctor. \n\nLemon juice\nDrinking the juice of a freshly squeezed lemon in a large glass of water three to five times a day will kill off the pathogens causing the diarrhea. For prevention in case there is a stomach virus going around, take 1-2 tablespoons of juice before meals.\n\nSubodh Jain is a freelance writer with more than 25 years experience as a health care professional. He is a contributing editor to natural remedies, a site dedicated to the home remedies for common ailments.\n\nCheck out this site for more information on home remedies for diarrhea\n\nGood Health!\n\nThat's My Best Answer! Hope it helps!
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No, there is no cure, but there are some treatments that are effective for some people.  Check out www.helpforkp.com for treatment options.
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i'm sorry there is no cure. there are herbs that can help. if you would like you can contact me for information about them.
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to me, it sounds like your lactose intolerant.. but i am not a doctor, my b/f is lactose intolerant.\n\nTry taking Imodium AD before you eat any of the things that bother your tummy.\n\nmy b/f's sister has IBS and that's all she has to do is take an Imodium , and she is fine.\n\nand her IBS would act up after she ate ANYTHING! lol\n\ntry some Imodium.
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Please listen to me on this - I can help you!!!!\nYou are probably wheat intolerant! Cut out wheat in all its forms for a minimum of a month, thats bread, pasta, pastry, cake - everything. its difficult, really difficult but if you stick to it you will see a major improvement. Im not some quack but recently discovered that I was intolerant to wheat and after a week of cutting it out completly my life had changed.Now 4 months later its completly different. My IBS symptoms disappeared, I lost a stone and a half, my mild ecxema disappeared - I have suffered from hay fever all of my life - gone totaly! Im sleeping better and even stopped snoring.\nI probably sound a little evangelical about it but the effect on my life and health have been profound. Its really difficult at times - when you want to grab a sandwich you cant and lots of my favourite foods are on the "dont even go there" list but the benefits outweigh the bad stuff.\nTry it it WILL work
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Check into a thing called Irritable Bowel Syndrome. thats how mine started.
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Same thing happened to me.  I was lactose intolerant and had IBS.  You have to cleanse your system and then learn which foods are causing it.  Seriously, until you flush your system, everything you eat will cause it.
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sounds fimilar you do have ibs  however it could be caused from a food allegry what i suggest is take citrucel in the morning and two hours before bed take for 1 year my doctor said six months but it took me a year  also stop eating lettuce cabbage all raw greens stop eating all milk products and wheat products wait 1 week if your get better start introducing foods one at a time with 7 days apart  \ni'm 35 had stomach problems since i turned 20 life quality sucks
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This is long but I think this may well cure it and offer the best hope..please read it all...I copied things for you to to save some of the research...\n\nTry Dr. Richard Schulze's incurable program.  I know people cured of cancer with it and it is supposed to help all incurable illnesses..he ran an underground clinic 20 years and has now cured hundreds of thousands of all incurable disease. (find out how to do the incurables on line -- search for his patient handbook or (the best though expensive 12 hour series --save your life videos with dr. Schulze and Sam Biser) or call 1-800-herbdoc and ask what tapes or books they have to explain how to do incurables program (books and tapes by Schulze at 1-877-teachme)  While on phone with herbdoc ask to be put on mailing list for huge catalog and free newsletter.\n\nBe sure to use a good colon cleanse (schulze has one as part of the incurables program)..if his products are too expensive, make your own tinctures..search on line for proportions..most are one to one part (except formula #2 uses 7 times the pysllium as the other herbs...tom harrelson may give you them (google him--he is sometimes testy though).\n\nUse as many organic and wildcrafted bulk herbs as you can if making your own (Schulze has the best -I feel--on the market ( I get no money from anyone or sell no herbs)\n\nAlso chelate aluminum from the system and avoid all aluminum (most baked products/bread/etc has aluminum in the baking soda, and anticaking agents (with aluminum) in salt and sugar.  Aviod floride water--one of the biggest sources and aluminum pans, utensils, and oter products (do a google search on how to avoid aluminum and chelate it.  Try this good tasting cilantro pesto which chelates aluminum from the body   i copied that page for you between the lines \n__________________________________________________________\n\nHealth Issues\n\nCilantro Pesto Said to Remove Heavy Metals \n\n \n\nIn Today's Health Issues:\n\n1) Cilantro\n2) Cilantro Chelation Pesto\n3) Eat While Detoxing Your Body!\n4) Cilantro Blend -- Coriander/Yellow Dock Tincture\n\no>><<o>><<o\n\n\n1) Cilantro\n\nDr. David G. Williams\n\nThere's nothing I like more than learning about inexpensive, common herbs or spices that exhibit unusual healing properties. Historically, the use of herbs and spices in cooking evolved as a method to preserve foods and make them safer to store and eat. We've grown accustomed to using these items to enhance or accentuate the flavors of food, but researchers continue to discover herbs have much more to offer than just good taste. Cilantro is such an herb and one of its medicinal benefits was uncovered through the work of Dr. Yoshiaki Omura.\n\nDr. Omura treated several patients for an eye infection called trachoma (granular conjunctivitis), which is caused by the micro-organism Chlamydia trachomatis. Following the standard treatment, Dr. Omura found that the patients' symptoms would initially clear up, only to recur within a few months. He experienced similar difficulties in treating viral-related problems like herpes simplex types I & II and cytomegalovirus infections.\n\nAfter taking a closer look, Dr. Omura found these organisms seemed to hide and flourish in areas of the body where there were concentrations of heavy metals like mercury, lead, and aluminum. Somehow the organisms were able to use the toxic metals to protect themselves from the medicine. While he was testing for these toxic metals, Dr. Omura discovered that the leaves of the coriander plant (cilantro) could accelerate the excretion of mercury, lead, and aluminum from the body.\n\nThis came about accidentally when he noticed that mercury levels in urine increased after an individual consumed Vietnamese soup. The healthy soup contained coriander, or, as it is better known in this country, cilantro. And when cilantro was used concurrently with natural antiviral or antibiotic agents and/or omega-3 fatty acid
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There are many supplements that may cure your IBS but it may take a combination of several alternative treatments to eliminate IBS from your life. \n\nI would start by avoiding toxic foods. Dairy, wheat, and many other foods are toxic poison to many people with I.B.S. Until you can heal your body of IBS, try eliminating foods that may cause problems.\n\nIf I had IBS, I would do the Water Cure. Drink 6-8 glasses of distilled water with 1/4 teaspoon of unrefined sea salt for several weeks. If this stopped my IBS, I would back off on the sea salt unless I felt IBS symptoms coming on. I would then drink at least one glass of sea salt in water.\n\nI would also switch my table salt to the less expensive refined sea salt sold in most health food stores.\n\nThe water cure and sea salt will mineralize and hydrate your body. Do this before trying anything else but when you can get a chance, get a red algae supplement. I have found it to be as inexpensive as $10 U.S. or as high as $200. If you are loaded with cash then you might try the more expensive stuff but I would start with the less pricey red algae to see if it was good for my I.B.S.\n\nI would also take a glss of apple juice three times a day and a begin adding raw unfiltered apple cider vinegar to my drink until I could drink it with 2 full tablespoons. Add Cinnamon  for help with neutralizing the stong taste and the healing power of cinnamon.\n\nI might also put food grade aloe vera drink on my list of possible \ncures for I.B.S.\n\nYou may have parasites. This may be causing many health issue.\n\nI would slug down a shot glass of carrot juice with a teaspoon of cinnamon and a drop of wild oregeno oil every morning.\n\nYou may experience flu like symptoms as your body is going to be detoxing and expelling toxins. Drink major amounts of water throughout the process. \n\nCheck out my blog for some additional information about apple cider vinegar.\nraw unfilter
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Hi There \n\nShe needs to do a colon and liver cleanse to clear out the toxins in the colon and blood. This is what causes the issue. DO a 5-7 juice fast with the proper herbs and plenty of water and see the health improve dramatically. Email me with any questions.\n\nCause \nThis is caused by faulty diet, too many food mixtures irritating the stomach and bowels, hasty eating (insufficient mastication and saliva), taking liquids while eating, excessive use of cathartics, and foods cooked in aluminum. \n\nThe infection of the bowel which results from meat-eating also gives rise to colitis and causes a spastic or contracted condition of the descending colon, a condition found in the most obstinate forms of constipation. \n\nHerbal Aids \n1.Garlic Oil for Chronic Colitis, Ulcerated Stomach, etc. Take the garlic oil internally over a period of time, 1 dessert spoonful 3-4 times daily. \n\n2.See formula for cathartic injection for colitis using bayberry, African ginger and pinus. \n\n3.See formula for colitis using white oak, golden seal and myrrh. \n\n4.Dr. Christopher's Colitis Formula: Contains marshmallow, slippery elm, comfrey root, lobelia, ginger, wild yam. This formula is for the relief of colitis, and should be used in conjunction with the lower bowel formula and the mucusless diet. \n\n5.Slippery Elm: Many recommend beating up an egg with a teaspoonful of the powdered bark, pouring boiling milk over it and sweetening it. Taken three times a day this way or in the form of a mucilage it is said to be wonderful in curing gastritis, gastric catarrh, mucous colitis and enteritis. \n\n6.From Questions to Dr. Christopher's Newsletter. Question: Is there a natural treatment for mucous colitis (spastic colon) where one could not eat raw vegetables or use laxatives? Answer: Colitis is an inflammation of the colon or large intestine and especially of its mucous membrane. This is characterized either by runny or constipated bowels, mucoid discharge from the bowel, weakness in the abdomen, recurrent headache, pain, dizziness, etc. The cause of this condition is a faulty diet, too many food mixtures which irritate the stomach and bowels, hasty eating with insufficient mastication and salivation, consuming excessive liquids with meals, overuse of cathartics and eating food prepared and served in aluminum kitchenware. \n\nThe best and quickest way to treat the condition is to reverse the habits listed above: (1) Eat only when hungry and not between times of hunger. (2) Drink no fluids while eating and this includes a period of fifteen to twenty minutes before meals and thirty minutes after eating. We suggest this so that the chewing of food will produce a thin paste of liquid out of the food and natural saliva. The flowing saliva will act as a signal causing the digestive juices to start for better assimilation. (3) Follow the instructions given in The Three Day Cleanse and Mucusless Diet preferably using the carrot or apple juice as the cleansing agent. Chew the juices by swishing them around in the mouth. As suggested in the booklet, use as juice as is desired. (4) Each day have a cup, three times per day, of tea or green drink made up of three parts comfrey root or leaves, slippery elm bark, mullein leaves and one part lobelia. (5) Have a dish or more of gruel made with presoaked, low heated, uncooked grains, singly or grouped. Barley, wheat, rye, millet or buckwheat are all excellent choices. To one of the grains or a mixture of several of them add 1/4 or 1/3 of their volume in flaxseed and/or psyllium seed. When eating this gruel, honey or a fresh, first pressed, mild tasting olive oil may be used. (6) Breath deeply each day for ten minutes or more to aid digesting. (7) Use as much of our lower bowel tonicas is needed to produce three or more bowel movements per day. Think health and watch the improvement. \n\n7.Juices for Colitis: Carrot, carrot & coconut, pear, fig. \n\n8.Cabbage: Apply 3 or 4 layers of cabbage leaves over