What herbs to drink with pancreatitis

treatment of pancreatitis, as a rule, is a difficult and complex process. Obligatory at the same time is the observance of certain recommendations concerning nutrition, and also medical therapy is required.

But it does not exclude additional methods of treatment, in particular, the use of phytotherapy.

What kind of herbs can have a positive effect on pancreatitis?

For the treatment of pancreatitis, it is required that the agents used have several actions:

• anti-inflammatory;
• choleretic;
• regulating the work of the digestive tract.

To some extent, such actions have some medicinal plants. Herbs for pancreatitis and cholecystitis can be used various, we list the main ones.

Chamomile

The anti-inflammatory property of this plant is known. But not only this can be useful chamomile in pancreatitis and cholecystitis. It has other properties:

• has an antispasmodic effect;
• is able to protect the gastrointestinal mucosa from the aggressive action of bile and hydrochloric acid;
• is characterized by its antioxidant activity.

Chamomile can be used in the form of infusion, cook on its basis teas or add to other herbal preparations. For example, to make tea, you need to take dry chamomile flowers and add some ordinary tea leaves. All this is poured with boiling water, insisted, after which you can drink. As a herb collection, this plant can be combined with an immortelle. Take equal parts of chamomile and immortelle, pour water and cook on a water bath for half an hour. You can drink this drink after a meal, before you strain it. Similarly, tea is used on the basis of this plant.

Peppermint

Using fees or preparing tea based on peppermint tea will be useful in the treatment of chronic pancreatitis. It has a calming effect, relieves spasms and helps prevent the development of an attack of this disease.

Caution with this plant should be people with low blood pressure, since mint is hypotensive.

Peppermint can be brewed as a tea, and also used as a component of the collection.

Yarrow

This plant has many useful properties. For the treatment of pancreatitis, some of them will be in demand. In particular, the anti-inflammatory and choleretic yarrow effect will help in the complex therapy of chronic pancreatitis, as well as in cholecystitis.

In addition to treatment of these diseases, yarrow can be useful in the treatment of inflammatory bowel and stomach diseases, which often accompany pancreatitis. Based on yarrow can also prepare cholagogue tea.

Harvesting of grasses

More often as an additional therapy, not one medicinal plant is used, but therapeutic herbal remedies. With pancreatitis and cholecystitis, the following herbal preparations can be effective:

1. For preparation, take equal amounts of mint leaves, herbaceous grass and elecampane( the total volume should be about 3 tablespoons).Then everything is filled with boiling water and put on a small fire for 3 minutes. This broth is recommended to drink before eating 60-70 ml 2 times a day.
2. Also useful is the combination of chamomile, mint, St. John's wort. Based on these herbs, you can prepare medicinal teas, if a little bit of tea leaves is added to the mixture of dry herbs. Drinking them is recommended before meals for 90-100 ml.
3. There are a lot of ready-made herbs that can be purchased at a pharmacy and drunk at home. Most often, pancreatitis is prescribed cholagogue fees. More specific recommendations can be given only by a doctor, depending on the type of pancreatitis.

As you can see, various herbs can be used to treat inflammation of the pancreas. But do not think this treatment is harmless, and also rely entirely on it. To achieve a lasting effect in the therapy of pancreatitis, many conditions are required. Therefore, do not engage in self-medication and even before consuming medicinal herbs it is better to consult a doctor.

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