Pancreatitis is a disease that can deliver a considerable amount of discomfort to a person who is at any age. In the case of a particularly neglected form, even death can occur. How to treat pancreatitis with the most effective folk remedies? The reviews of the various methods left by the doctors and the patients themselves offer some recommendations regarding the use of various methods of eliminating or alleviating the disease at home. We will talk further about what these procedures are and what features the disease itself has.
What is pancreatitis?
Pancreatitis is a difficult disease that affects the mucous membrane of the pancreas. It represents a number of inflammatory processes, as a result of which the body eats itself, as it were. Inflamed tissue gradually heals and, as a result, the organ becomes like a piece of adipose tissue. At the final stage of the disease, a person experiences significant problems with the digestion of food and the absorption of useful components from it, and also experiences discomfort and sharp pains in the stomach.
Causes of pancreatitis
Before you understand what folk remedies for the treatment of pancreatic pancreatitis exist , you need to understand the nature of such a disease, as well as the reasons why it can develop. This often helps prevent the development of an unpleasant pathology in the body.
So, the main cause of the problem is malnutrition. In fact, an excess of fatty, spicy and excessively salty foods negatively affects the digestive system, which also includes the pancreas. As for the exhausting diets, which women who want to lose their body like to lose weight, following them also adversely affects the work of organs.
Pancreatitis can also develop as a result of a tumor or narrowing of the duct of iron. Often the cause of its appearance are disorders in the field of metabolism, diseases associated with the work of the gallbladder, as well as an ulcer. Especially severe cardiovascular diseases can also lead to the development of pancreatic diseases.
Diseases of the pancreas can result from colds or flu. This is especially true in cases where antibiotics or sulfonamides were used during treatment.
The cause of the problem may be a trauma to the abdomen. The hereditary factor is also of great importance in the development of the disease. Also, pancreatitis is very often observed in people who abuse cigarettes and alcohol.
Forms of the disease and symptoms
The choice of treatment option for pancreatitis with folk remedies directly depends on what stage the disease is at. In medicine, there are three forms: acute, chronic and reactive. In the first case, the disease is acute poisoning as a result of excessive abuse of alcohol or nicotine. In this situation, a short-term violation in the gland occurs, which leads to pain and short-term problems.
As for chronic pancreatitis, it is a stage following acute. This problem occurs against the background of excessive overeating, as well as alcohol abuse. As for the manifestation, the disease is expressed in sharp attacks of poor health, as well as the formation of pathologies of the gallbladder and duodenum.
The reactive stage is determined if a whole complex of diseases of the digestive system is observed in the human body, including in combination with the acute stage of pancreatitis.
As for the main symptoms of the disease, they usually manifest themselves in pain, which is felt from the side of the left side. At a time when a person is in a sitting or lying position, discomfort intensifies. A characteristic sign of pain associated with pancreatitis is that they do not go away after taking painkillers that do not contain narcotic components.
A patient with pancreatitis also has skin hemorrhages, a lack of appetite or its marked deterioration, as well as a sudden increase in body temperature. In patients with a gastroenterologist who have such a problem, morning stools of liquid consistency are often observed, the mass of which has a grayish tint.
A disease such as pancreatitis still has a considerable number of symptoms, but if you have the above, you should definitely visit a gastroenterologist to conduct an examination.
Pumpkin
Among the most effective folk remedies for treating pancreatitis is more food, seeds, herbs and plants. It's no secret that pumpkin is a vegetable that contains a huge amount of useful components and minerals. Practice shows that with proper use, it can significantly facilitate the course of the disease after an exacerbation or completely cure it.
How to make a delicious pumpkin dish, which is suitable for the treatment of pancreatitis? To do this, you need to take 100 g of processed vegetable pulp, cut it into small cubes, and then fill it with 1.5 tbsp. milk. Ingredients should be put on the stove, turning on a small fire and bring to readiness. When the pumpkin becomes soft enough, it is necessary to crush it using any convenient tool to the state of mashed potatoes. Using such a healthy porridge, you can add a spoonful of olive oil to it.
Dandelion roots
An excellent folk remedy for treating pancreatic pancreatitis is a tincture prepared on the basis of dandelion roots. This product can be prepared at any time of the year, except winter, since only the freshest ingredients should be used for the effectiveness of the natural “preparation”.
To prepare the tincture, you need to take a couple of teaspoons of the root of the plant and pour a component of 1.5 tbsp. hot boiled water. After half an hour of insisting and cooling the liquid, it should be drunk three times a day. The procedure should be repeated daily for a couple of months. Patients with pancreatitis should take into account the fact that for prophylaxis the procedure of two-month intake should be repeated twice a year.
Vegetable juice
To treat pancreatitis with folk remedies, you can use vegetable juice, made on the basis of carrots and raw potatoes. Those useful components that are contained in the fruit, have an excellent effect on the restoration of the pancreatic mucosa and restore all its damaged areas.
An effective treatment of pancreatitis with a folk remedy of this kind can be carried out only if fresh fruits are used. To prepare the juice, you need to take three medium-sized potatoes. Eyes should be removed from the tubers, and the peel must be left. Also, for the preparation of juice you will need carrots (2 pcs.). Grind vegetables with a medium grater, then carefully squeeze the juice out of them. From the presented number of ingredients should be about a glass of funds. You need to drink it fresh. Only half an hour after taking the drink you can eat food.
In the reviews of patients who have tried this course of treatment, it is often said about its effectiveness. According to patients, after a week of juice use, significant improvements can be noticed.
Doctors do not recommend treating pancreatitis with a folk remedy made using this technology for longer than one week. After a long reception, you must definitely take a break.
Soothing herbal infusion
The treatment of pancreatitis symptoms with diet and folk remedies can be accompanied by the use of soothing infusions made on the basis of herbs. Practice and reviews show that a remedy made from medicinal chamomile is very effective. According to patients' reviews of gastroenterologists, using such a decoction, you can forget about the problem for a long time.
To prepare the broth, you must pre-prepare a mixture made from dried herbs, collected in equal parts. Among the components, plantain, medicinal chamomile, peppermint, calendula and corn stigmas should be used. After thoroughly mixing to a state of homogeneity, you need to take a teaspoon of the resulting mixture and pour 800 ml of boiling water over it. The liquid must be put in a water bath and heated on it for 15 minutes. After this period, the mass must be covered with a towel and left for an hour. After the allotted time, the infusion must be filtered.
It is necessary to use such a remedy in one glass 30 minutes before a meal. Drinking a decoction is recommended three times a day.
Dogrose
In reviews of the treatment of pancreatitis with folk remedies, it is often said about the high effectiveness of such a natural component as dogrose. Practice and patient reviews show that this ingredient contains the necessary components that help the body recover during the course of the disease. At the same time, a decoction of such berries helps to strengthen the walls of blood vessels, as well as reduce cholesterol in the blood of a person, which is also important.
To prepare a rosehip broth for the treatment of pancreatitis with folk remedies, you need to take a glass of dried berries and pour them with a liter of boiling water. It should be brought to readiness for 15 minutes in a water bath. After completing the cooking process, the broth should be diluted with hot water in a 1: 1 ratio and drunk one glass (three times a day) before eating for 20 minutes. Fans of sweets can add a small amount of honey to the drink.
Propolis
It's no secret that propolis is a unique tool that is very widely used in cosmetology and traditional medicine. Treatment of symptoms of chronic pancreatitis with a folk remedy of this kind is also possible. To do this, take three grams of fresh substance and, having laid it in the oral cavity, chew for a long time. After that, you can eat only after an hour.
In the reviews of doctors about this method of treatment, it is said that propolis is a substance that has the ability to restore the walls of blood vessels, as well as the mucous membranes, which is damaged in the pancreas during the course of pancreatitis. Treatment with a folk remedy at home is relatively inexpensive, which cannot but please patients.
Flax seeds
People with pancreatitis respond very well about this ingredient. Practice shows that flax seeds help restore and support the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, stimulate the development of the immune system, and also have an enveloping effect on the walls of the stomach and pancreas.
In the event that signs and symptoms of pancreatitis are manifested, treatment with a folk remedy of this type is simply necessary. To create it, you need to take a tablespoon of seeds, put them in a thermos and pour a glass of boiling water. In this form, they must be steamed for 1.5 hours. After the allotted time, the prepared broth can be consumed (one hour before a meal).
Golden mustache
Treatment of chronic pancreatitis with folk remedies can be successfully carried out using such a houseplant as a golden mustache. To prepare a miraculous medicine, you need to pour three fresh leaves taken from the plant bush with boiling water (three glasses). The mass must be put on a slow fire and held on it for twenty minutes. After this period, the pan with water must be removed and the contents allowed to infuse overnight. After filtering the broth, you can take a quarter cup a day before eating. The course of treatment with such a remedy is no more than thirty days. According to patients, after a given period of time, the symptoms characteristic of the disease will disappear.
Nutrition for Pancreatitis
Proper nutrition is one of the components of the complex treatment of pancreatitis with the most effective folk remedies and medicines. It is a very strict diet, which implies the exclusion of all fatty, spicy, sour, fried, smoked and salty foods. In the diet for pancreatitis, you should definitely include protein, dairy products, low-fat fish varieties, as well as fruits and vegetables.
As practice shows, when observing a serious stage of the development of a person’s disease, he is prescribed a very strict diet, which excludes the ingestion of food into the body for 4-6 days from the onset of exacerbation. At this time, you can drink only mineral non-carbonated water, a rosehip broth, as well as weak tea without sugar, there are crackers.
All food that is consumed after a period of exacerbation should be cooked boiled or steamed. Some foods are best consumed fresh, unprocessed.
Features of cooking for patients
In the process of treating the symptoms of pancreatitis with folk remedies and other methods, of course, we should not forget that all dishes for the patient should not only be properly prepared, but also served in the appropriate form. In particular, one must understand that the patient should not eat too hot or too cold food. In the process of eating it, you can not drink water, and the portions themselves should not be large.
A nutrition feature for patients is also the correct schedule of meals. It is necessary to pay attention to the frequency of eating food - this process should not be done less often than every three hours. The medical recommendations also note that all servings should be nutritious, that is, contain a large number of useful minerals and vitamins.
In the event that the patient has chronic pancreatitis, then maintaining his diet is mandatory throughout life. And most importantly: before applying these or other folk recipes, you need to consult a doctor about this.