Gastritis Support Group
Gastritis is a medical term for inflammation of the lining of the stomach. It means that white blood cells move into the wall of the stomach as a response to some type of injury. Gastritis has many underlying causes, from infection with the bacterium H. pylori, bile reflux, or excessive consumption of alcohol or certain foods or drugs like aspirin.
I've been experiencing burning in my stomach off and on for 2 years. All endoscopies were negative until the last one which shows chronic gastritis. I've done alot of reading on this site and have felt so discouraged as this seems to be such a hard thing to get rid of. I totally relate to everything to you are all going through.
Anyhow, I've been googling the death out of this subject and found one tip from another forum that really works. It worked during my last flare-up and it is working again this time.
I can't take ppis because they make me even more insulin resistant (I'm diabetic) so I'm taking carafate (sucralfate) right now. It doesn't seem to help too much yet, but the thing that does is boiled flax seed. I boil it for about 10 minutes and then siphen out the seeds while it's still very hot because it thickens up very quickly. I usually use 5 tablespoons per pot of water (I haven't measured the amount of water in the pot). It usually makes about a litre of mucillage.
If you drink this all day long instead of water, you'll find that the burning in your stomach will totally disappear. but you have to keep it up every day. I managed to get rid of the burning for about a month but then I fell back into my old ways and it soon came back. I am now going to do this for 6 months straight to see if I can get rid of this horrible beast. I have so many other health issues, that I certainly don't need this one as well.
I hope some of you will try this, because it really works. You need to make sure you boil it enough so that the resulting mucilage is very thick, just like egg whites (or snot).
Let me know how this works for you.
Sherry
Anyhow, I've been googling the death out of this subject and found one tip from another forum that really works. It worked during my last flare-up and it is working again this time.
I can't take ppis because they make me even more insulin resistant (I'm diabetic) so I'm taking carafate (sucralfate) right now. It doesn't seem to help too much yet, but the thing that does is boiled flax seed. I boil it for about 10 minutes and then siphen out the seeds while it's still very hot because it thickens up very quickly. I usually use 5 tablespoons per pot of water (I haven't measured the amount of water in the pot). It usually makes about a litre of mucillage.
If you drink this all day long instead of water, you'll find that the burning in your stomach will totally disappear. but you have to keep it up every day. I managed to get rid of the burning for about a month but then I fell back into my old ways and it soon came back. I am now going to do this for 6 months straight to see if I can get rid of this horrible beast. I have so many other health issues, that I certainly don't need this one as well.
I hope some of you will try this, because it really works. You need to make sure you boil it enough so that the resulting mucilage is very thick, just like egg whites (or snot).
Let me know how this works for you.
Sherry
The burning eventually goes away completely but this time I'm not going to stop drinking it as it did come back about a month later.
Are you still drinking flaxseed extract? How are you feeling? Do you need to drink a liter of this stuff a day to feel any difference? Do you drink any water at all? I'm getting desperate, Nexium/sucralfate that I'm taking helps only half way. Did anyone else try this home made remedy?
Thank you for this info and it it's especially helpful to hear. I've been using Slippery Elm for 3 years to alleviate the pain and my last order arrived yesterday. It tastes TERRIBLE! It's bitter and smells like pine trees and licorice slightly. I was just looking at Wikipedia's list to see if I could find another herb to try:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucilage
I was considering buying aloe vera powder but the flax seeds would be easier to find! Thank you for explaining how you prepare it. That sounds easy enough:)
Lori
http://www.mountainroseherbs.com/bulkherb/s.html
If I can't find another supplier of good slippery elm, I will try several of the herbs from that place. I wonder if the chai seeds and psyllium husks would be made the same way you make your flax liquid?