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.

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Danny27 10/11/2015

Hey, currently in a ton of pain from a flare up but I'm kind of sick of water. Do you guys know of any good teas or drinks (besides disgusting stuff like slippery elm) that you can tolerate? Obviously the high caffeine stuff like black teas are out, but what about white teas or a herbal tea?

I googled it and found some theoretical stuff, but I'd like to see from actual sufferers what has worked for them.

soretum 10/12/2015

HI Danny27,
Have you tried lemon verbena or lemon myrtle teas? Both herbal. I don't know the caffeine levels of white tea, i know it is higher in anti oxidants which is great. I also drink peppermint tea and lemon grass tea.

soretum 10/12/2015

have you tried coconut water? that is very hydrating and refreshing.

joham 10/12/2015

Yes,coconut water is excellent.You could also try green tea.I do chamomile tea and St Johns wart tea with no problem at all.

goodenos 10/12/2015

Hi,

I found manuka honey & ginger tea useful, as well as coconut water and chamomile as already mentioned. To be honest, its liquids that give me the most discomfort much more so than food but maybe thats just me! I tend to take small sips when required to make it easier

22Lynn 10/12/2015

I drink the Kombucha tea. I don't know if any one here has tried it. It has digestive enzymes, probiotics, and is fermented. The fermention is suppose to help heal your stomach. It does make me burp a lot if my stomach is already a little upset, but the tea settles my stomach. Otherwise I only drink hot green tea and plain water.

GwenY 10/12/2015

Coconut water gives me the gripes, same with green tea. I know Peppermint tea relaxes the LES and may cause more problems but I keep reading that it has helped so many people. And in certain quisine it is always drunk after a meal to aid digestion. I think I will give it a go. Has anyone had any bad effects from it.

GwenY 10/12/2015

Sorry I meant cuisine - derrrrrr !!

soretum 10/15/2015

Have you tried coconut milk/cream?

fusion85fc 10/15/2015

With regard to drinks, I seem to be an odd case in that when I was at the peak of my gastritis flare, sipping on drinks was almost worse than eating, even if it was just a tiny sip of (alkaline even) water.

As of the moment I only drink flavored water (probably doesn't have the most beneficial effect) but I've read a lot of people drink the Aloe Vera enhanced drinks as well as chamomile.

In the past, I have made a sort of ginger-chamomile mix tea. Can't decide whether or not the ginger was beneficial though as although it helped with nausea, it seemed like it could be agitative.

soretum 10/16/2015

I was okay with fresh ginger root tea but couldn't stomach aloe Vera juice. If only gastritis had a one size fix all treatment.

fusion85fc 10/18/2015

I agree. My biggest problem is that though water is probably the least likely to cause any harm, I can't seem to drink enough of it. Flavored water, I almost crave and love to sip but it has citric acid.

Probably need to switch to just water.

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