Natural home remedies: Recipes to soothe your stomach
Suffering from an uncomfortable stomach problem? Before you spend a small fortune at the drugstore, try one of these natural home remedies to soothe your stomach.Soothing Tea for Heartburn
Ingredients:
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon grated licorice root
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh ginger
• 1 teaspoon dried chamomile flowers
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon grated licorice root
• 1 teaspoon chopped fresh ginger
• 1 teaspoon dried chamomile flowers
Directions:
1. In a small pan, bring the water to a boil. Add the licorice and ginger. Simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and add chamomile. Cover and steep for 10 minutes.
2. Strain into a teacup and drink.
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1. In a small pan, bring the water to a boil. Add the licorice and ginger. Simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and add chamomile. Cover and steep for 10 minutes.
2. Strain into a teacup and drink.
Stomach-Calming Tea
If you have indigestion, this therapeutic infusion will likely tame your outraged stomach as well as any patent medicine you can buy.
Ingredients:
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon dried peppermint
• 1 teaspoon dried chamomile
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon dried peppermint
• 1 teaspoon dried chamomile
Directions:
1. In a small pot, pour boiling water over the dried peppermint and chamomile. Cover and steep for 10 minutes, then strain into a teacup.
2. Drink up to three cups a day to help ease intestinal cramps.
1. In a small pot, pour boiling water over the dried peppermint and chamomile. Cover and steep for 10 minutes, then strain into a teacup.
2. Drink up to three cups a day to help ease intestinal cramps.
A quick antacid from your spice shelf
Some common kitchen spice seeds contain oils that soothe spasms in your stomach and relieve nausea—without costing too pretty a penny. Just chew one teaspoon of aniseed, dill, or caraway seeds for a minute, then spit them out without swallowing any. Repeat three times a day.
Lemon Settler for Motion Sickness
While over-the-counter motion-sickness remedies can make you sleepy, ours just take away the sick feeling. This is a tummy-soothing drink.
Ingredients:
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 crushed sprig spearmint or peppermint
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon honey
• 1 crushed sprig spearmint or peppermint
Directions:
1. In a large cup, combine lemon juice, boiling water, and honey. Stir to mix and add spearmint or peppermint.
2. Sip as needed. Keep warm in a thermos when traveling.
1. In a large cup, combine lemon juice, boiling water, and honey. Stir to mix and add spearmint or peppermint.
2. Sip as needed. Keep warm in a thermos when traveling.
Chew ginger to settle your stomach
Ginger is a traditional tummy settler for nausea and motion sickness, and crystallized ginger—the candy version of it—may save a trip. Just chew on a lump of crystallized ginger as needed. Keep a packet in the car or your purse so you always have it handy.
Hiccup Reliever
You can’t even find a remedy for hiccups in the drugstore, but you can make one yourself!
Ingredients:
• 2 teaspoons to 1 tablespoon sugar or dry drink mix (cocoa or Oval tine)
• 2 teaspoons to 1 tablespoon sugar or dry drink mix (cocoa or Oval tine)
Directions:
1. Swallow the dry sugar or drink mix, which isn’t easy. Trying to get it down will short-circuit the hiccups.
1. Swallow the dry sugar or drink mix, which isn’t easy. Trying to get it down will short-circuit the hiccups.
Anti-Diarrhea Tea
This tea will settle an irate digestive system and help you back to health. It costs nothing if you have raspberries or blackberries in your garden. If your diarrhea persists for more than 24 hours, however, see a doctor.
Ingredients:
• 2 teaspoons dried raspberry and/or blackberry leaves
• Boiling water
• 2 teaspoons dried raspberry and/or blackberry leaves
• Boiling water
Directions:
1. In a teacup, steep the berry leaves in freshly boiled water for at least 10 minutes. Strain.
2. Drink a small cup 3 times a day along with other fluids to prevent dehydration.
1. In a teacup, steep the berry leaves in freshly boiled water for at least 10 minutes. Strain.
2. Drink a small cup 3 times a day along with other fluids to prevent dehydration.
Electrolyte Drink for Diarrhea
Diarrhea can drain your body of liquids and electrolytes quite quickly and quite dangerously. This easily made, inexpensive juice drink helps maintain your body’s equilibrium. If your diarrhea persists for more than 24 hours, however, see a doctor.
Ingredients:
• 1 cup apple juice
• 2 cups water
• 1/2-1 teaspoon salt
• Juice from a lemon or a lime
• 1 cup apple juice
• 2 cups water
• 1/2-1 teaspoon salt
• Juice from a lemon or a lime
Directions:
1. In a pitcher, combine apple juice, water, salt, and the lemon or lime juice. Store in the refrigerator.
2. Drink throughout the day to maintain hydration and proper balance of electrolytes.
1. In a pitcher, combine apple juice, water, salt, and the lemon or lime juice. Store in the refrigerator.
2. Drink throughout the day to maintain hydration and proper balance of electrolytes.
Laxative
You don’t have to buy expensive psyllium fiber supplements to treat temporary constipation.
Ingredients:
• 1-3 teaspoons psyllium husks
• Warm water
• 1-3 teaspoons psyllium husks
• Warm water
Directions:
1. Stir psyllium husks into a 250-ml (8-ounce) glass of warm water and drink once a day. Follow with a glass of plain water.
2. Drink 6 to 8 additional glasses of water throughout the day.
1. Stir psyllium husks into a 250-ml (8-ounce) glass of warm water and drink once a day. Follow with a glass of plain water.
2. Drink 6 to 8 additional glasses of water throughout the day.
Grandma's Always-Ready Laxative
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This old-fashioned penny-pincher’s remedy for constipation sounds simple because it is. Just take 1 to 2 teaspoons castor oil on an empty stomach. It should get things moving within 8 to 10 hours.
Herbal Tea for Flatulence
It’s embarrassing to have flatulence and embarrassing to have to buy something to treat it. Instead, make the following tea in the privacy of your home.
Ingredients:
• 1 teaspoon dried chamomile
• 1/2 teaspoon dried peppermint
• 1 teaspoon dried catnip
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 2 crushed fennel seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
• 1 teaspoon dried chamomile
• 1/2 teaspoon dried peppermint
• 1 teaspoon dried catnip
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 2 crushed fennel seeds
• 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
Directions:
1. In a large cup, mix the herbs. Pour in 175 to 225 ml (6 to 8 ounces) of boiling water and steep, covered, for 10 minutes. Strain and drink tea.
2. Drink 3 or more cups a day.
1. In a large cup, mix the herbs. Pour in 175 to 225 ml (6 to 8 ounces) of boiling water and steep, covered, for 10 minutes. Strain and drink tea.
2. Drink 3 or more cups a day.
Hemmorhoid Pads
These soothing pads work just as well as the commercial brands.
Ingredients:
• 30 g (1 ounce) witch hazel
• 5 drops cypress essential oil
• 3 drops geranium essential oil
• 5 drops lavender essential oil
• 2 tablespoons aloe vera gel
• Cotton cosmetic pads
• 30 g (1 ounce) witch hazel
• 5 drops cypress essential oil
• 3 drops geranium essential oil
• 5 drops lavender essential oil
• 2 tablespoons aloe vera gel
• Cotton cosmetic pads
Directions:
1. In an open-mouthed jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the witch hazel, essential oils, and aloe vera gel. Saturate several cotton cosmetic pads in the liquid and refrigerate for at least an hour.
2. Use a pad on the affected area when it burns and after each bowel movement. Store in the refrigerator for several days.
1. In an open-mouthed jar with a tight-fitting lid, combine the witch hazel, essential oils, and aloe vera gel. Saturate several cotton cosmetic pads in the liquid and refrigerate for at least an hour.
2. Use a pad on the affected area when it burns and after each bowel movement. Store in the refrigerator for several days.
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