Do you know, there is plant for each type of stomach problem?
Aigremoine (Lithospermum ruderale)
- It is useful when the stomach problem is accompanied by enteritis, diarrhoea, and/or chronic liver infection.
- It also helps tone a lazy digestive system.
- And it also helps regularize acidity and soothe ulcers by improving metabolism.
- The leaves are taken as tea.
- 3 or 4 cups a day. 3 1/2 to 4 tablespoons per quart of water.
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Angelica (Angelica archangelica)
- Angelica is a digestive, an aperitif, a stimulant, and a tonic.
- It decongests and soothes stomach pains and swelling.
- Prepare an infusion (tea) preferably using the fresh plant:
- 3 1/2 tablespoons of roots per quart of water.
- If your stomach is very swollen,
- Prepare and drink 3 cups per day
- Made of 5 tablespoons of seeds per quart of water.
Anise (Pimpinella anisum)
- Anise also known as Aniseed.
- It is a soothing digestive.
- It aids digestion and the elimination of intestinal gas,
- It soothes stomach cramps, aerophagy, dyspepsia (contractions of the digestive organs, dizziness, and a heavy feeling after eating).
- 2 or 3 cups per day, after meals:
- 2 tablespoons of seeds per quart of water.
Chamomile (Matricaria recutita)
- Is a digestive, sedative, anti-inflammation agent and tonic.
- It helps with painful or difficult digestion, stomach cramps, gastrointestinal spasms, and loss of appetite, and it helps expulsion of gas (carminative).
- Particularly recommended for persons who suffer from stomach cramps (and/or who are irritable, temperamental, angry, etc.)
- One cup of infusion (tea), a half hour before meals, or one hour after.
- To prepare the infusion (tea),
- Add 5 1/2 tablespoons to a quart of boiling water and let stand for five minutes.
Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium)
- Chervil is digestive, depurative and diuretic.
- It also acts as a stimulant.
- For difficult digestion, drink 2 or 3 cups per day.
- Prepare an infusion (tea) with one teaspoon of dried leaves per cup of water, and let stand for 10 minutes.
Culinary Sage.
- It is an aromatic herb of the mint family (lamiaceae).
- The leaves are edible.
- The ancients had a saying – “Why die when your garden is full of sage!”
- It is a digestive, diuretic, antispasmodic, and helps combat hypoglycemia.
- It stimulates the appetite, fortifies the stomach, and aids digestion, especially when digestion is difficult.
- It is also a general tonic.
- 2 or 3 cups of infusion per day.
- 1 1/2 tablespoons of dried leaves per quart of water.
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