Grandma remedies: guava leaves, cress and rice water to treat upset stomach.
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Hello, dear steemians, especially to the readers of @naturalmedicine. This time I bring you information about three home remedies that grannies recommend to help improve the symptoms of stomach upset.
In this opportunity, it is not born from a direct experience, but from a friend who suffered from colic, diarrhea and vomiting products of a stomach infection. This, very badly, went to his doctor. He told her that it was a very strong viral picture that is affecting many people. According to his doctor, this outbreak is due to the lack of treatment of drinking water in Venezuela. The certain thing of the case is that, this one comes to indicate its treatment to him and this one goes to its house.
Unfortunately, between the high cost of medicines and the possibility that there is no pharmacy, we could buy them. Your choice? Stay at home until the discomfort passes. The discomfort did not happen and became more acute. Seeing this situation, the people who were close to her, we decided to try an alternative or natural treatment and we resorted to the plants and foods that we had nearby: guava, cress and, finally, rice. All this under the recommendations of the grandmothers who keep in their memory, interesting facts about natural medicine.
First, we have the cress. This is a wild plant that serves to treat various conditions and among them stresses the property of relieving stomach upsets associated with colic and diarrhea. To consume it, you should take some branches of the plant and boil it in two cups of water, let it boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and cover. Let stand and serve. The frequency of consumption depends on the discomfort.
On the other hand, we have the guava leaves. The leaves of this plant are an option used in Venezuela to treat this type of discomfort. To make a tea with these leaves, you should take the most tender leaves of the plant. Put it to boil. Remove it from the fire. Cover it Let it rest a little and consume. It is recommended to take it twice a day and warm.
And, finally we have, the rice water. Rice water is a good option to treat these conditions because of its anti-diarrheal and protective properties of the gastric mucosa thanks to the amount of starch it has. To prepare it, you should put a cup of rice (wash the rice, previously, at least once) with three cups of water in a pot and put to boil at least 10 minutes. It is left to rest and it is cooled and it is taken during the whole day. This will allow to improve the digestive processes.
To end with this post, it is worth saying that the consumption of these remedies should not be consumed for a long time, since exceeding could have consequences. In the case of the experience that I told you, your consumption was until you stopped presenting the discomforts. Today, fortunately, it is much better.
Thanks for stopping and reading!