Treatment of pancreatitis with herbs
The pancreas is an endocrine organ that produces insulin, glycogen and digestive juice. Glycogen is the body's energy reserve. It is consumed if necessary (for example, with intense physical activity).
Insulin plays a key role in carbohydrate metabolism by lowering the amount of glucose in the blood. Digestive juice is involved in the digestion of carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
Disruptions in the production of enzymes and hormones by the pancreas, as well as pathological changes in the cells and tissues of the organ lead to the development of a number of diseases:
- Acute and chronic pancreatitis;
- Diabetes;
- Oncology;
- Cysts;
- Cystic fibrosis;
- Pancreatic necrosis.
The most common disease is chronic pancreatitis.
There are many medicinal plants that have a beneficial effect on the functional state of the pancreas and improve its activity. Herbal medicine should be considered as an additional tool in the complex drug therapy prescribed by a doctor and also combined with adherence to a diet. Medicinal plants eliminate painful sensations during exacerbation, relieve puffiness and reduce inflammation.
Content:
- Popular herbalist recipes
- Sophora Japanese
- Dandelion for the pancreas
- Herbal tea from Tibetan monks
- Herbal preparations for the pancreas
Popular herbalist recipes
Recipe number 1. A well-proven recipe based on St. John's wort, peppermint and motherwort. To prepare the product, you need to take two tablespoons of a mixture of the listed herbs (the mixture is prepared from an equal amount of each ingredient), pour half a liter of boiling water and leave for forty minutes. Next, the liquid is filtered through clean gauze. The remedy is taken 3/4 cup three times a day before meals.
Recipe number 2. Experienced healers recommend using certain fees for the treatment of the pancreas for 14 days, and then switch to other herbs.
In the treatment of diseases of the pancreas, a recipe has proven itself, which includes:
- Two parts of elecampane rhizomes;
- Three parts of valerian rhizomes;
- One part fennel seeds;
- One part of violet inflorescences.
A tablespoon of the mixture is poured into a glass of boiling water. The mixture is heated in a water bath for half an hour, then insisted for another fifteen minutes. The broth is taken in an amount of 15 ml each time before meals.
Recipe number 3. If there is a malignant process, a herbal medicine is used, which is based on the inflorescences of red elderberry. Pour a tablespoon of inflorescences with a glass of boiling water and leave for two hours. The infusion is taken 70 ml three times a day between main meals. This recipe is recommended to be combined with birch buds infusion.
Recipe number 4. When chronicing the process with reduced secretion, herbs are used, which include bitter essential oils that disperse stagnant bile well.
The fee includes:
- One and a half parts of yarrow;
- One part of the marsh dryweed;
- One part of calendula;
- Two parts peppermint.
The remedy is prepared as follows: two tablespoons of herbs are poured with 400 ml of boiling water, then they are put to warm up in a water bath for fifteen minutes. After this time, the broth is removed from the heat and left to infuse for another hour. The amount prepared at one time is divided into two doses (for the whole day). The strained broth is taken 30 minutes before breakfast and before lunch. The course of treatment is two months.
Herbal replacement therapy should be used during remissions between exacerbations of the disease. During such periods, the swelling and soreness of the pancreas is not very pronounced. Herbal medicine prevents the development of exacerbations or allows you to minimize the frequency of their occurrence.
While taking herbal decoctions and infusions, you should pay attention to other digestive disorders. If any symptoms occur, you need to find out the cause and treat the disease. Such disorders include heartburn, gallbladder and liver disease, gastritis, and gastrointestinal ulceration. If pancreatitis is combined with diabetes, herbs are used that help to normalize glucose levels (rhizomes of the herb, dandelion, elecampane, blueberry leaf).
To improve the work of the pancreas, the following schemes are also used:
- Two tablespoons of bitter wormwood are poured with half a liter of boiling water, kept in a thermos for half an hour. The infusion is drunk in an amount of 100 ml before each meal;
- A tablespoon of dried plantain leaves is poured with a glass of boiling water, kept for one hour. The infusion is filtered, the remaining volume is drunk for the whole day;
- Two teaspoons of alfalfa are steamed with one and a half glasses of boiled water, kept for thirty minutes. Then filter and drink in small portions throughout the day.
The effectiveness of this or that recipe is manifested in the form of normalization of digestion, elimination of bloating and increased gas formation, reduction of painful sensations and increased appetite.
Sophora Japanese
This plant is endowed with properties that reduce pain in pancreatitis. The effectiveness of a remedy prepared on the basis of Japanese Sophora was known even in ancient times, when oriental healers prepared drugs on its basis for the treatment of emperors.
The special chemical composition of the plant helps to accelerate the regeneration of damaged tissues, improves the condition of the pancreas as a whole.
Sophora includes:
- Vitamin P (rutin). Most of all is found in buds;
- Sophoroside and other flavonoids found in fruits;
- Alkaloids;
- Glycosides;
- Fixed oils.
The positive effect on the pancreas is due to the regenerating, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties of Sophora. The plant is a natural adaptogen that increases the body's resistance to various diseases.
Recipe. To improve the work of the pancreas, take decoctions of Sophora, which is sold in any pharmacy. A teaspoon of herbs is poured into a glass of boiled water. The infusion is kept in a thermos all night, the next day it is ready for use. The resulting amount is divided into several doses and drunk during the day. The course of treatment lasts ten days. After three weeks, admission can be resumed.
Read more: Useful properties and application of Japanese Sophora tincture
Dandelion for the pancreas
The plant is rich in compounds that have a positive effect not only on the pancreas, but also on the entire body. It contains potassium salts, inulin, vitamins, acids and other useful substances.
Dandelion enhances immunity, has a sedative effect on the nervous system, improves metabolism. Dandelion-based products cleanse the body of toxins. In relation to the pancreas, the plant is an excellent stimulator of insulin production and therefore is widely used in the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
For the preparation of medicinal products, stems, leaves, rhizomes and inflorescences are used. When self-harvesting, it must be borne in mind that ground shoots contain the most useful substances during flowering, and rhizomes - in the autumn. Raw materials are best dried outdoors, but not in direct sunlight. Dried leaves and inflorescences are stored for two years, the shelf life of rhizomes is five years. Keep the grass in cotton bags or cardboard boxes.
Recipe. To normalize the function of the pancreas, take a decoction of crushed dandelion rhizomes. It is prepared as follows: 50 g of roots are poured with one and a half glasses of boiling water, kept for two hours. The infusion is drunk half a glass three times a day before meals.
Dandelion is included in many herbal regimens for diseases of the pancreas. The effectiveness of the plant is increased in combination with marsh calamus, thyme, hops and peppermint.
Read more: Properties and uses of medicinal dandelion
Herbal tea from Tibetan monks
This product is based on four natural ingredients. Tibetan monks drank this tea for cleansing the body and general strengthening. The collection is effective in exacerbating the disease, as well as to maintain the normal activity of the pancreas.
Composition of Tibetan tea (equal proportions):
- St. John's wort. The herb reduces inflammation, and also has a beneficial effect on the bile ducts;
- Birch buds. This component reduces painful sensations, disperses bile, removes toxins, increases the effectiveness of St. John's wort;
- Immortelle. Promotes better excretion of bile, increases the concentration of bilirubin in it, activates the secretory function of the pancreas, reduces pain;
- Pharmaceutical camomile. It is a natural antiseptic, antispasmodic, relieves inflammation and reduces pain.
A spoonful of herbs is poured with half a liter of boiling water. Insist for ten minutes, then drink it neat as tea. It can be sweetened with jam or a little honey.
Herbal preparations for the pancreas
Not only specific herbs, but also combinations of medicinal plants, including several names, are highly effective in improving the activity of the pancreas. The mixtures are formulated so that one herb enhances the effect of another.
Collection No. 1 includes leaves of peppermint, inflorescences of cmin (immortelle), chamomile, calamus roots and cat grass roots (mint - two parts, all others - one at a time). A tablespoon of herbs is poured with one and a half glasses of boiled water. Take 3/4 cup twice a day one hour after meals.
Collection No. 2 contains buckthorn fruits, tansy inflorescences, corn silk, hop cones, fennel seeds and chamomile flowers (buckthorn - three parts, all others - one at a time). A tablespoon of the mixture is poured with a glass of boiling water, left to cool, then filtered. The resulting volume is divided into three parts, drunk before each meal.
Collection No. 3 contains rhizomes of marshmallow, inflorescences of marigolds, rhizomes of Potentilla. Proportions: five parts of marshmallow, the rest - four parts. A spoonful of collection is poured into 3/4 cup of boiling water, heated over low heat for about seven minutes, then kept for another hour. It is taken three times a day for 1/3 cup.
Collection No. 4 contains inflorescences of cmin (immortelle), St. John's wort, knotweed, buckthorn bark and chamomile (four parts of cmin and St. John's wort, three parts of knotweed and buckthorn, two parts of chamomile). Four tablespoons of raw materials are poured with a liter of water, kept overnight. The glass is drunk in the morning on an empty stomach, the remaining volume is divided into four parts. Take one hour after meals.
With an exacerbation, a more complex composition is used, including:
- Helichrysum inflorescences (seven tablespoons);
- Rhizomes of dioecious nettle and wheatgrass (five spoons each);
- Blueberry leaf (four spoons);
- Chicory rhizomes (four spoons);
- Three spoons of St. John's wort;
- Three spoons of tansy inflorescences;
- Two tablespoons of flax seeds;
- Two spoons of buckthorn bark;
- Two spoons of shepherd's purse;
- Peppermint spoon.
Recipe. Healing infusion is made every evening. Two tablespoons of the herbal mixture are poured with half a liter of boiling water, left in a thermos overnight. The volume is divided into three parts, the infusion is drunk warm half an hour before meals.
Medicinal plants belong to traditional medicine, but this does not mean that you can self-medicate. Before using this or that prescription, you should consult your doctor. A specialist, based on the study, will make an accurate diagnosis and prescribe an effective treatment regimen, which may include herbal medicine.
The best results in the treatment of the pancreas are obtained by an integrated approach based on taking medications, using traditional medicine and dietary nutrition.
The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist
Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).
