medicago sativa) to ease stomach ulcers. Alfalfa is a good source of vitamin K, which stops bleeding. Add fresh alfalfa leaves or sprouts to any mixed salad or use them like lettuce on a sandwich. Alfalfa also contains beta carotene, an anticancer substance. The crushed, dried plant can also be used to brew a tea. Plain alfalfa tea tastes something like spinach, so you'll probably want to add mint leaves. Try the tea chilled and flavored with honey, orange and lemon peel,
and peppermint leaf.
Angelica has been used in Europe and the British Isles as a good general tionic and as a calming agent for the stomach. To make a tea, boil 20g of chopped angelica root or 15g of crushed seeds in 1 liter of water. Angelica is an antibacterial, and because it is a stimulant, it's best as a morning drink. Warning: Take only small amounts. Angelica is strong medicine.
Comfrey leaves have been used to treat nearly every digestive complaint. Comfrey tea is especially effective against gastric ulcers (the kind that occur in the stomach) and gallstones.
Fresh honey soothes irritated ulcers. That's what many Europeans and Asians discovered after years of using honey as a general digestive aid. Honey reduces almost any kind of inflammation, including inflammation of the linings of the stomach and duodenum (where most ulcers
are located).
Licorice contains a substance called carbenoxone which protects the lining of the stomach against erosion by stomach acid. This process helps to heal early formations of ulcers.
The juice from the leaves of the Mexican agave plant forms a protective coating inside the stomach shortly after it is swallowed. It also soothes inflamed stomach tissues, such as those caused by ulcers.
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass on a summer day listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is hardly a waste of time. ~John Lubbock
ULCERS? EAT CABBAGE!!!
Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastric and duodenal ulcers.
