Atrophic gastritis can develop due to disruption of cellular processes and degenerative changes in the epithelial layers of the gastric mucosa. The epithelium begins to atrophy, which brings a lot of suffering to the patient.
According to experts, the vast majority of elderly and elderly people are susceptible to the pathological condition. The figure that experts pronounce is equal to nine-tenths of the world's elderly population.
Official medicine does not always know the causes of the disease. Therefore, it is not always possible to say with certainty whether atrophic gastritis can be cured. In the final stages of development, no effective drugs have been developed to cure the condition. However, the condition can, if not be completely cured, then at least stop its development.
Most patients are keenly interested in the possibility of complete cure of atrophic processes in the gastric mucosa. The decision depends on the stage of detection and how carefully the patient follows the doctor’s orders.
At the first stage of therapy, it is necessary to eradicate the pathogen from the stomach. To relieve pain, your doctor will prescribe Almagel or Maalox. At further stages, it is possible to include alternative medicine in the gastric complex of therapeutic measures. Treatment of atrophic gastritis with folk remedies can be quite effective, safe and affordable. The most effective means are presented in this article. But do not forget that consultation with your doctor is simply necessary!
Oat infusion
Oats have long been considered an excellent folk remedy for treating all disorders affecting the digestive system. It is used for the prevention of atrophic hypoacid conditions of the stomach, for treatment. A special infusion is prepared from oat grains to treat chronic gastritis. You will need to grind the grains, not to the consistency of flour. 2 tablespoons of the resulting powder are poured with 400 milliliters of boiling water and the mixture is allowed to brew. The optimal solution would be to place the mixture in a thermos for 5-6 hours.
When the resulting decoction is thoroughly infused, it is filtered and taken twice a day before meals. You will need half a glass per serving. The course of therapy continues for a month. Taking it regularly, patients feel improvement within the next few days.
Sea buckthorn oil
Sea buckthorn oil has excellent regenerative and anti-inflammatory properties, promotes the healing of wounds, erosions and ulcers, which has earned it high popularity in folk medicine. It is rich in vitamins and microelements.
Popular method: pour 2 teaspoons of sea buckthorn oil into a glass of warm cow's milk. Mix the mixture thoroughly. A glass is drunk in the morning on an empty stomach. The full course of therapeutic effects lasts a month. The sooner treatment with folk remedies is started, the more useful it will be, and the sooner recovery will occur.
Juices for the treatment of gastritis
To restore damaged gastric mucosa, it is useful to regularly consume fresh juices squeezed from certain vegetables or fruits. They help restore normal function of the gastric glands and eliminate the inflammatory process. Mixtures of vegetable and fruit juices have the best effect.
You can squeeze juice from cabbage, fresh tomatoes and lemon and mix in equal proportions. Dilute the resulting mixture in half with boiled water. This composition can be taken in the form of a medicine shortly before meals, or used as a drink for meals.
It is recommended to squeeze potato juice from fresh root vegetables, which should not contain greens. Half a glass of juice is drunk before meals. The taste of such juice is not very pleasant; if you don’t want to consume the juice in its pure form, you can add any fruit or carrot juice. This drink has a pronounced analgesic effect and can replace the drug Almagel in this regard. If the level of acidity in the stomach is increased, potato juice will reduce it to normal levels and allow you to stay healthy for a long time.
In addition to potatoes, you can take juice from carrots, cabbage, and beets.
Phytotherapy
With the help of a number of herbal decoctions, it is possible to eliminate the clinical signs of severe inflammation in the stomach. In particular, you can prepare a useful composition for herbal treatment.
Herbal recipe 1
To prepare a herbal decoction, you will need crushed medicinal herbs in the following proportions: chamomile 20 grams, elderberry the same amount, peppermint and lemon balm leaves 15 grams each, fennel and cordifolia flowers 10 grams each.
Mix the resulting herbal composition of crushed and dried components thoroughly and pour a spoonful of this mixture into a glass container. Pour 200 grams of boiling water over it and put on low heat for 10 minutes. Use the resulting composition 100 grams three times a day. After eating, an hour must pass before you are allowed to drink the decoction.
Recipe 2
A phytotherapeutic recipe is no less effective:
- Take chamomile, mint, St. John's wort and plantain leaves in equal quantities.
- Grind the herb well and pour boiling water over it.
- The decoction will need to steep for one hour.
- Drink a quarter glass several times a day.
The course of taking the decoction lasts at least a month.
Recipe 3
A new effective medicinal collection for the treatment of atrophic gastritis.
- Take 2 or 3 herbs in any combination from the list: burdock herb, plantain leaf, wormwood herb.
- Grind and pour boiling water. It is permissible to leave the composition in a thermos overnight. Drink the resulting decoction the day before, and prepare a new portion of the medicine the next day.
All the described medicinal plants have a pronounced anti-inflammatory and wound-healing effect, normalize appetite and promote the regeneration of damaged epithelium.
Recipe with parsley roots
Such a well-known herb as parsley has a whole list of useful qualities and properties and can be successfully used in the treatment of various ailments. It is necessary to dig up the fresh roots of this plant, thoroughly wash and dry them, and then chop them. The resulting mass will require three tablespoons. Pour the mixture into a full glass of boiling water and leave it to stand overnight. The infusion should be taken one tablespoon before meals.
Rosehip decoction
Rose hips have a healing effect. They supply the body with vitamin C, which improves the function of the immune system. The production of gastric juice is stimulated and the quality of digestion is improved. There are various cooking methods, but this folk method is most often used:
- fruits and leaves are mixed together in equal proportions (you can take fresh ones, but first crush them);
- 2 tbsp. l. the mixture is poured with 350 ml of water;
- put on fire, bring to a boil, cook over low heat for 7-8 minutes;
- remove from heat, cool, strain.
The drink is consumed in an amount of 200 ml per day instead of tea. You can add a small amount of honey to sweeten.
In addition to improving gastrointestinal function, rose hips have a diuretic effect. This may be a contraindication for inflammatory kidney diseases, urolithiasis, and impaired water-electrolyte metabolism. Therefore, consult a gastroenterologist first.
Folk recipes based on calamus roots
Calamus is a plant that increases the secretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. It contains a lot of ascorbic acid, essential oils and gum. There are several recipes for traditional healers based on calamus roots.
- A special medicinal tincture is prepared from crushed calamus rhizomes. 20 grams of rhizome are infused with 100 grams of vodka. Exposure time – 2 weeks. The tincture is filtered and pressed. The finished product should be stored in a dark, cool place. To cure atrophic gastritis of the stomach, 15 drops of tincture are drunk before meals.
- The water infusion is prepared as follows: crushed calamus rhizomes in the amount of one teaspoon are poured into a glass of boiling water. The resulting product must be infused for 20 minutes. You need to drink half a glass.
- Calamus root can be added to a medicinal mixture: 10 grams of calamus roots, 10 grams of wormwood herb, 10 grams of three-leaf watch, 10 grams of caraway fruits.
Kinds
The specific type of disease depends on the location of the inflammation and the nature of the damage to the mucous membrane.
Atrophic gastritis can take several forms.
Acute form
Active gastritis in its symptoms and course of the disease is very similar to superficial inflammation of the stomach. There is swelling, penetration of leukocytes into tissues, congestion of the walls of blood vessels, the process of erosion of the walls of the stomach and destruction of the epithelium.
Often develops under the influence of harmful chemicals entering the body. The influence of a strong pathogen leads to intoxication, cardiac and respiratory arrest. There are many known cases of patient death.
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Chronic form
Inactive gastritis is accompanied by gradual cell atrophy, under the influence of which the process of changes in the absorption, motor and secretory functions of the stomach occurs.
Involvement in the pathogenesis of neighboring organs, such as the esophagus, duodenum, pancreas and endocrine glands and liver, is often observed.
The consequence of intoxication is damage to the nervous system and changes in the process of hematopoiesis.
The symptoms are similar to gastritis with low acidity.
Focal form
The appearance of focal pathologies on the walls of the stomach is often accompanied by increased acidity. The symptoms are practically indistinguishable from ordinary gastritis, and the only difference is that increased secretion of hydrochloric acid is observed in the affected areas.
The focal form is manifested by the body’s refusal to accept fatty meat, dairy products and eggs, after eating which heartburn, nausea and vomiting begin.
Moderate form
Mild damage to the stomach can only be detected by histological examination of the cells. Symptoms are characterized by slight discomfort in the epigastrium after eating a heavy meal. Pain is rare.
There are also superficial, antral and diffuse forms, which are an early harbinger of gastric atrophy.
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Treatment of hypoacid gastritis
To treat focal inflammatory process in the stomach, accompanied by a decrease in the acidity level of gastric juice, at home using folk methods, it is possible to use remedies.
Recipe 1
Prepare a healing anti-inflammatory infusion from the given list of medicinal plants: 4 spoons of dry knotweed herb (or knotweed), 4 spoons of crushed centaury herb, 3 spoons of crushed yarrow flowers, 2 spoons of peppermint leaves and flowers, 2 spoons of crushed calamus roots, 1 part cumin , 8 spoons of marshweed herb, 8 spoons of plantain leaves. Grind the components thoroughly and mix. Drink a quarter glass. The product is recommended if there is mucosal atrophy.
Recipe 2
Prepare a decoction of the medicinal collection: 4 parts of knotweed herb, 4 spoons of St. John's wort flowers, 3 spoons of blueberry leaves and twigs, 2 spoons of crushed yarrow flowers, 2 spoons of immortelle flowers, 2 spoons of centaury herb, 1 spoon of mint and chamomile flowers. The resulting mixture is poured with water and boiled for 7 minutes, removed from the heat and infused for an hour. Drink a glass of solution 4 times a day.
Recipe 3
The given recipe has proven itself over a long period of time for the treatment of atrophic gastritis.
Take three parts of St. John's wort, 1 part each of immortelle herb, calendula and wormwood. The mixture is poured into a glass of boiling water and infused for 20 minutes. Take 50 ml three times a day.
Recipe 4
In folk medicine, an effective remedy is known to restore the gastric mucosa. A product made from honey and aloe juice has a good activating and wound-healing effect on the stomach with atrophic gastritis. The components are mixed in equal proportions and left for 2 weeks in a dark place. You will need to eat a teaspoon of the mixture before each meal.
An equally common alternative to this famous recipe is a mixture of agave juice, honey and butter, which must be taken in equal proportions and mixed thoroughly.
Recipe 5
Grind centaury herb, 20 grams of peppermint, mix. Pour 2 tablespoons of the mixture into one glass of boiling water. Drinking a decoction aimed at restoring the mucous membrane is required in a glass before meals.
Recipe 6
Candied plantain will be an effective remedy for hypoacid conditions of the gastric mucosa. Half a kilogram of fresh plantain leaves is crushed and mixed with a glass of granulated sugar. Keep the resulting mass for 2 weeks and eat 2 tablespoons of the mass before meals. Plantain juice has a stimulating effect on the secretory activity of the gastric glands and helps improve digestive processes.
Diet
With atrophic gastritis, a diet will definitely be required. Basic dietary recommendations:
- eat food warm; there is no need to damage the gastric mucosa with hot or cold dishes;
- take food 6-7 times a day in small portions (it is advisable to exclude snacks);
- eat fresh, carefully processed, washed foods.
It is recommended to eat lean meat, fish, and dairy products for gastritis. Baked vegetables and fruits, steamed omelet. Mashed potatoes, cottage cheese casseroles, yesterday's bread. Among sweets, marmalade, honey, and jelly are allowed. It is useful to drink chicory, still mineral water, green tea, dried fruit compotes.
If you are ill, you should exclude fatty, salty, fried foods, marinades and smoked foods, sweets, chocolate, and cakes. You should not eat foods that increase gas formation. Avoid any alcoholic beverages.
Diet is an integral part of the treatment of atrophic gastritis. Without following strict nutritional recommendations, it will be difficult to cope with the pathology.
