Home Remedies for Diarrhea

Diarrhea occurs when stools become loose and work without any consistency. It is an effective way to remove the undesirable substances from the body.

Diarrhea is a way for your body to remove a substance that is bad for it in a quick manner. You may find that other than diarrhea, you may also experience vomiting and fever. While it is helpful to efficiently purge the body of the foreign substance, it can cause dehydration. Dehydration is very dangerous, especially for children and older people. Should you also find blood or mucus in the stool, there could be a more serious reason for your digestive complaints.

Symptoms of Diarrhea:

The symptoms for diarrhea are vomiting, stomach pain, consistent thirst, fever, nausea or even dehydration. The results for the same may be dangerous in children as well as in people aged above 65 years.

Causes of Diarrhea:

It is caused by food poisoning that can be due to bacteria in food or water, food allergies or a virus. It can also be caused due to consumption of alcohol in excess, laxatives or caffeine.

Treatment of Diarrhea:

1. Carob powder In a Canadian study of 230 infants with diarrhea only three were not cured by the addition of carob 'powder to their formula.

2. Avoid Apple cider vinegar For a preventive measure start taking a teaspoon of vinegar and a teaspoon of honey in a glass of water half an hour before each meal a few days before your trip.

3. Use Yogurt This seems to be beneficial in maintaining or restoring the health of the intestinal tract.

4. Do Ginger tea can stop cramps and pain. Or take Ginger in capsules.

5. The normal functioning of the intestinal tract depends upon the presence of adequate fibre - the kind that absorbs water and forms soft bulk. Fibre like bran. Bran relieves both constipation and diarrhea.

6. Lemon juice Drinking the juice of a freshly squeezed lemon in a large glass of water three to five times a day will kill off the pathogens causing the diarrhea.

7. Wild oregano oil acts as an antibacterial, anti parasitic, and antiviral agent. Thus, it can address the root cause and help to treat the bacteria, virus, or parasite causing the diarrhea.

8. Wear Wheatgrass powder is supposedly effective for treating diarrhea from irritable bowel syndrome.

9. Brown rice and toasted whole grain bread are traditional home remedies for diarrhea that my grandmother used and with good reason.

10. Homeopathic Arsenicum enables you to eliminate toxins after eating spoilt food, but will control the diarrhea.

11. Avoid drinking non caffeinated and non alcoholic fluids whilst feeling sick. Skip apple juice however but choose ginger ale and carrot juice instead.

12. Drinking blackberry tea will alleviate mild diarrhea. Ginger tea or ginger in capsules helps relieve cramping.

13. Eat bananas.

14. You can also make capsules of cayenne and take this at regular intervals.

15. Mash 3 carrots and eat.

16. Eat 1-2 tablespoons of mashed apples to stop diarrhea.