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Natural Remedies for Holiday Tummy Aches
Q: What’s a good natural remedy for a tummy ache after too many holiday sweets?
A: Many of us may experience this as we make our way through the party-filled weeks between Halloween and the New Year.
If a stomach ache is due to overeating, a good burp is usually the quickest way to get relief. Flat ginger-ale, soda, or naturally carbonated waters can do the trick.
Dr. Brent Ridge is the health expert for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia. You can call and ask him a question live every Tuesday at 2 p.m. Eastern on Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 112 (1.866.675.6675). You can also follow along as he learns to grow his own food and raise goats on his farm in upstate New York by visiting www.beekman1802.com.
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Peppermint tea (either looseleaf or teabags) is my preference for this sort of digestive problem. A couple other people mentioned mint in various forms, and any of them can be helpful; mint works because it loosens the valve at the bottom of the stomach, which allows the stomach to empty faster. Unfortunately, this is also why some people with reflux/heartburn problems have trouble with mint - it also loosens the valve at the top of the stomach. I have reflux, however, and I don't find mint bothers me unless I'm already in the midst of a full-blown attack; it doesn't seem to be a trigger for me as it is for some people.
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Drink lemon tea with some honey added in it for taste.
Ginger Tea works just as well.
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My father used to advise to dry fry a tsp. of carrom seeds, add water when aroma comes & drink that water in between
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Holiday "tummy aches"...?
How about donating the money equivalent of all those excess tummy-ache-producing sweets towards those who have holiday "tummy aches" because of HUNGER?
There's plenty of those!
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Cola syrup over ice works great. It is available at most pharmacies and is very inexpensive.
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peace kind, what has helped, plant based digestive enzymes for its said food cooked over 116 degrees kills all the digestive enzymes in food taxing our limited supply of enzymes in pancreas. probiotics with or f.o.s. fructoogliosachrides, the good breathing bacteria in the gut need an alkaline environment so die when too acidic & f.o.s. its food multiplies them 3-4 times. electric processed colodial silver kills 650 known types of pathogens is the claim. all have helped. litmus paper checking ones saliva & urine for 2 weeks 8 hours after eating so food doesn't interfer in reading should be 7.2ph complimenting the bloods 7.4ph has been a sure sign if ones diet has caused one to not be alkaline enough to prevent tommy aches. no processed sugar, no sugar crystals at all, only fresh sugar cane stalk or fresh juiced sugar cane, processed sugar even evaporated always gives me a tummy ache, though as a child i never noticed, but as an adult it matters. fresh raw vegies, fruits, nuts daily keeps the tummy aches away. peace kind
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My trick, room temperature semi-flat 7-up, or Dr. Pepper either room temp or slightly warmed up. The Dr. Pepper also works for a sore throat (from being overly vocal or sick) or voice loss due to too much celebration cheering.
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I've used Barqus Root Beer. Drink it fast-instant Burp!!!
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mint is a remedy for gas & indigestion. Chew, take juice or have the liquid available with chemists' shop
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