Our abdomen or as it is commonly used to say, our belly is a very delicate area where our instincts, our emotions, and where psychosomatic reactions often occur: swelling, spasms, irritable bowel.
Unfortunately, those who do not pay attention and listen to their organism find themselves over time with chronic disorders with which they must live together, such as forms of spastic colitis, intestinal dysbiosis, very serious forms of constipation.
It is therefore very important not to underestimate the way in which we face everyday situations, the forms of anxiety with which we live and educate ourselves to resort to small natural aids that can prevent much heavier drug therapies over time, because our body always records everything and is destined to fall ill due to its predisposition.
Welfare education is instead what can help us keep it healthy, reactive, elastic and requires a correct diet, personalized because we are not all equal, the introduction of natural remedies to quell anxieties and nervousness, practices such as yoga, stretching of the meridians, meditation, but also simple walks in the countryside, phytotherapic treatments to disinfect, calm abdominal spasms as they arise.
We have many tools at our disposal if we just get out of the trap of "everything right away without fatigue" that is poisoning the air we breathe!
Some herbal remedies have the ability to work on different levels and help quell the fire that stirs our two brains, mind and belly.
Mallow, to soothe
Flowers and leaves of Mallow are an effective remedy to relieve inflammation in general; the mucilages of which it is rich produce a viscous film that protects our mucous membranes. In the stomach and in the intestine it has an emollient, moisturizing, calming gastro-intestinal spasms, disinfects and eases intestinal transit.
Its action is so delicate that it can be used during pregnancy, during breastfeeding, for children and the elderly .
Mallow is indicated in cases of gastric acidity, spastic and ulcerative colitis, constipation, vaginitis, but also for respiratory tract infections, such as laryngitis, tracheitis and pharyngitis.
How to use:
- Decoction: 3 grams for a cup of water, to boil for 10 minutes and then leave to infuse for another 10 minutes. 3 cups a day between meals.
Anise, to deflate the abdomen
The seeds of Green Anise are an effective remedy to deflate the abdomen in case of aerophagia or meteorism and facilitate digestion; it performs a secretolithic, spasmolytic, eupeptic, carminative and antifermentative activity.
Anise helps eliminate the formation of air in the stomach, promotes the complete digestion of food, refreshes the intestine, calms abdominal spasms. It also boasts sedative properties, albeit mild and can be useful in case of stress swellings.
Anise is indicated in case of dyspepsias, meteorism, gastrointestinal spasms, but also for bronchitis with phlegm and in hypogalic conditions.
How to use:
- Infusion: 2 g of fruit in 150 ml of boiling water to be left to infuse for 20 minutes, 2 cups a day.
Licorice, to disinfect
Licorice appeals to everyone a little and for this reason care must be taken not to abuse it ; glycyrrhizin, the active ingredient of licorice, in sustained doses can in fact increase the pressure, so let's stick to the recommended doses.
The licorice herbal tea has a sedative action on the central nervous system, regulates excess blood sugar and stimulates cerebrospinal fluid. Licorice is an emollient and healing remedy for gastric mucosa, indicated in cases of peptic ulcer. Sit spasms of smooth muscles thanks to the flavonoid component. It carries out antispastic, antioxidant, immunostimulant, hepatoprotective and digestive activity .
Licorice is indicated in case of gastritis, ulcer, colitis, but also in case of bronchitis with phlegm, cough, bronchial asthma.
How to use:
- Decoction: 2 grams per cup of 150 ml water. Boil 10 minutes and leave to infuse another 10 minutes. To be taken 3 cups a day.
Lemon balm, to calm down
Lemon balm leaves are the basis of this remedy with multiple properties. Its calming characteristics to alleviate psychosomatic disorders have been known since ancient times: in the French monasteries of the Discalced Carmelites, Melissa Water was distilled to quell any disorder, from nervous breakdown to toothache.
Today, with good reason, we can better circumscribe its action that starts from the Central Nervous System and reverberates on neuralgia, digestive disorders, nausea, cramps, menstrual pain, flatulence, as it plays a calming, sedative, spasmolytic and carminative activity .
Summing up the Melissa is indicated in case of nervousness, easy irritability, insomnia, dyspepsia, colitis, abdominal colic, dysmenorrhea.
How to use:
- Infusion: 2 grams in infusion in a cup of water for 10 minutes or 3 cups a day after meals.
The frangula, to unlock
If the pains were attributable to a poor intestinal function we can introduce a remedy that facilitates peristalsis, such as the frangula. Its bark is rich in glycosides that arrive intact to the large intestine where the intestinal bacterial flora activates them; they are anthraquinone glycosides that soften and hydrate the fecal mass, and with the help of frangulin, the active principle of the remedy, the intestinal musculature is given back tone.
In this way the laxative action is extremely delicate, non-irritating and not drastic. The effect in fact develops over a more diluted period of time than more immediate laxatives, so it can be used with greater tranquility, even if not for extended periods.
In addition to a marked laxative activity, the f rangula also performs choleretic and cholagogue action; for this reason the remedy is indicated in addition to constipation also of biliary insufficiency.
How to use:
- Decoction: 2 grams per cup of water to boil 10 minutes and leave another 10 minutes to infuse. 1 cup in the evening before bedtime.
