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GROW YOUR OWN Remedies for Gut Health
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by Linda Grace Kingsbury
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igestive upset is a common health issue that we all experience from time to time. The foods we consume, stress we hold, and the environment that we eat in all have an impact on how our body processes what we feed it. Thankfully, Mother Nature offers us weeds and easy-to-grow plants that support healthy digestion. Indigestion, acid reflux and constipation can all be improved by adding bitter foods and herbs to your daily diet. Bitters clear excess heat from the heart and small intestines. When the heart is happy all foods are easier to digest. The following suggestions can help improve your gut health. If you’re unable to grow your own greens and herbs, all the below are readily available in common grocery stores and farmer’s markets. • If you feel like you’re losing your cool, eat a salad with an abundance of dark leafy greens • To ease an upset stomach, chew on fresh peppermint, lemon balm and lovage leaves • Improve gut bacteria by consuming bitter
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greens like arugula, amaranth, kale, beet greens and spinach Add dandelion leaves to a salad or fresh juice to help digest fatty foods and improve sluggish digestion Ease worry and anxiety, often a source of digestive upset, with calming lemon balm and motherwort Soothe Irritable Bowel Syndrome symptoms by drinking peppermint leaf tea Reduce hyperacidity, gastritis, intestinal gas and diarrhea with herbal preparations containing yarrow Relieve inflammation in the digestive tract with plantain and mallow, both common backyard weeds boost immune health with oregano and thyme
Herbal Vinegars
In addition to eating leafy greens and using bitter herbs as condiments or tea, another way to support a healthy gut is making herbal vinegars. Here are simple instructions on how to make your own herb-infused digestion support vinegar.
