Herbal Medicine Treatment

Plant Digestive and eupeptic

Within this group includes all plants that promote the digestive process, either because they contain proteolytic enzymes, such as papaya, capable of unfolding proteins, or because they contain essential oils and other active substances that can stimulate digestive secretions, such as common chamomile, among others.

Tips to improve symptoms of functional dyspepsia

Sometimes the treatment of functional dyspepsia is not effective and the relief can be scarce. However, it should be noted that some guidelines but may not guarantee complete relief can help reduce the symptoms of this disorder:

• Maintain a regular schedule for meals. Eat quietly, slowly and chewing food thoroughly promotes gastric processing of food and facilitates digestion. (more…)

Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill)

In the fruits of fennel essential oil addition, there are other active substances as flavonoids, and trace Pyranocoumarins Hydroxycoumarins and furanocoumarins.

This drug has full capability to balance the digestive system functions, as well as encouraging the elimination of gas also increases the production of gastrointestinal juice, which stimulates digestion and has anti-spasmodic effect.

Its efficacy and safety has been well demonstrated by the wide traditional use as a carminative with that account.

Also, the fennel has antiseptic and expectorant effect, because some of its active principles (anethole and fenchona) have been shown to increase secretions bronquioalveolares and also stimulate the activity of bronchial cilia. (more…)

Gentian (Gentiana lutea L.)

The roots and rhizome are the plant parts that constitute the drug. As active ingredients contains iridoids (bitter glycosides), simple sugars, phenolic acids, benzoic acid derivatives, xanthones, triterpenes, tannins, sterols, inulin, traces of essential oil and pyridine alkaloids.

Thanks to its content of bitter substances, the iridoids, gentian root stimulates the taste buds, an effect that reflects the production of juices increase gastrointestinal motility and accelerates gastric stomach emptying, thus aids digestion.

It also has effect cholagogue, choleretic and antispasmodic. It also appears to have immunostimulatory properties and antioxidant activity.

It is indicated to treat poor appetite and dyspepsia. Moreover, traditionally has been used since antiquity to treat aerophagia, gastrointestinal atony and biliary dyskinesia. (more…)

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Papaya (Carica papaya L.)

The drug consists of the latex obtained from the fruits and owes its digestive action of its content of proteolytic enzymes such as papain or chymopapain A and B, among others. It also contains simple sugars and oligosaccharides, vitamins and glucosinolates.

In addition to improving digestion by the action of their enzymes, have healing effect, anthelmintic and analgesic. It also recently have studies that show its immunostimulant activity.

Although the papaya has no indication approved by the Commission E of the German Ministry of Health is frequently use it in the treatment of dyspepsia, peptic ulcer, gastritis and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. Folk medicine also used to treat intestinal worm infections. (more…)

Phytotherapy

The use of herbal medicine in functional dyspepsia is an effective therapeutic, safe and relatively quick. According to the predominant symptoms that presents with the disorder, the most frequently used medicinal plants are those with digestive and carminative activity.

Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.)

The drug consists of the inflorescences collected at the time of flowering. It contains up to 1% of essential oil, flavonoids (luteolin, quercitrin, rutin, etc..) Sesquiterpene lactones, mucilages, Hydroxycoumarins, phenolic acids and tannins.

Stresses its activity in the digestive process: increased production of gastrointestinal juices, relaxes smooth muscle, reduces the proteolytic activity of pepsin and exerts a protective effect against peptic ulcer formation by aspirin.

On the other hand, the essential oil exerts a potent anti-inflammatory effect and a slight sedative effect. (more…)

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Functional dyspepsia is one of the digestive disorders more common in Western countries, although the current lack of etiology entail failure to have a truly effective drug treatment. However, it has to rule out the use of herbal medicine as an effective and safe alternative treatment, capable of improving the most common symptoms of this disorder.

The drug of the papaya used in the treatment of dyspepsia is extracted from the latex obtained from the fruits.

Currently, the term dyspepsia refers to any pain or discomfort located in the central part of the upper abdomen, similar to what is commonly known as indigestion. In addition to pain in the upper abdomen, may have bloating or abdominal swelling, heartburn, bloating, nausea or vomiting, and even early satiety, especially after food intake, although the symptoms are not always related to it. (more…)

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