Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment

Question by desert.gal: What food/drink and herbs best fight IBS?
Are there foods or drinks to stay away from or include in one’s diet to help with irritable bowel syndrome? What about natural supplements, such as those that contribute “good bacteria” to one’s digestive system, or help to balance or offset yeast?

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Answer by ndeily
Citrucel works like a charm. two or three a day regularly will make a huge difference.

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Question by craven: Can I Take probiotics while taking herbs to kill candida?
I am taking this stuff its identical to yeast max, exact same ingredients too…

http://www.qfac.com/supps/yeastmax.html

and it kills candida, and i was wondering if i take it right before a meal, then eat….a few hours later can i take probiotics or yogurt?

The lady at the herb store said that it would kill the good bacteria and it would be a waste, is this true? if so would it make die off worse?

or would probiotics like danactive with l.casei help?
ingredient for full strength, but it says to start with half, 1 capsule, and 10 drops,….but here is the full strength list…

candida gone 2, a capsule

uva ursi – 300 mg
garlic bulb – 150 mg
magnesium caprylate – 75 mg
citricidal extract – 75 mg
pau d’arco root bark – 75 mg
calcium undecylenate – 75 mg
barberry root – 50 mg
neem leaf – 50 mg
olive leaf – 50 mg
barberine sulphate – 25 mg

candi cone 2 a liquid 20 drops morning and night

oregano leaf – 39.6 mg
orange peel – 33 mg
pau d’arco root bark – 33 mg
cinnamon bark – 20 mg
clove bud – 20 mg
peppermint leaf – 20 mg

let me know what you reccomend and if this is ok to take with probiotics….also does this look like it would kill worms or parasites too for a full cleanse?

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Answer by oldtimekid2
Actually, yes, the probiotics help quite a bit to control yeast growth. In fact, the best way to prevent yeast growth issues (yeast infections, thrush, etc) is to take probiotics on a regular basis.
I don’t see why any herbs that cleanse candida would kill probiotics unless it is an antibiotic (which medicinal/beneficial herbs aren’t). If you could E-mail me a list of the ingredients or a link to a site with the ingredients for that product, I can take a look for you.
In any case, I wish you luck!

[edit]: Yeah, those are mostly for health of your liver, urinary tract/kidneys, immune system, and other parts of the body. I don’t see any reason those would hurt probiotics, not to mention the fact that if they killed the probiotics, that would encourage the Candida to come back later anyway. You’re good to go with that and probiotics.

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Question by Barry: Are there any herbs or supplements that work for Irritable bowel syndrome (I.B.S.) ?

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Answer by Rhianna Returns
Possibly yes. This one will please the alties: Chinese herbal medicine has been used with SOME success, providing drugs like aristolochia, stephania and clematis are avoided. A recent RCT has shown commercially available herbal preparations containing nine plant extracts (STW 5) effective in reducing symptoms in IBS. So that might be worth a try.

Try dietary changes too, 50% of people find that a low fire diet helps, whilst the other 50% say it makes it worse, but it is worth a try.

The spasm in the gut can be very painful. Have you tried Colpermin? You buy this OTC too. If all of the above fails to work, then you could give low dose Amytriptlyn(sp?) a try. This sort of acts as a muscle smoother.

I am very sceptical about those pro-biotic yoghurts, but they might help. Stress is thought to play a part. Many people find that their symptoms worsen during episodes of stress. Studies show that overactivity of the muscles in the gut play a large part and various factors may play a part in this. It could be something to do with messages sent from the brain to the gut.

Food intolerance account for 33-66% of IBS cases but actual allergies are a rare cause, contrary to popular belief.

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I take a multi vitamin , saw palmetto, boitin, vitamin-c ,& b-vitamins, fish oil in the morning with apple cider vinager. In the evening I take saw palmetto, Grape seed extract, stinging nettle, & fish oils