Treating diarrhea using folk remedies.

Diarrhea caused by exposure to cold wind: Patients experience abdominal pain, rumbling in the stomach, frequent bowel movements, alternating hot and cold sensations, and headaches.

If the diarrhea is not too severe, does not cause dehydration, and is not accompanied by other infections, some simple remedies based on traditional experience can be applied. For diarrhea, you can use:

- Mix equal amounts of dried tea leaves and roasted rice, then simmer with 3 slices of fresh ginger. Divide the mixture into several portions and drink throughout the day while it is still warm.

- For the sim flower buds (harvested before they bloom), use about half a cup to make a decoction for drinking.
- Take a handful of guava buds, chew them with a few grains of salt, and swallow the pulp.

- Boil mangosteen peel in water until the liquid is concentrated, then drink the decoction.

Diarrhea caused by cold and dampness: Patients often experience mild abdominal pain, watery diarrhea, fatigue, loss of appetite, and a pale white tongue coating. Use 40g of thinly sliced ​​fresh galangal root and 80g of guava tree bark (roasted), then decoct both ingredients together. Drink several times a day instead of tea for best results.

Diarrhea caused by exposure to cold wind: Patients experience abdominal pain, rumbling in the stomach, frequent bowel movements, alternating hot and cold sensations, headache, and loose stools: Take 5 slices of ginger, 6g of perilla leaves, 20g each of lemongrass (roasted), and tangerine peel (roasted). Add 2 bowls of water (rice bowls) and simmer until only 1 bowl remains. Drink while still hot.

Diarrhea due to low heat: People with this condition experience abdominal pain and immediate diarrhea. The stool is yellow, foul-smelling, and there is infrequent urination with reddish urine. They are very thirsty and have a yellow coating on their tongue. This condition is common in summer and autumn. Take 20g of plantain leaves and flowers, and 40g of young pineapple shoots (the white part of the young leaves of a fruit-bearing pineapple plant). Wash everything thoroughly, crush them into a paste, and add a little salt. Pour one bowl of boiling water over the mixture, let it steep for about half an hour, then strain and drink the liquid.

Diarrhea due to spleen and stomach deficiency and cold: Patients experience fatigue, poor appetite, pale complexion, cold hands and feet, and pass undigested food in their stools: use 16g of tangerine peel, 16g of dried ginger, and 100g of burnt roasted old rice, decoct into a concentrated solution, and divide into portions to drink gradually.

According to Dat Viet Newspaper - NT