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Natural Medicine : HELICOBACTER PYLORI
Helicobacter Pylori
Introduction
This germ has been found in over 60 per cent of persons who have peptic ulcer, and is believed
by some to be the cause of peptic ulcer. Several studies have shown that 70-90% of the ulcer patients
treated with Zantac or Tagamet will have recurrences within one year. Those treated for Helicobacter have only
5 to 10 percent recurrence. Helicobacter has been found in virtually all cases of acute and chronic gastritis
and peptic ulcers.
Management
Following are ways to treat Helicobacter (in addition to usual methods of treating peptic ulcers).
1.Fast one day using nothing except water by mouth.
2.Begin a simple diet consisting of not more than two food items, plus bread and spread. Take small
bites and chew each bite to a cream before swallowing.
3.Use a tincture of golden seal and echinacea, one teaspoonful every hour for six
4.hours; then one teaspoonful every four hours - you must wake up at night to take it - then six teaspoons
a day until a bottle containing eight ounces has been taken.
5.Beginning on the seventh day, take a heaping tablespoon of charcoal four times daily, early morning, mid
morning, mid afternoon, and bedtime, avoiding mealtimes by at least half an hour on either side.
6.Until the echinacea has been completely taken, avoid all animal products, spices, vinegar products, baking
powder and baking soda, and all beverages except water and herbal teas. Drink eight to ten, eight ounce glasses
of water or herbal teas per day. Many people with peptic ulcer disease are chronically dehydrated.
7.Herbal teas for soothing, for pain, sedation, etc., as needed. These include white willow bark, wild lettuce,
licorice and slippery elm.
8.Garlic, if tolerated, should be taken in the quantity of five cloves for breakfast, and five cloves for lunch. Meals
on the first day after the fast should be approximately half the quantity one ordinarily eats. The garlic can be
chopped and made into a garlic sandwich. If preferred, the sandwich can consist of three garlic cloves taken
in a sandwich three times a day. If raw garlic is irritating to the stomach, it may be steamed.
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