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Gastric and duodenal ulcer - Phytotherapy
Last reviewed: 06.07.2025
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Medicinal herbs for gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer should, first of all, have anti-inflammatory and wound-healing properties.
These include the following plants:
- calamus
- Marshmallow
- Elecampane Tall
- Calendula officinalis
- white cabbage
- common flax
- sea buckthorn
- plantain
- chamomile
- marsh cudweed
- yarrow
- sage officinalis
- cinnamon rose hip
- Orchis maculatus
- Also used:
- celandine
- licorice
- comfrey
- blue polemonium
- St. John's wort wormwood
Attention! Do not purchase medicinal plants outside the pharmacy chain. Always consult your gastroenterologist or your attending physician before taking medicinal plants.
Currently, the role of phytotherapy in the complex treatment of patients with peptic ulcer disease has significantly decreased, which is due to the development and introduction into clinical practice of modern highly effective antiulcer drugs. Patients are usually recommended to use herbal infusions during remission as a preventive measure or for the treatment of concomitant gastritis.
Folk recipes for stomach and duodenal ulcers
- Take 1/2 cup of freshly prepared carrot juice once a day.
- Take 1/2 cup of fresh white cabbage juice 2-3 times a day one hour before meals.
- Take 1/4 cup of freshly prepared potato juice on an empty stomach. Eating is allowed after an hour.
- Treatment regimen: take the juice for 10 days in a row, take a 10-day break, then take the juice again for 10 days in a row.
- Take a decoction of peeled potatoes 1/2-1 glass 3 times a day. Prepare the decoction daily.
- Cut St. John's wort (cover the bottom of a half-liter glass jar) and pour olive oil. Prepare the medicine in a water bath for 6 hours, then strain. Store in a cool place. Take 2 tablespoons half an hour before meals.
- Take 100 g of each of the herbs of succession, celandine, St. John's wort and plantain, mix the raw materials and grind. Pour 1 tablespoon of the mixture with a glass of boiling water. Infuse, wrapped in a blanket, for 2 hours. Strain and take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day an hour before meals or 1.5 hours after meals.
- Take sea buckthorn oil 1 teaspoon 3 times a day before meals for 3-4 weeks.
[ Honey for peptic ulcers
Honey for ulcers is usually taken 1 tablespoon 1.5 hours before breakfast and lunch and 3 hours after dinner. Dissolve honey in a glass of warm water before use.
In case of decreased secretory function of the stomach, honey should be taken immediately before meals, dissolving 1 tablespoon in a glass of cool water. The course of treatment is up to 2 months.
The only contraindication for treatment with honey is individual intolerance to the food product.
Propolis for peptic ulcer
For peptic ulcers, you can take 2% or 4% alcohol extract of propolis at a rate of 20 drops with water or milk 1.5 hours before meals or 1.5 hours after meals 3 times a day.
Be sure to consult your doctor about possible contraindications and the duration of treatment.