Tips for upset tummies? Fix my guts plz.

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GK · Answer

Nonna's Home Remedy: Steep water with a bay leaf, a strip of lemon rind, and a little sugar.

kerrie · Answer

Oregano oil: Just a drop or two. Burns like the dickens, have a palate cleanser on hand. works fast.

Reco from my acupuncturist whom I would follow to hell.

Myshelf · Answer

Papaya enzyme: Don’t get the kind that’s mint flavored- the regular papaya ones are delish. Chew 2 right after a meal. Love these!

Wine Guy · Answer

Ion: The best thing I’ve discovered for gut health and weight loss. Can’t recommend enough. Made from ancient soil. I have a tablespoon of this every morning and night.

Soph · Answer

Classical Pearls Thunder Pearls: My 911 stomach feels off go-to. Helps with nausea, and that quesy ‘I shouldn’t have eaten those left-overs’ feeling. Also somehow got rid of my anal itch one time… Works better than pepto for me. One of those I keep on hand now. Have used it for over 10 years.

pino · Answer

kefir: it’s honestly yummy too

Sarah Baker · Answer

Pepcid complete: This helped my recent stomach bug while pregnant so much

Paige · Answer

TUMS Chewy Bites with Gas Relief: A delicious bite, but also helps when you don’t feel great!

Alonso · Answer

7up: It’s all about the lemon and lime.

KG · Answer

Colon self-massage: Watch a video on how to do this correctly. It is my number-one go-to when my stomach is upset now.

Hannah M. Wilde · Answer

Gingerade kombucha: I can find it almost everywhere! Also, from what I can tell, this company is still not bought out by some corporation. (Potential downside to that is the bad graphic design :( )

chiarabelle · Answer

Lying on your bag and linking your hands under your knees: I swear. Picture is not exactly what I mean but you get the gist. Aldo you must breath and relax completely for this to work.

JRecsThis · Answer

L-Glutamine Powder: Now L glutamine powder helped me immensely after a bout of SIBO and also great post-food poisoning.

Whitney · Answer

Baking soda + water: So simple, so effective!

Molly · Answer

Picot: Mexico really cooked with this stuff.

Bee · Answer

Gut stuff: For upset stomach, I echo ginger and fennel seeds. I also recommend considering an elimination diet to seek out sources of upset :( they are rough but worth it for me. I discovered having SIBO and which foods worsening/contributing to it - gluten really was a key issue. Phoebe Lapine helped me navigate and eat well!!

Sophie · Answer

Digestive enzymes: The only thing that brought me back to life after noro virus. Take with meals until you feel normal again.

Katherine · Answer

IB Gard: These are the absolute best peppermint pills because of the way they’re constructed. They were recommended to me by my gastroenterologist since peppermint is a natural antispasmodic. I find they really help and like to keep them on hand!

Maddy Franklin · Answer

Eating at “Blandy’s”: Blandy’s is a fictional restaurant I eat at whenever my stomach is messed up, invented by author and illustrator Lisa Hanawalt. Because when your stomach is messed up, the more bland, the better. At Blandy’s, they only serve dishes like white rice with chicken broth, banana oatmeal, or poached chicken with steamed squash. Every meal comes with a cup of ginger or mint tea. Sometimes is just a few meals there, sometimes it’s a whole week  I eat at Blandy’s until my stomach feels like a neutral space again.

I do season everything, so the meals aren’t actually bland, but I keep everything very mild with minimal spicy while my stomach is healing. It makes me more intentional about what I eat, and is easy to communicate my situation to my boyfriend by saying “im eating at Blandy’s this week.”

It’s silly, but giving a name to it helps me stay consistent and makes me feel less isolated. I got Blandy on my side! And Blandy knows how to heal me!

GK ✨ · Answer

Find the root cause: Have you been under a lot of stress lately or could it be something in your diet triggering a sad tummy?

The first point of call is finding out the cause. Visit your GP and see if you can get a food allergy test done.

If I could recommend anything to take, it would be a gut health probiotic daily. This has helped my IBS and also fixed my skin (former eczema sufferer).

Best of luck to you x

Kel · Answer

Alginate — Gaviscon: If you get the reflux that goes up your esophagus and feels like lava in your throat, this is for you. IMPORTANT: the kind sold in the United States often prioritizes the calcium carbonate but that’s not the magic. The magic is alginate — the seaweed that expands and forms a magical barrier between your angel baby throat and satan’s tummy. Get this and thank me when you can sleep through the night.

ellie jones · Answer

selefina ginger root tea: THE spiciest ginger tea ever!! delicious on its own, but i also enjoy it with a little honey and cinnamon, and/or some steamed milk for a spicy tea latte of sorts.

it makes me feel sooooo good and will def give you a caffeine-free kickstart to your morning, warmth on a chilly day, and overall amazing digestive and immune system benefits anytime.

Anna Songsong · Answer

Chikka Chikka Fennel Digestive: It’s cute, easy to carry everywhere, it really does help my stomach!

Tricia B · Answer

Vanilla Caramel Rescue: A teaspoon after eating or before bedtime. But life changes have been the real medicine

Sealligator · Answer

Italian lemon effervescente: Brioschi or Crastan or Galeffi, or whatever - you just want that bubbly lemon Italian stuff.

Amy · Answer

Yoga For Gut Health (Yoga With Adriene): Gentle stretching can be really helpful

molly · Answer

ginger rescue tablets: i keep these in every bag that i own.

JDJ · Answer

Pure Encapsulations Gluten/Dairy Digest: Live, laugh, digestive enzymes

JDJ · Answer

Organic Fennel Tea (Traditional Medicinals): For the girls with tummy troubles, fennel really is a game changer. Works quickly to help with digestion and painful bloating.

Sophie Consults · Answer

DOCTOR STOLBERG | Herbal Tea for Digestive Support: This tea is so expensive but unfortunately is a miracle drug and therefore worth it.

Jamie · Answer

gin gins candy: as a girl with a somewhat adversarial relationship with her stomach (lactose intolerance has stopped me from indulging not one single time in my life), gin gins are a nice relief tool. they don’t cure entirely or everything, but they offer some improvement, taste good, and aren’t carbonated like ginger ale (carbonation is a major opp for me)

Dylan · Answer

Higher Living Ginger Kick Tea: a warm, spicy, big old kick of ginger

Dylan · Answer

Mintec Peppermint IBS Relief: an every day bag essential for me... peppermint oil capsules - take a couple before a risky meal (for me - gluten, spicy, dairy, etc) to minimise hot girl tummy issues!!

excellent gift for a virgo because they're the starsign most likely to have IBS, i googled it which means it's true obviously

Dylan · Answer

Bone Broth Body Glue: add a tsp to boiling water and voila! instant bone broth which means improved joints, skin, digestion, etc etc. i have it first thing every morning as my lil morning routine.

milky & warming like a cup of tea & can be used to add flavour to sauces & other hot dishes :)

Margo · Answer

Gas X: I used to have intense stomach cramping that I articulated as shooting pains and never thought to try gas X until a personal rec recently, but now I carry it with me everywhere. If any of the upset is cramping or bloating, total relief!

JaperMoon · Answer

Chamomile: Tea or tincture work great for a tummy ache.