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Posted 9/26/2012 10:36 AM (GMT 0)
 

Has anyone tried Ginger Root for their UC?  I think I'm going to go get some today. I have a colonostopy schedule for the 10th of Oct. and if it comes back OK he says I can get a shingles vaccine. I have a real fear of getting the shingles....we all have enough pain with UC as  I just spent 2 month homebound on the couch with a flair wishing for a shot that would put me to sleep til the pain went away, but no such luck.

Hope something helps!  All the medicine eventually quits working for me or makes me sicker.

Thanks

Sue

Posted 9/26/2012 11:30 AM (GMT 0)
I have made a thread about ginger not to long ago. I love adding some to my tea and food but so far no results UC wise.
Posted 9/26/2012 2:55 PM (GMT 0)
Just don't go overboard with it....don't use it if you're pregnant.

q
Posted 9/26/2012 3:50 PM (GMT 0)
It is anti-inflammatory. I don't know if it does anything for UC directly, but it helps my symptoms. It lessens diarrhea and gas. I take a capsule a day, and have it added to food whenever possible.

Post Edited (DBwithUC) : 3/2/2015 7:20:29 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 9/26/2012 4:32 PM (GMT 0)
When I was treated for a severe flare in Beijing, they gave me ginger root tea four times a day as part of my treatment. The doctor said they have used ginger as a treatment for ulcerative colitis flares for thousands of years. I was also on cyclosporine and prednisone. The ginger tea was a great treat. They mash the ginger root and then steep it in hot water.
Posted 9/26/2012 6:48 PM (GMT 0)
I drink it a few times a week. Love it. Not sure what, if anything, it does for my UC - I'm often doing many things at once - but I've heard it's excellent for digestion and the GI tract.
Posted 9/26/2012 7:24 PM (GMT 0)

Subzeromambo said...
When I was treated for a severe flare in Beijing, they gave me ginger root tea four times a day as part of my treatment. The doctor said they have used ginger as a treatment for ulcerative colitis flares for thousands of years. I was also on cyclosporine and prednisone. The ginger tea was a great treat. They mash the ginger root and then steep it in hot water.

I never got anything out of it. Seems it would be really hard to tell if you did since you were also on cyclosporine and prednisone at the time. Would love to hear from someone who exited a flare start by drinking a lot of it.
Posted 9/26/2012 7:38 PM (GMT 0)
I am not sure the standard should be whether it can all by itself end a flare. (Anyway flares come in all sizes from mild to deadly.) It does have anti-inflammatory properties, and unless there were side-effects, it would be recommended along with many other anti-inflammatory foods. Anecdotal reports seem consistent with this.

Post Edited (DBwithUC) : 3/2/2015 7:21:13 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 9/26/2012 8:07 PM (GMT 0)

DBwithUC said...
I am not sure the standard should be whether it can all by itself end a flare. (Anyway flares come in all sizes form mild to deadly.) It does have anti-inflammatory properties, and unless there were side-effects, it would be recommended along with many other anti-inflammatory foods. Anecdotal reports seem consistent with this.

Personal experience is not consistent with this and that trumps all other information available. Turmeric, p-seed powder, these things I notice a difference from. Heavy salmon, F-Factor bars those things have stopped flares for me, there are hundreds of anti-inflammatory supplements so I cannot pin my hopes on all of them. If they don't work for me or if they work for someone on prednisone - no change for its status.
Posted 9/27/2012 1:14 AM (GMT 0)
Remember that they did not allow cyclosporine or prednisone in China until very recently but the ginger treatment they have used for thousands of years. They also recommended many other herbs but I do not remember what they were. The hospital I went to had doctors licensed in both the US and China. They had to complete medical school, residencies, etc. in both countries. It was a very small hospital run by an ngo that focuses on human rights. They never said the ginger would put uc in remission only that it would decrease inflammation. My children loved the hospital because it was not trauma oriented like Western hospitals. It did not feel "scary" to them. I confess that of all the countries and places I have been to northern China is my favorite. When our taxi driver found out I was sick, he refused to let me pay for the taxi. He stayed with us in the hospital until he was sure someone was looking after me. My husband was in Japan at the time so I was alone with our children.
Posted 3/2/2015 5:21 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, but remember also that Asian populations do not contract ulcerative colitis -- rarely, if ever. Jewish populations, for whatever reason, are at highest risk.

I mash ginger coins in with my green tea 3 times a day. It is better for stomach issues and nausea, as a rule. I'm not sure how much of the treatment is reaching the distal colon. But, it certainly doesnt hurt, and can be a real treat when fasting yourself out of a flare.
Posted 3/3/2015 12:19 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for sharing your story SubZero, I would love to visit Northern China, as many of the Zen Patriarchs lived on mountains there, some temples survived the Cultural Revolution partially intact...but most of the very few surviving written materials originate there...as for ginger tea, I love it! I just steep coins in very hot water for a time.
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