I actually bought my bulk powder from ebay....
It is still in my regimen. A good 4 years should have passed since I started it. I take 1g every couple of days. More of it makes my stools thin and sticky. However it is a powerful weapon,...
Why not start vaping instead?...
Matt_eire89 unfortunately I do not know which strain caused my problems. I recovered after two months or so....
Through the last ~8 years that I have ulcerative colitis I've tried brand names Salofalk (mesalazine), mezavant & Salofalk granu stix(slow release mesalazine), colazide (balsalazide), azathioprine,...
I still have not recovered, in fact I'm a bit worse. I tried taking rifaximin, metronidazole and cipro with no results. I had blood tests as well a stool culture test. The stool culture test came...
A recap: I started taking AOR probiotic 3, which gave me cramps and sulfur smelling gas that did not stop even few weeks after I stopped it. Then I decided I should take "Now Foods, Candida Support"....
i would venture to say the D is the result of the oregano doing it's job and flushing the disliked probiotic from your body -[/quote]I tried oregano oil in the past as well, with the same effects....
This oregano oil is so bad for me. I took it for three days and I already have liquid diarrhea....
I'm getting this really strong rotten egg smell, you must have had it. I'm not on any medications, I'm only on supplements by the way....
Although I've stopped it a couple of weeks now I'm still getting random cramps and nasty smelling gas. It has left something nasty in my gut. It is composed of 3 strains: Streptococcus faecalis T-110...
Since the time I started taking nopal (pill form) I experienced an improvement of my symptoms, however I now get bruised very easily. Sometimes I get random bruises appearing in various parts of my...
..or peppermint oil. Peppermint oil worked great for me in reducing gas....
It works well when I take it in moderate doses. I take 1 gram every few days. It is especially good against hemorrhage....
From what I understand Isatis cooling includes mostly isatis (Indigo Naturalis) with a bunch of other things. Isatis is also the main ingredient in qing dai. Since I own it, it has an overwhelming...
250mg to 500mg daily....
I tried grape seed extract as well as resveratrol (found in grape skin among others). Most of the supplements I have tried had no effect (either positive or negative) but these two definitely made me...
I'm suffering from LPR (reflux, irritated throat, chronic cough, phlegm in throat, indigestion) and I'm trying to find a solution. In the meantime is there any fast way to clear the phlegm stuck in...
There are plenty of nopal supplements in every form that someone can buy. I'm using nopal pills and they seem to work fine....
18 as well....
For a while i took 5mg of l-methylfolate daily. Although it greatly reduced my homo-cysteine levels I did not see any benefits in my UC symptoms. I'm still taking a multivitamin containing...
Me. I started with pancreatitis at 16 and at 18 I developed UC....
I've tried Meriva's curcumin phytosome, BCM-95 as well as curcumin C3. Of these Meriva's curcumin did not really helped me at all. BCM-95 was okay but the best working for me is curcumin c3 so...
I actually had one without any sedation. The sedation they give me is not strong enough to put me to sleep anyway so I stay awake and stare at the screen. Later most of these memories get lost or...
I've added nopal extract from planetary herbals to my regimen. I saw a fair improvement....
Well, for me e-cigarettes work just as well as real cigarettes. And so did the nicotine patches when I was on them....
Check out promethease . It costs $5 though....
Apart from whether it is beneficial for ulcerative colitis or not it is said that prickly pear has a constipating effect anyway....
Currently taking: curcumin krill oil extra astaxanthin qing dai multivitamin culturelle dr ohhira's probiotics nicotine via e cigarette...
I bought my qing dai from the exact ebay seller you posted. It's legit....
I haven't taken that much but taking a lot of it actually makes me worse. I only take 1 gram every five days....
I checked iherb and there are a few brands selling it. Apparently it is mostly used to lower blood sugar. It is also called prickly pear....
I believe there are a lot of studies about curcumin but in general you shouldn't expect many clinical trials about herbal remedies. Since no company holds the exclusive rights to sell them, the cost...
That could be true specifically for ulcerative colitis, but for other inflammatory diseases I believe it works better if it gets absorbed in the bloodstream....
There was a talk in another thread about time realase phosphatidylcholine and its benefits in Ulcerative colitis. I did a bit of research and found that Meriva uses phosphatidylcholine on its...
I don't know why your doctor wants to put your daughter on remicade right away. Usually they start with mesalazine drugs. I wouldn't listen to him personally but I don't want influence you either....
Some doctors (mostly in Europe) use tormentil to treat diarrhea. It is also the main ingredient in Quicklyte, a medication manufactured in the US to treat infant diarrhea. There is a study that found...
Well, curcumin does work for me. I take 4g daily. It's one of the most important supplements of my regimen and I have been taking continuously for more than 4 years now. Stopping it just makes me...
Sometimes I wish I was a dog. UC wouldn't be that much of a big deal if we were dogs....
I would like to post a summary after I have been taking qing dai for several months now: Soon after I started it I saw a great reduction of symptoms. Blood and mucus gone away and stools became more...
I started smoking as a therapy several years ago and it successfully transformed my watery diarrhea to more solid stools and quite quickly (no more than 3 days). I also tried nicotine patches that...
I posted the post below on a similar question : I have also experienced the same....
The big majority of these are simply thrown away but I have found a few that work: Curcumin, l-glutamine, qing dai (buying raw powder nowadays) and krill oil. I usually buy them from iherb or...
Okay, so that's not all I have tried but it's pretty much all I have for now: http://s18.postimg.org/uxj7pxxp3/20140815_1908043.jpg ...
I'm not sure why you have to be so precise anyway. Τoo much of L-glutamine causes me constipation....
There is a note that might be relevant on the instructions of my corticosteroid enema (colifoam): After prolonged use of at least 10-15 days, you might notice a temporary decrease or loss of the...
April 28 (Reuters) - Athersys Inc said its experimental stem-cell therapy for treating an inflammatory bowel disease failed to show any meaningful benefit in early results from a trial, sending its...
Athersys Multistem is currently on phase II of the clinical trials. ATHX expects initial results from the study to be disclosed in Q2/14. Source:...
I started smoking as a therapy about two years ago. Because of the health side effects smoking possess I decided to buy my first e cigarette today. I'm concerned though about the nicotine...
I have to say I have no blood and I am still better than before I started it. Just my stools have become softer and more mushier than those of my initial improvement....