RE: Diarrhea due to bad dairy ... home remedies ?

[Guest guest]

Chicken stock is probably one of the first and best choices. I believe

native people also sometimes used a certain type of clay mixed in with

water, but I don't know what type of clay it was or where we moderns

would get it! If tolerated, a little lacto-fermented beverage would

be good as well (Kombucha, beet Kvass, etc...).

If she is nursing, the best thing you can do is let her rest since if

her symptoms are still active most foods just won't stay down... better

to have a relly tired 36-48 hours then prolong it by trying to give

food too soon... Once better, she can eat a lot of nutrient dense food

to catch back up. Perhaps during she can take a small amount of

supplements, like Dr. Rons, to help keep her from getting too depleted

if nursing.

>

> Hi,

>

> My wife consumed what seems to be contaminated butter and is suffering

> from vomiting and diarrhea. We also have a 10-month old dd.

>

> We would really appreciate suggestions for any homemade or easy

> remedies to rehydrate and food suggestions to alleviate the symptoms

> and also to maintain strength.

>

> Thanks in advance,

> sekar.

>

[Guest guest]

I know activated charcoal is good for food poisoning. They sell it at

Walgreens as well as at health food stores.

Allyn

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Shaker

Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 6:13 AM

Subject: Diarrhea due to bad dairy ... home remedies ?

Hi,

My wife consumed what seems to be contaminated butter and is suffering

from vomiting and diarrhea. We also have a 10-month old dd.

We would really appreciate suggestions for any homemade or easy

remedies to rehydrate and food suggestions to alleviate the symptoms

and also to maintain strength.

Thanks in advance,

sekar.

[Guest guest]

It was probably bentonite clay. It is used for detoxing inside and out.

Allyn

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of louisvillewapf

Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 7:54 AM

Subject: Re: Diarrhea due to bad dairy ... home remedies ?

Chicken stock is probably one of the first and best choices. I believe

native people also sometimes used a certain type of clay mixed in with

water, but I don't know what type of clay it was or where we moderns

would get it! If tolerated, a little lacto-fermented beverage would

be good as well (Kombucha, beet Kvass, etc...).

If she is nursing, the best thing you can do is let her rest since if

her symptoms are still active most foods just won't stay down... better

to have a relly tired 36-48 hours then prolong it by trying to give

food too soon... Once better, she can eat a lot of nutrient dense food

to catch back up. Perhaps during she can take a small amount of

supplements, like Dr. Rons, to help keep her from getting too depleted

if nursing.

>

> Hi,

>

> My wife consumed what seems to be contaminated butter and is suffering

> from vomiting and diarrhea. We also have a 10-month old dd.

>

> We would really appreciate suggestions for any homemade or easy

> remedies to rehydrate and food suggestions to alleviate the symptoms

> and also to maintain strength.

>

> Thanks in advance,

> sekar.

>

[Guest guest]

Sometimes ginger tea is soothing, but ginger definitely helps almost anyone with

nausea. You can boil about an inch of the root in water for several minutes.

When it cools, dilute it to taste.

Hope your wife is better soon.

All the best,

Margherita

P.S. I'm a newbie and just joined the group yesterday. I'm looking forward to

learning more about eating properly.

Diarrhea due to bad dairy ... home remedies ?

Hi,

My wife consumed what seems to be contaminated butter and is suffering

from vomiting and diarrhea. We also have a 10-month old dd.

We would really appreciate suggestions for any homemade or easy

remedies to rehydrate and food suggestions to alleviate the symptoms

and also to maintain strength.

Thanks in advance,

sekar.

[Guest guest]

About 3 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar will often stop the vomiting

for good. I've read to take it straight, which to me is all but

impossible, but others have said you can sweeten it with some honey and

also dilute it in some water.

Once she's able to keep things down, the most important bit is to

replace the electrolytes. Some natural salt in water with a little

sugar should do the trick, and I'm not even sure if the sugar is

necessary - the liver stores a whole day's worth of " sugars " , so unless

she's been sick more than a day already she should be ok for sugars.

For the diarrhea, I've heard that both charcoal and psyllium are good,

both absorb toxins in the gut and hold them to be passed on out. You

can buy charcoal capsules in a lot of drugstores, and psyllium is the

main ingredient in metamucil - I prefer the wafers to the drink. It's

a seed husk that swells in moisture to absorb some astronomical amount,

that's how it binds to the toxins in the gut. So if she does that,

have her be sure to drink a glass of water with it, and be aware that

whatever else she takes with it will probably pass on through with the

psyllium as well (not be absorbed into her system).

>

> Hi,

>

> My wife consumed what seems to be contaminated butter and is suffering

> from vomiting and diarrhea. We also have a 10-month old dd.

>

> We would really appreciate suggestions for any homemade or easy

> remedies to rehydrate and food suggestions to alleviate the symptoms

> and also to maintain strength.

>

> Thanks in advance,

> sekar.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

thanks a lot for the suggestions. I've asked my friend to buy some

activated charcoal and bentonite clay.

Can I give her both the charcoal and the clay ? And how frequently ?

Also her milk supply is obviously come down a lot. Is there any

supplement or herb that can kick the milk supply back up ?

thank you once again,

shekar.

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > My wife consumed what seems to be contaminated butter and is suffering

> > from vomiting and diarrhea. We also have a 10-month old dd.

> >

> > We would really appreciate suggestions for any homemade or easy

> > remedies to rehydrate and food suggestions to alleviate the symptoms

> > and also to maintain strength.

> >

> > Thanks in advance,

> > sekar.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

" Also her milk supply is obviously come down a lot. Is there any

supplement or herb that can kick the milk supply back up? "

How about eating a lot of quinoa? -- pre-soaked, of course.

[Guest guest]

> " Also her milk supply is obviously come down a lot. Is there any

> supplement or herb that can kick the milk supply back up? "

>

> How about eating a lot of quinoa? -- pre-soaked, of course.

I've also heard that carrot juice (fresh) works really well to

increase milk supply. Fennugreek tea or tincture works great, too.

I just read that low milk supply can be due to low thyroid function

and iodine deficiency. Iodine deficiency causes hypothyroidism. This

is very common after pregnancy. It happened to me!

She can do an iodine patch test -- paint some iodine tincture on the

skin (abdomen or inside of upper arm or inner thigh -- on fatty

tissue) -- at least a few square inches. If it stays bright orange for

24 hours, there is no iodine deficiency. The faster it disappears, the

greater the chance of iodine deficiency.

If she does have low thyroid function, she can take iodine supplements

or kelp tablets.

http://www.westonaprice.org/askdoctor/hypothyroidism.html

Ann Marie

[Guest guest]

Don't worry about her milk supply right now. If she breastfed

exclusively with no dummies/pacifiers or bottles (pumped or formula) for

the first 6 weeks - 2 months of the baby's life, her supply will rebound.

Most likely the dip in supply is only a hydration issue. Breastfeeding

is demand and supply, not supply and demand. Letting the infant suckle

on a seemingly empty breast will result in more milk later. Any

supplemental formula feedings always result in less milk later.

I like to keep homeopathic Arsenicum Album in the house for diarheaa, and

apples and applesauce for the pectin.

Steel-cut oats (soaked, etc.) can help boost supply more than quinoa, but

liver works better than either and nutritional yeast would help, too.

However, those don't sound good for a touchy, healing gut. I can't eat

oatmeal more than three days a week, or I end up with too much milk.

Ann Marie, there are many things that effect milk supply, and can

increase it. Usually the deficiency is cultural rather than physical-

the mother has been taught inadequate breastfeeding technique, or used

pacifiers. Most people blame their physiology when really it's their

culture. What infusion, tincture or nutritional boost works to increase

supply depends on what caused the insufficiency. Fenugreek and fennel

are both estrogenic. Hypothyroid does not always impact supply- I had

nodes on my thyroid and still made enough milk. The iodine skin patch

test is fallible, though the need for more iodine in our diets I agree

with wholeheartedly. C-sections impact supply, too, as they do not jump

start the oxytocin cycle like unmedicated vaginal birth.

Perhaps I am confused about your breastfeeding expertise; I thought you

weaned your baby to formula at a few months.

Desh

[Guest guest]

On Mar 16, 2008, at 10:08 AM, De Bell-Frantz wrote:

>

> Perhaps I am confused about your breastfeeding expertise; I thought

> you

> weaned your baby to formula at a few months.

No I did not wean her at a few months. I breast fed her for 9 months

and supplemented with the raw milk formula -- I could not produce

enough milk for her. I pumped constantly and tried very hard to keep

breast feeding but it turns out I am hypothyroid and I think that

profoundly affected my milk production.

Ann Marie