Do You Have a Queezy Stomach: What Can You Do to Settle an Upset Tummy?
It’s New Year’s Day or any other day after you’ve indulged in an excess of alcohol or food that leaves your stomach feeling queezy and upset. Do you know how to settle your tummy, so that horrible feeling goes away without throwing up or getting the dry heaves?
It’s a nasty little consequence of over-indulgence. But there are things that you can do that will quiet the rumbling, settle the churning, and make the discomfort go away.
First of all, organic Peppermint Tea is easy to find in most areas. It needs to be as fresh as possible, so that the essential oils are still active. If not, then find some Peppermint Essential Oil to apply to your stomach area and your body to alleviate the symptoms of excessive behavior.
Peppermint Tea needs to be brewed for a few minutes and allowed to steep for awhile. You can sweeten it if you must, but make sure it is a natural sweetener like honey, organic cane sugar, date sugar, blue agave syrup, or stevia. If you think that you might have eaten something that would result in food poisoning, then stevia is the sweetener of choice. You can add some freshly-squeezed lemon juice to your Peppermint Tea.
If you can’t keep anything down, then occasionally sip a little purified water. Just enough to wet your lips and keep your mouth moist until your stomach is able to handle fluids and/or something more solid. The purifies water will at least keep you hydrated…
When you feel like you are ready for something solid, then brown rice or another whole grain like pearl barley or oats will be good choices. You can eat toast as many physicians suggest, but if you butter it or put jelly or jam on your toast, it could upset your tummy all over again. So if you insist upon eating toast, make it plain.
Sometimes you need to move back into the realm of solid foods very gradually, so fresh fruit is a better choice. Bananas are ideal. Some people may do just fine with natural organic applesauce or some berries.
Once you can keep fruit or whole grains down without any problem, you can graduate to some yogurt, kefir, or miso soup. These will begin to restore the flora in your digestive system in a more natural manner. If you like fermented foods like sauerkraut or pickled daikon, then these will serve the same purpose. You should not combine any citrus fruit with your yogurt, only berries or sub-acid fruits go well with yogurt and kefir.
If your bowels are still rumbling and threatening to let loose their contents with little warning or control, then you need more serious assistance. We use Kudzu Pudding to quiet the colon. You can make it with fruit juice or with vegetable stock…either sweet or savory. Just make a slurry with some water and kudzu powder, then add it to a gently boiling base of liquid. Stir it constantly while it thickens to prevent clumping and to make a smooth pudding or gravy in the process. You can sip this pudding or gravy hot, warm, or at room temperature.
If your stomach is still sour and you eat another meal, then it might be smart to take some digestive enzymes with your meal or precede your meal with some pineapple or papaya juice to help in the digestion of protein. If you continue to find that your tummy is unsettled, then go back to the whole grains or bananas for awhile.
While there are over-the-counter remedies and medication that your doctor can prescribe, you really don’t need to avail yourselves of those unless all of your other alternatives fail. You may have a more serious situation if this is the case that needs the attention of a professional.
