Diarrhea & Chronic Diarrhea

The information in this page about diarrhea and chronic diarrhea, natural medicine, treatment and cure is NOT a sales pitch for any drug, supplement, herbal formula or even an alleged magic potion from an exotic faraway land.

Food is always best natural treatment and cure

Diarrhea results from severe dilation of the intestinal tract. This is the exact opposite of constipation which is caused by the GI tract contraction. This dilation can be caused by many factors. Diarrhea can be caused by a GI infection like typhoid or salmonella. Diarrhea can also be caused by excess sugar in the diet, or Diarrhea can be caused by intestinal parasites such as amoeba hystolytica and giardia. Diarrhea can also be caused by illnesses like ulcerative colitis.

Many expensive tests have to be performed to find out the cause of Diarrhea. Then it might be treated with either antibiotics (if it is caused by a bacterial or a parasitic infection) or pain killers and anti-inflammatory medications.

Diarrhea treatment is the best example of how natural medicine is a better cure for Diarrhea than orthodox medical treatment.

The forces of contraction YANG and expansion YIN in nature are very obvious in Diarrhea and constipation. Constipation is yang=contraction and diarrhea is yin=expansion. The foods that cure diarrhea are naturally opposite of the foods that cure constipation.

There is a need, however, to get to the root cause of diarrhea if it is recurring. It could be a serious infection of the GI tract that is associated with abdominal pains, cramps and sometimes bleeding. It is also important to treat Diarrhea quickly to avoid any dehydration.

In the page natural antibiotics you will find a comparison between chemical and natural antibiotics regarding effectiveness (bacteria, viruses, parasites, fungus, etc.), cost, availability and side effects. Natural antibiotics are better that any chemical antibiotics man ever invented. Also, please read the article imagine!

Most people have come to believe that macrobiotics means eating exotic Japanese foods. This is a misconception. To cure Diarrhea you do not have to eat Japanese foods. You have to first understand the principles of natural balance explained in macrobiotics in order to understand what eating and living habits have led you to have diarrhea. Then, macrobiotic principles will help you determine what foods you will have to eat in order to cure Diarrhea. Read If macrobiotics means eating locally grown foods, why are we eating Japanese foods?

It is true that food is best medicine for diarrhea. But some foods help a diarrhea patient and some make the condition worse. The food pyramid is only a general guideline and does not provide any specific information in the natural treatment of diarrhea or any other illness.

Food is best medicine. With a carefully designed diet plan for diarrhea there is really no need for vitamin and mineral supplements. Some vitamin and mineral supplements can have severe adverse side effects on a diarrhea patient when taken randomly or in large doses. We advise all diarrhea patients to abstain from taking any supplements until they have cured completely. And beware of alleged miracle cures in faraway lands.

Are you skeptical of this treatment and cure for diarrhea? This is natural, but please read: Back to the roots.

This is not a sales pitch for an expensive herbal concoction or an exotic supplement. Principles explained above are the laws of nature, and illness is simply the cumulative result of violating these laws. Even Hippocrates said: Thy food shall be thy remedy. It is also mentioned in the Chinese book of internal medicine: What can not be cured with medicine, can only be cured with food. Food really is your best medicine if the illness is Diarrhea or almost anything else.

If you decide to treat Diarrhea and chronic diarrhea with the right diet, you can order a consultation with us from the top of this page.  We can help by providing a diet plan suitable for your condition, and you would not be alone traveling this road! Read about what many famous western doctors said about Food is Best Medicine. And keep in mind that we offer seminars worldwide about nutrition, the art of health and macrobiotics. You can find more answers and read more about Diarrhea and other illnesses and food as medicine in Frequently Asked Questions. It is also beneficial when you are following a diet to read about the healing crisis.

In addition to changing your eating habits, take some time to relax, meditate or re-charge the batteries, and read what others have discovered about this wondrous world around us.

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