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| dried herbs, grind them yourself in any coffee or spice grinder and fill your own. Two-part gelatin capsules (including vegetarian capsules) come in three sizes, as do hand-operated capping devices that make filling them easy work. Some herb companies will blend and grind herbs and place them in capsules for you, and health food stores carry an increasing variety of herbal capsules. |
| Types of Digestive Herbs |
| There are literally hundreds of herbs that benefit digestion. Some stimulate gastric secretions, others increase the muscular contractions that transport food, increase the flow of saliva, relieve gas and flatulence, eliminate parasites, tone the liver or repair damaged or irritated stomach lining. Here are some of the most effective and popular herbs in 11 digestive categories. |
| ANTHELMINTIC: Herb that destroys or expels intestinal worms and parasites. Same as Vermifuge or Parisiticide. Examples: black walnut husk, chaparral, cloves, garlic, grapefruit seed extract, white rind of pomegranate, wormwood. |
| ANTIBILIOUS: Herb that combats nausea, abdominal discomfort, headache, constipation and gas caused by excessive secretions of bile. Examples: cayenne pepper, cloves, dandelion, dill, fennel, ginger, goldenseal, lavender, wormwood. |
| ANTIMICROBIAL: Herb that helps the body destroy or resist pathogenic micro-organisms. Examples: cloves, echinacea, eucalyptus, grapefruit seed extract, myrrh, wormwood. These are sometimes labeled antibiotic herbs. |
| ANTISPASMODIC: Herb that relieves or prevents involuntary muscle spasm or cramps. Examples: chamomile, cramp bark, skullcap, valerian. |
| ASTRINGENT: Herb that causes local contraction of the skin, blood vessels and other tissues, arresting the discharge of blood or mucus and relieving diarrhea. Most astringents |
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