Honey against stomach boils (ulcer)

Not every type of honey, and not from every meadow, but the specific varieties of honey that can be found in our area, not only in New Zealand, are excellent in combating the germs that cause boils. Writing for the Canadian newspaper Medical Post, Dr. Basil J.S. Grogono claims that modest bees may do more for those who suffer from peptic boil than the doctors could over the past decades in which too often they reached for drastic surgical procedures.
He writes that more and more experts understands the role that tiny microorganism, Helicobacter pylori, plays at peptic ulcers. Although some recommended the use of drugs for the suppression of the germs, Grogono says that these drugs have nasty side effects and that the germs can develop resistance to them. On the other hand, he quotes the recent study published in the publication Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine in which they tested antibacterial attributes of honey. One type, which the New Zealand bees produces nourished by plant by the name of manuka (Leptospermum ericoid), was effective in the fight against germs that cause ulcer.
A local chestnut honey has similar effect. Besides an intensive odor and a slightly bitter taste, it offers a healing effect of stomach ulcer, liver disease, varicose and disorders of blood circulation. Tests have shown that other types of honey have a preventive and curative effect on man. Honey of course should be taken daily.

Olive oil against the stomach ulcer

Olive oil is not only great for the heart, but also for the stomach.
This Spanish study, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry showed that extra-virgin olive oil not only can prevent the formation, but can also cure infections caused by bacteria Heliobacter pylori, which annually causes millions of cases of gastritis and development of peptic ulcer (boil).
Olive oil is unique by its composition and is one of the few edible oils with such a high proportion of polifenol ingredients, however, unlike some other foods ( wine, green tea, cranberry juice ...) that inhibit the growth of H. pylori, until now such antibacterial properties with olive oil have not been questioned.
Preliminary results of laboratory tests showed that the antioxidant or polifenole components of olive oils act effectively (antibacterial) against some bacteria H. pylori, even in strongly acid conditions of gastric juice. More precisely, olive oil has an antibacterial effect on eight sorts of H. pylori, from which the three are resistant to the effect of antibiotics. These results open the possibility that the extra-virgin olive oil could be used as a chemo protective mean in the treatment of ulcer, and even stomach cancer, but its bio activity should be more confirmed in the future in the terms "in vivo", in human clinical studies, the researchers said. If further studies also confirm the results, the introduction of olive oil in the diet could help in treatment and prevention of the formation of stomach ulcer.
Regardless of the results of future studies, the healing power of olive oil is indisputable. Attractive and unique flavor of olive oil is unavoidable in all the dishes of Mediterranean climate and the mineral substances have preventive effects against development of cardiovascular diseases and atherosclerosis, some types of cancer, bile stones, which are more than sufficient reasons to include it frequently to our daily diet. And especially the local, cold compressed!

Grapefruit treats an ulcer

People who have an ulcer probably think that they should not consume grapefruit because of its acidity. However, a new study conducted in Poland showed just the opposite. Grapefruit extract helps in treating stomach ulcer because of the anti oxidative effect, whereby oxidative stress of the stomach mucosa is reduced, and in combination with other therapies has particularly beneficial effects.

It was shown that, with laboratory Mouse that have been treated with 10 milligram of grapefruit extract per kilogram of body mass, it reduced normal gastric acid secretion for 50%, which is the main cause of stomach ulcer, and the reduction of ulcer size was evident also. Scientists stressed that grapefruit increases the blood flow in areas affected by ulcer.