Erosive gastritis symptoms and treatment with folk remedies

The right approach to treatment

Erosive gastritis differs from other forms of gastric pathology by the presence of erosions on the mucous membrane.
Such lesions precede the formation of ulcers, so antiulcer techniques are used in therapy. Acute erosive gastritis cannot be cured at home. The disease occurs after aggressive chemical compounds - heavy metals, acids, alkalis - enter the stomach cavity. They instantly corrode the mucous membrane and deeper layers, so the victim can only be helped in a hospital setting. In some cases, patients undergo urgent surgery.

The chronic form of erosive gastritis develops for various reasons, but constantly postponing a visit to the doctor or neglecting his recommendations leads to rapid progression of the pathology. The patient consults a gastroenterologist if there is a sharp deterioration in health. It is caused by severe bleeding and is expressed in stool turning black due to coagulated blood. First of all, the doctor recommends eliminating the factor that provoked the development of erosive gastritis from your usual lifestyle:

• smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages. Toxic compounds contained in tobacco and ethyl alcohol damage blood vessels and increase their permeability. This leads to increased gastric bleeding;
• lack of stress resistance. People who tend to worry strongly about ordinary everyday conflicts always suffer from gastritis. In these cases, gastroenterologists, along with the first-choice drugs, prescribe sedatives and sedatives to patients - tinctures of valerian and motherwort, Songs, Tenoten, Deprim;
• accompanying illnesses. Pathologies occurring against the background of metabolic disorders often become the cause of the development of erosive disease. Therefore, doctors carry out simultaneous treatment of gastritis, diabetes mellitus, thyrotoxicosis;
• poor nutrition. Diet in the treatment of erosive gastritis is no less important than taking pharmacological drugs.

Some medications used in the treatment of chronic pathologies, with prolonged use, provoke degenerative and destructive changes in the mucous membrane. These include glucocorticosteroids (Prednisolone, Dexamethasone), non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (Nimesulide, Ibuprofen, Diclofenac), diuretics (Veroshpiron). The doctor discontinues the medications, replacing them with safer analogues.

Erosive gastritis can be cured only by completely giving up bad habits.

Erosive gastritis, accompanied by severe bleeding, provokes the development of iron deficiency anemia. Not only does a person’s overall health deteriorate, but also their appearance—hair falls out, nails peel, skin becomes gray and dry. To replenish iron reserves in the body and improve hematopoiesis, gastroenterologists can prescribe Fenyuls, Ferrum-Lek, and Totema to patients.

Symptoms of erosive gastritis, treatment with folk remedies and diet

The erosive form of the disease occurs for many reasons, among which doctors identify: disordered and unbalanced nutrition, Helicobacter pylori infection. The disease can be caused by certain medications when taken long-term, as well as abnormalities in the functioning of the kidneys and liver. Bad habits and stressful situations are also not excluded.

The gastric mucosa has several vital tasks, among which the main one is protection. When an unbearable load falls on the stomach, the mucous membrane suffers a “fiasco” and begins to become inflamed.

It is this process that is called gastritis, which in turn is classified into several types:

1. Gastritis, in which the acidity of gastric juice increases, occurs when hydrochloric acid predominates in the juice. It is with such data that a person exhibits very unpleasant symptoms: severe heartburn, lightheadedness and pain in the stomach. This is the most dangerous type of disease, often leading to stomach and duodenal ulcers.
2. Gastritis with a low level of acidity is dangerous because there are no obvious symptoms. The disease seems to “ripen” on its own, but has very disastrous consequences; it is fraught with cancer of the stomach. For this extremely dangerous reason, under no circumstances should the disease be left to chance; urgent treatment is also required here.

The erosive form of gastritis also has several subtypes: acute form, hemorrhagic, antral type and gastritis - reflux. All of them are quite dangerous to human health and life. Regardless of the level of acidity in the juice secreted by the stomach, erosions appear in any case and, if untreated, are dangerous with bleeding, anemia of organs, peptic ulcers and, finally, cancer.

What precedes this turn of events? Undoubtedly, the constant consumption of “wrong” foods: spicy foods, smoked foods and fatty foods. Alcohol is the first enemy of the stomach, under the influence of which the mucous protective structures are destroyed.

Often strong drugs in the form of aspirin, ibuprofen, and other steroids negatively affect the walls of the esophagus and stomach. Concomitant diseases are one of the causes of erosion, these are pyelonephritis, diabetes mellitus, liver and kidney pathologies.

Erosive gastritis can be a consequence of a chemical burn, severe poisoning of the esophagus and stomach, as well as a consequence of taking drugs.

All these factors provoke symptoms, and the patient begins to feel the destructive effect with the following signs:

• Heaviness in the stomach that does not go away for long periods and occurs after every meal;
• Nausea, in the acute stage, vomiting, debilitating heartburn;
• In chronic and advanced form, anemia often occurs;
• Often, if there is an exacerbation, a person may suffer from a headache and fever;
• Acute pain and vomiting with blood can only mean one thing - the disease has entered an acute stage.

We have listed the general symptoms, but the manifestations of erosive gastritis can be different. The course of the disease varies from person to person and depends on the specific case and individual characteristics of the patient.

The first thing a doctor will tell you at an appointment after diagnosing a patient with gastritis of any form, especially antral, is a strict diet. Refusal of provoking foods will significantly alleviate the condition, and short-term fasting will allow the gastrointestinal tract to rest.

A proper diet will protect the mucous membrane, allow cells to regenerate, and weaken the harmful effects of provoking substances that enter the stomach along with food. We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the rules for eating during erosive gastritis:

1. Food should be easily digestible; avoiding fried, fatty and smoked foods will stimulate increased secretion of gastric juice;
2. Do not use hot seasonings and sauces based on mustard and pepper. Replace these spices with gentler options - rosemary or saffron;
3. Lemons, vinegar, tomato, cherry and cranberry juice, sauerkraut should be completely excluded from the diet, as they are stimulants of irritation of the gastric mucosa;
4. Eat small meals at least four times a day, with breaks of three hours;
5. It’s good if you eat according to a schedule, so the stomach will get used to a constant time;
6. You should not swallow food without chewing it thoroughly;
7. You should not be distracted while eating by foreign objects: telephone, TV, book;
8. Eliminate foods high in fiber, which include raw fruits and vegetables, grain bread, they are irritants for the gastrointestinal tract;
9. If you have gastritis, you should not drink coffee, alcohol, strong tea, chocolate and all products containing cocoa;
10. Do not take steroids such as aspirin and other pharmacological agents that can adversely affect the stomach walls.

Traditional methods significantly facilitate and speed up the complex treatment of this disease. Alternative medicine was widely used by our ancestors; many modern drugs were developed on their basis.

The power of nature in the form of herbal infusions, teas, and decoctions undoubtedly helps the patient get back on his feet faster and avoid the dangerous stage of exacerbation. It should be noted that the peculiarity of folk remedies lies not only in their usefulness, but also in significant savings on the family wallet.

All the remedies with which you can be treated at home are quite accessible and easy to prepare with your own hands. However, before starting self-medication, you should definitely consult a doctor.

We offer several useful folk recipes and ways to use them.

Fresh cabbage juice has long and reliably established itself as a reliable folk medicine against erosive gastritis. Juice intake should correspond to the proposed scheme:

• First week – 200 g of juice squeezed before consumption, diluted with the same amount of warm water and drink half a glass before eating;
• Second week - increase the dose to 400 g of juice, add water in the same volume and drink a glass before meals;
• Third week - 600 g according to the same scheme, diluted and drunk an hour before meals;
• Fourth week – we reach 4 glasses of juice and drink it neat throughout the day;
• Next, we gradually reduce the dose to one glass.

This method has proven to be reliable and has good reviews from many people. The only thing worth mentioning is that try to use private cabbage for making juice, since the one sold in supermarkets may contain harmful substances.

• Potato juice is a remedy that is widely used by patients to heal the stomach during exacerbations. It has repeatedly proven its effectiveness in erosive gastritis. Take a few small potatoes, grate them and squeeze out the resulting mass. Half a glass is enough to drink juice in the morning on an empty stomach. Always prepare fresh juice and drink until the disease goes away. It is not recommended to store juice, as it loses its usefulness after a short time.

• Celery and carrot juice are what you need for an irritated stomach. These vegetables are not recommended to be consumed fresh in case of erosive gastritis, but the squeeze from them is very useful. We prepare the healing liquid from 400 g of carrots and 100 g of celery using a juicer. It should be taken before lunch and dinner, half a glass, until symptoms subside.

• Propolis tincture. Treatment with propolis is used for intense pain. Dilute the prepared alcohol tincture in the amount of 20 drops with 200 ml of water and drink after five-hour periods. Relief usually occurs after the first dose, and a lasting effect will appear after three weeks. Propolis is a strong antibiotic and greatly helps with erosive gastritis to cope with obvious painful symptoms.

• Spinach is an excellent pain reliever, so you can prepare a healthy healing mix from the leaves of this plant using carrots. This will require 200 g of carrots and 7 g of spinach. The resulting drink after grinding should be drunk in the morning for a month.

• Sea buckthorn oil is a healing agent against erosions and inflammation of the stomach. For treatment, both the pharmacy version and the one prepared by yourself are suitable. Prepare a mixture of sea buckthorn oil (5 tablespoons) and the same amount of olive oil. Mix them and leave to brew for a couple of days. The medication is taken on an empty stomach, one teaspoon at a time, for 2 weeks.

• Honey and aloe – this classic mixture can also help with inflammation of the stomach walls. For a full therapeutic effect, you should take the leaves of a plant that is already three years old. Preparation of the healing mixture will require five large spoons of honey and five medium aloe leaves, kept in the freezer for a day. Using a mixer, grind the leaves and squeeze out the juice, add honey, you get a healing mass that heals and removes inflammation. For 21 days, you need to eat a spoonful of this remedy in the morning before meals.

The question often arises: how to treat erosive gastritis of the stomach - folk remedies or chemicals? Under no circumstances should you refuse medications; they should be prescribed by a doctor after going to the hospital.

However, folk remedies that have been proven over the years can help alleviate the condition and enhance the effect of drug therapy. But before you start treatment with traditional methods, you should definitely consult a doctor.

The disease occurs due to thinning of the walls of the stomach, disruption of the glands that produce gastric juice.

Often the causes of the disease are poor diet, smoking, alcohol abuse, and chronic stress. Erosion can occur in individual areas of the stomach or affect it completely.

When the antrum, the lower part of the organ, becomes inflamed, erosive antral gastritis occurs.

By what signs can the disease be identified? Gastritis is always accompanied by pain, frequent indigestion, rotten belching, frequent vomiting, nausea and diarrhea, and constant heartburn. If you do not start taking care of the health of the organ in time, more serious diseases may develop over time, including oncology of the gastrointestinal tract.

Juices for gastritis

Vegetable and fruit juices have shown results in the treatment of erosive gastritis. Of course, we are talking about independently prepared freshly squeezed juices. It is recommended to choose the product with caution so as not to harm your stomach - juices help reduce or increase acidity.

If you have high stomach acidity, drinking sour juices is dangerous, and most fruit juices are like that. But vegetable juices are useful.

• Potato juice. It is indicated for exacerbations of the disease, it eliminates a number of symptoms (nausea, belching, heartburn), heals wounds and relieves pain. The juice should be drunk every morning before meals (an hour). Moreover, it is necessary to squeeze the juice immediately before drinking: 10 minutes is enough for no beneficial properties to remain in the drink.
• Cabbage juice. Juice squeezed from the juiciest leaves of white cabbage relieves pain and normalizes acidity. Take 200-250 ml per day in 2-3 doses. Can be mixed with juice obtained from potatoes.
• Pumpkin juice. In addition to normalizing acidity, a pumpkin drink helps solve problems with constipation; it contains a lot of vitamins and fiber.

If acidity is low, fruit and berry juices are indicated:

• Apple juice. The juice, beloved by many, is rich in vitamins and iron, helps with constipation, and improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. Even with an ulcer it gives a good effect.
• Pineapple juice. The drink contains bromelain, a substance that accelerates digestion and helps break down proteins. Drink the juice 30 minutes before eating it in the morning and evening.
• Cherry juice. It is very useful in its ability to stimulate the production of hydrochloric acid and kill harmful microorganisms.
• Blackcurrant juice. Currant drink helps relieve inflammation. Take 75 ml before meals three times a day.

Effective results are obtained from carrot juice, indicated for any acidity. Thanks to it, appetite increases (with gastritis it is usually reduced), digestion is normalized, and pain is reduced. 50 g per day is enough. Useful for the prevention of gastritis.

Medical nutrition

If a patient is diagnosed with moderate to severe gastritis, then he already knows that many foods are contraindicated for him. After their use, severe stomach pain and dyspeptic disorders occur. Such symptoms develop if sour, spicy, or hot food hits the formed erosions. Gastroenterologists recommend that patients with erosive gastritis permanently avoid the following foods and drinks:

• fast food, chips, salted crackers and nuts;
• rich borscht, soups;
• fatty fish and meat;
• baked goods made from puff pastry or butter dough;
• coffee, strong green and black tea.

You can eat dried bread, cereal porridges, clear or pureed soups, non-acidic fruits, baked or boiled vegetables with butter. Preference should be given to fresh products, simmered in a small amount of water or steamed. They should not be hot or cold; food at room temperature is best. You need to eat fractionally - in small portions 6-7 times a day. This will reduce the load on the gastrointestinal tract and speed up the healing of erosions.

Treatment of erosive gastritis with folk remedies - the most effective methods

There is no clear opinion among adherents of unconventional methods of treatment which method is the most effective and “works” better than others on healing erosions. After all, all people are different, one method is suitable for some, but others develop intolerance to it.

Each method has contraindications. The use of honey or propolis for allergic reactions is unacceptable; herbs, due to the diverse composition of biologically active substances and essential oils, can also cause individual intolerance. Not every stomach can take sea buckthorn oil, and sometimes it can cause increased nausea.

You should not think that the methods “from the people” are safe, since they do not contain chemicals; natural medicines, just like synthetic ones, can help or harm the body. Therefore, before starting treatment, you should definitely consult a specialist.

Treatment with propolis

Propolis is a waste product of bees. It is rich in phenolic compounds, vitamins, amino acids, essential oils, and microelements.

Beekeepers claim that “propolis cures everything!” Doctors consider this a controversial statement, but agree that this substance actually has a healing effect on the gastric mucosa.

Bee glue has the following therapeutic effects:

• Antiseptic
• Anti-inflammatory
• Bactericidal
• Reparative
• Painkiller
• Antiviral

It is recommended to use an aqueous infusion of propolis, 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for a month. Preparation is carried out as follows: grind 50 g of fresh product, add 450 ml of water, boil for 2 hours.

Cool, pass through a double layer of gauze into an orange glass container. Store protected from light for no more than a week, shake before use.

Traditional healers also recommend taking an alcoholic infusion of propolis, but doctors advise refraining from this method in case of erosive processes.

Alcohol has an extremely negative effect on the inner wall of the stomach, it burns it and slows down recovery. And using an alcohol tincture on an empty stomach can even provoke bleeding and the formation of an ulcer.

Taking propolis tincture (purchased at a pharmacy or made independently with 70 percent alcohol), diluted in milk: 20 drops per glass. You can take the product before meals 3 times a day. The course of therapy lasts 28 days.

Propolis with alcohol is strictly contraindicated for persons suffering from chronic alcoholism, as well as those with individual intolerance to ethyl alcohol.

Another way to combat this problem with the help of propolis: every morning for a month, chew 5-8 grams of propolis on an empty stomach until the tiny dark brown mass becomes plasticine-like, light, and viscous. There is no need to swallow it. The healing effect is achieved by getting the beneficial properties of “bee glue” into the stomach with saliva.

This beekeeping product is extremely useful in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, including defects in the gastric mucosa. The components of honey are a source of vitamins, microelements, and have an enveloping and wound-healing effect.

In dissolved form, it helps reduce HCl production, eliminates belching, nausea, heartburn, and reduces or relieves pain.

Regular intake of a tasty and sweet product accelerates the regeneration processes of the inner wall of the stomach, improves digestion and appetite, promotes rejuvenation and healing of the body, and normalizes motility and stool.

It is recommended to use honey in one of the following ways:

• Dissolve 30 g of fresh product in 200 ml of warm water, stir, drink two hours before breakfast and 3 hours after dinner for 2 months.
• Mix honey and butter in equal proportions, cook over low heat in an enamel pan, stirring continuously for two hours, cool, pour the mixture into a dark glass jar and store in the refrigerator. Take 15 ml (1 tablespoon) in the morning before breakfast.
• Mix 0.5 liters of fresh plantain leaf juice with 0.5 kg of “sweet medicine”, pour half a glass of aloe juice into the mixture. Cook over low heat for half an hour, cool. Take 15 ml 3 times a day before meals.

Herbal treatment

Faithful helpers of irritated and eroded mucous membranes are the leaves of the greater plantain, the grass of the plantain, the roots of calamus, chamomile, aloe shoots, oak bark, dandelion roots, birch buds, yarrow grass, and chaga.

Plants contain a wide range of useful biologically active substances, tannins, flavonoids, mucopolysaccharides, vitamins, lignans, which have an anti-inflammatory, tannic, enveloping effect on the stomach.

Herbal therapy may also have contraindications; allergic reactions often occur. Therefore, it is recommended to try treatment with herbal infusions and infusions after medical consultation.

It is not advisable to prepare plants yourself for later use. The process of procuring medicinal plant raw materials is complex: it is necessary to take into account the vegetative stage of the herbs, optimal maturity, and know the timing of flowering and fruiting.

You cannot harvest herbs growing near roads. You should know plants - camouflages, which often “pass themselves off” as medicinal, but are not, and may even be poisonous. Therefore, it is better to purchase already dried raw materials from a pharmacy chain.

Some alternative medicine recipes from medicinal raw materials that help with this pathology:

• Pour boiling water over fresh or dried dandelion roots 20g, leave for 2 hours, strain through a double layer of gauze. Drink a quarter glass half an hour before meals three times a day for 28 days.
• 1 tbsp. plantain leaves, 1 tbsp. leave birch buds for at least 6 hours in a thermos, first pour 400 ml of boiling water. Drink warm after meals instead of tea.
• Dilute tincture of calamus rhizomes (20 drops) with 100 ml of water and drink once on an empty stomach. The course of therapy is 21 days.
• Yarrow herb - 50g, oak bark -30g, crushed chaga powder - 50g, centaury herb - 30g, place in an enamel container, pour 500 ml of cold water. Leave for 30 minutes, then bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for about 2 hours. Cool, strain, pour into a glass container, and store in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Drink a teaspoon three times a day at night.

Sea buckthorn fruits are extremely valuable not only in gastroenterology, but also in other branches of medicine due to their rich vitamin composition (they are especially rich in carotenoids - precursors of vitamin A), as well as healthy oils.

This remedy has an anti-inflammatory effect that stimulates the healing of tissue defects, including the healing of erosions. Contains tocopherol, which suppresses peroxidation processes, which leads to the acceleration of reparative processes.

In the pharmacy, the drug is available in bottles of 50 and 100 ml, administered orally before meals, half a tablespoon 3 times a day every day for a month.

Squeeze the juice from fresh, washed fruits and dry the remaining cake. After drying, it should be crushed, poured with sunflower oil 1:1 and left for a month in a cool, dark place, stirring daily. After a month, pour the oil into a glass container. Take 1 teaspoon per day on an empty stomach, gradually increasing the dose, bringing it to 1 tablespoon by the end of the second week. Continue therapy for about a month.

Flax seeds

They are an excellent enveloping agent due to the high content of mucopolysaccharides in the composition. The mucus of this medicinal raw material soothes the inflamed inner gastric lining, reduces the secretion of pepsinogen and hydrochloric acid, and is a kind of buffer that lowers pH.

In addition to mucus, flax contains beneficial omega-3 fatty acids, which have a healing effect on the entire body as a whole, reduce blood cholesterol, and have a mild laxative effect.

At the pharmacy you can purchase prepared or packaged Angro raw materials, or herbal tea based on this seed. Herbal tea can be brewed with hot water and drunk instead of regular drinks.

It is recommended to brew flax seeds with boiling water, 4-5 g of seed per 200 ml of water. Leave for 6-8 hours (can be left in a thermos overnight), drink 200 ml warm on an empty stomach. Food can be consumed no earlier than 30 minutes after consumption.

The use of this drug is contraindicated if the patient suffers from cholecystitis, hepatitis or pancreatitis in the acute stage.

Erosive gastritis is a common stomach disease. The disease appears and develops due to various reasons: irregular, unbalanced diet, constant stress, alcohol abuse, smoking. Provoking factors include liver disease, kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, and medications.

Symptoms

With erosive gastritis, or gastroduodenitis, the epithelial layer of the stomach is damaged, and erosions and mucosal defects are formed, but they do not destroy the submucosal and muscular membranes, as happens with a stomach ulcer.

This type of gastritis is most often caused by the bacteria Helicobacter pylori, which attach to the walls of the epithelium of the antrum (the final part of the stomach) and multiply.

In the absence of proper treatment, the disease takes on a chronic form, and fighting it is much more difficult than at the initial stage.

Erosive gastritis manifests itself as follows:

• the occurrence of pain in the epigastric region, especially when the patient is hungry;
• loss of appetite;
• feeling of heaviness in the stomach;
• heartburn, nausea, vomiting, sometimes with blood clots;
• unpleasant taste in the mouth;
• black stool (with antrum gastritis).

Pharmacy has a considerable arsenal of medications that help get rid of the unpleasant symptoms of the disease in question. However, recovery occurs much faster if, along with medications, erosive gastritis is treated with traditional medicine.

• It is important to remember that they should be used as prescribed by a gastroenterologist, since each of them has both beneficial properties and contraindications.
• The experience of healers includes many recipes that help cure erosive gastritis. Plants, grains, vegetables, fruits and other healing substances are used for this purpose.

Decoctions, infusions and tinctures for gastritis

What other folk remedies for erosive gastritis can be used? Due to their healing qualities and minimal contraindications, various herbs provide effective treatment. With their help, you can cure gastritis and strengthen the body.

Herbs have the following effects:

• help with catarrhal and superficial gastritis;
• help reduce the acidity of gastric juice.

Medicinal herbs used in treatment:

1. Cottonweed. A decoction of the herb will help reduce stomach acidity. 5 grams of herb is poured into a glass of boiling water. Take the infusion before each meal. The decoction relieves spasms, soothes and envelops the stomach.
2. Yarrow. An infusion of the herb helps reduce the symptoms of the erosive form of the disease. 5 grams of herb are poured into a thermos and poured with a glass of boiling water. Take a tablespoon half an hour before meals.
3. Burdock root. Pour 20 grams of root into 1/2 liter of hot water and boil for a quarter of an hour. Drink a large spoon before meals.

Using decoctions and infusions of herbs for treatment, you can reduce the symptoms of the disease and achieve stable remission.

Drug treatment

Before starting treatment for erosive gastritis of the stomach, an endoscopic examination of the patient is performed. It allows you to assess the degree of damage to the mucosa, detect the number and location of inflammatory foci. The doctor also takes a biological sample for histological tissue analysis for the presence of pathogenic bacteria Helicobacter pylori, a common cause of erosive gastritis.

Based on the data obtained, the gastroenterologist draws up a therapeutic regimen that includes several groups of pharmacological drugs. When calculating dosages, the doctor takes into account the patient’s age, his general health, the presence of pathologies of the cardiovascular and urinary systems, as well as the digestive tract.

The combination of Amoxicillin with clavulanic acid is used to destroy bacteria that cause erosive gastritis

Antibiotics are prescribed for erosive gastritis when Helicobacter pylori is detected. The most commonly used drugs include:

• Amoxicillin and its combinations with clavulanic acid - Panclave, Augmentin, Amoxiclav;
• Cephalexin, Ciprofloxacin;
• Clarithromycin;
• Ofloxacin.

As a rule, treatment begins with the simultaneous administration of Amoxicillin, Clarithromycin and the antimicrobial agent Metronidazole. If pathogenic microorganisms manage to develop resistance before complete recovery, the gastroenterologist replaces one of the antibiotics.

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• Omeprazole,
• Rabeprazole,
• Lanzoprazole,
• Pantoprazole,
• Esomeprazole.

Proton pump blockers are taken throughout therapy, often lasting several months. If the patient is at risk of developing erosive gastritis, then drugs can be prescribed for preventive purposes for life.

Antispasmodics

They are selective and improve the motility of the gastrointestinal tract, preventing long-term idle time of food and the development of rotting and fermentation processes.

Antispasmodics are used in the treatment of erosive gastritis to eliminate severe pain

Antacids

These drugs are prescribed by your doctor to quickly reduce the acidity of gastric juice. When exposed to erosions, hydrochloric acid provokes the development of severe acute pain. The antacid contains magnesium and aluminum hydroxides, which have alkaline properties. They neutralize the effect of acid during a chemical reaction. Which antacids are most effective:

• Maalox,
• Gastal,
• Phosphalugel,
• Rennie,
• Gastrocid.

Medicines also form a protective coating on erosions that prevents pathogenic bacteria, food and hydrochloric acid from penetrating open wounds.

In the process of treating erosive gastritis with antacids and proton pump blockers, the acidity of gastric juice is significantly reduced. This has a beneficial effect on the regeneration of the mucous membrane, but has a negative effect on digestion. To normalize the breakdown of fats, proteins, carbohydrates and their absorption, gastroenterologists prescribe patients a course of the following medications:

• Mezim forte,
• Enzistal,
• Festal,
• Panzinorm,
• Pancreatin.

These are balanced complexes of digestive enzymes, identical to the enzymes produced by the pancreas. They are used only during the treatment of erosive gastritis, and after recovery they must be discontinued.

In the treatment of erosive gastritis, drugs with domperidone are used to improve gastrointestinal motility

Often, erosive gastritis is complicated by reflux, that is, the backflow of duodenal contents into the stomach cavity. This provokes the formation of new inflammatory foci and increased severity of symptoms. The following medications help cure a form of erosive gastritis accompanied by reflux:

• Motilium,
• Passazhiks,
• Motilak,
• Domperidone,
• Metoclopramide,
• Cerucal.

Additional treatment

When diagnosing erosive gastritis provoked by allergic agents, antihistamines are used in its treatment:

• Loratadine,
• Tavegil,
• Suprastin.

The drugs enhance the effect of antibacterial and antimicrobial agents and form a protective coating on the inner wall of the stomach.

To treat erosive gastritis, you should replace regular tea with chamomile infusion

Herbs for gastritis

Treatment of erosive gastritis with folk remedies includes the use of herbal remedies.

With a reduced acidity level, it is possible to use, say, a collection of wormwood and yarrow (4:1). Pour boiling water (take a glass), cook the mixture for three minutes, strain after an hour. Take for a month or a month and a half, about an hour before meals, drinking 70-80 ml.

If acidity is increased, a collection of yarrow, chamomile, St. John's wort, and peppermint is useful. After mixing the herbs in equal parts, brew the mixture (a tablespoon per glass of boiling water). Boil for three minutes, leave (half an hour is enough). Mix with a teaspoon of honey and drink the decoction shortly before meals (100 ml). The course of treatment is a month or a month and a half.

Herbal infusions are a powerful remedy that can indeed provide effective treatment for erosive gastritis, especially in the initial stages of the disease. But they require careful use and should be used after doctor’s approval.