Cabbage juice helps in reducing acid reflux and gastritis (due to Hpylori)!!

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Hi,

Wanted to share with everyone here that cabbage juice does indeed help in healing gastritis! I did it for a week and it worked for me! I am not cured completely, but I am much much better than I was. Last 2 days I have had no stomach pains, acid reflux is almost gone (added advantage that I didnt expect) except for a bit of post nasal drip and feeling almost normal. Fingers crossed and hope to heal completely soon!

Just to give you a small background, I had acid reflux (silent reflux) starting last Oct (2014). I had never had acid reflux in my entire life, I am 28yrs old. Not once. And then this suddenly started. I have reflux day in day out. I panicked and underwent terrible stress. I tried all sorts of natural remedies. Nothing worked. I was scared of taking PPI after reading about side effects on the internet. A naturopath misdiagnosed me with candida (I think they over diagnoze candida infections) and put me on an anti candida diet. I lost more than 20lbs (which I didnt need to) and felt worse after 2 months on the diet. I looked thin, was terribly sick and I thought my life was over. Sometime during this period, I guess I developed the gastritis as well although blood tests and stool test for hpylori kept coming back negative. 

I needed a break. I went home to India. Went to my family doctor, got myself checked by a GI. Had ultrasounds, CT scans (they thought it was my gallbladder initially), blood work and gastroscopy. Ultimately they diagnosed me with gastritis due to Hpylori (positive through gastroscopy), acid reflux (LPR) and vitamin D deficiency.

I took the triple therapy for Hpylori and and PPI's. I took injections and soft gels for the Vitamin D. I guess the pylori is gone as I started feeling better after taking antibiotics but the gastritis was still there. So i continued the PPI's and swithced to a low fat diet. No milk and dairy except lots of homemade yoghurt. I started feeling better but not completely. I would still have lot of bad days and few good days.

Last week I decided to do the cabbage juice. I did 4 cups of cabbage & carrot juice a day for 6 days and I can make out a huge difference now!I havent had stomach pains in 3 days, not even after eating. i even went out to a nearby restaurant and had a buffet, Nothing, no pain, very few burps. Also, the acid reflux suddenly came down. I am happy to report I am almost feeling normal. 

I am not cured completely but I wish I had continued the cabbage juice for another week. But I couldnt drink it anymore

The cabbage juice did cause me to feel a bit tired and crappy (maybe because it is known to affect the thyroid) and cuased some gas. But I persisted. I thought if I continue to feel worse I would give up the treatment but after 3 days I started to slowly feel better. Now I am left with a bit of post nasal drip sometimes in the afternoon(reminding me of the reflux but much better than before). But other than that, mostly feeling better. Will wait for a week and update again on the forum!

So guys, go ahead and try this if you think you can tolerate drinking cabbage juice and if you do not have any thyroid issues!

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i have heard of a women who cured her stomach ulcers with this .in 3 days .

they only recommened 3 days but i suppose longer isent going to do any harm .but for those 3 days she ate nothing els and only drank water 

can be really stupid and ask how you juice the cabbage and carrott do you have to buy a special juicer machine . i dont need it at the moment but i make notes of anything like this as a reference in case i do in the future.

 

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Cabbage & broccoli are anti-parasitic...as well as many other things in nature...so it is likely this is why it worked.  Garlic & onion also has anti-parasitic qualities.  Pumpkin seeds are good as well as black walnut hull extract and non-irriradiated cloves & wormwood (in capsule form).  Fruits that are anti-parasitic are pineapple, papaya, pomegranate and blackberries. These can be eaten, made into a fresh juice or taken in supplement form. Drink up to four 8 oz. glasses of pomegranate juice a day for an anti-parasitic effect. To avoid irritating the intestines, limit consumption to 4-5 days at a time. Pineapple contains the digestive enzyme bromelain and helps to clear certain parasitic infections, such as tapeworms. Papaya seeds contain enzymes that help to digest protein. There are also foods you should eat to strengthen your system. Look up .. total cleanse detox diet...to find lots of good information. 

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Hi, It's right that Cabbage juice helps in reducing acid reflux and gastritis and also helpful in your stomach ulcers. Cabbage have natural antiulcer drugs in it.Cabbage juice are helpful is such condition like arthritis, stomach ulcers and metabolic disturbances.Use of fresh cabbage juice every day relieved pain and healed both gastric and duodenal ulcers better.

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 this is great info renee

where did you resource all this? brilliant!

I would add sweating and infa red  saunas...amazingly sweat does this too! american indians maintained health this way...before we decimated their culture and replaced it with fast food  and violent movies...

 

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From some of my go to sites...also I do a good cleanse once or twice a year. Yes, infra red saunas are wonderful....have thought of putting one in my home and have researched them extensively. Haven't sold the hubby on the idea yet.

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ha !   oh the hubby

well how about you pay for it?

so what are you dealing with renee? me autoimmune thyroiditis (raised antibodies...determined to get them down)...and lichen sclerosis...hooray!

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He just doesn't see the value in it....and yes, even if I pay for it which I would have to.  I am putting in an organic garden this spring...so that is another step towards healthier living. We eat a lot of organic now...but nothing like your own fresh veggies. We do have organic apple trees at our cottage and peach and plum trees at home. I have lichen planus and lichen sclerosis...pretty well under control...but need to do better...and mild osteo-arthritis.  

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oh wow an organic garden ...all hail!! way to go !!xxxxxxxxxx have you considered food sensitivities as well. this is multi layered but pretty sure you know that...lets keep nagging each other xxxxx

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Hey sirivinay, great to hear your experience, I am just drinking my first cabbage juice drink. I've had exactly what you've described for a good few years now.

Hoping it works for me. How are you doing now?! Did you manage to keep going with it?!

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hi tiswas, sorry for the Late reply!

i ate a regular diet while doing the cabbage juice. I wouldn't have been able to sustain only on the juice. 

I used a normal blender/mixer which juiced the cabbage and carrots. I grated them and put them in so they would get blended easily.

Tiswas Are you from India?

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Thanks Renee smile that was very helpful!

 actually I did a cleanse previously that made me worse. So I am just sticking to eating healthy foods for now and it's helping me I guess smile

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hi Lk,

how ow is the cabbage juice going for you? 

I drank it for 7 days..4 times a day..I mixed in carrot to make it taste better. But honestly I stopped after 7 days because I was worried about the thyroid. It did help me with the gastritis though. I am doing bettor now, but I still have to be careful with my diet and stick to foods that don't irritate my throat as well as stomach. So mostly having rice, veggies, bananas, whole wheat bread, lentils and yoghurt. 

I think my gastritis is getting better as I have started to gain back weight slowly as well. 

How many days are you planning to do?

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Well I did 2 yesterday and I'm going to do 3 each day now going forwards. I felt a bit better at the start of today and actually after each juice. I'm juicing green cabbage, celery and carrots but I've reduced the celery to make it taste a bit better and go down easier. I don't find the taste too unpleasant. I'm also having bone broth soup which is why I'm not drinking the full 4 cups of juice.

This is the worst my gastritis has been in 3 years - I actually think the h pylori might be back so going to get re- tested next week. I was taking pepzinGI and think it's done the opposite of what it's meant to. Will try to do until next Friday so 9 days and then might try to continue 1 glass a day.

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do you think the green veg effected yout thyroid...or are you ok? the theory about goitrogens seems to have been turned around to the view of them not only being ok but also, once again. good for you! a relief but like you perhaps that theory left me with some uncertainty. i think it may have been more about other imbalances but datis k has reversed his position and now assures us grrens are good!!

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its so interesting that something which works for one person just doesn't seem to work for another!

would you mind mentioning the type of cleanse that you tried before and why you think that it didn't work for you?

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Am ok lizzie smile I had my thyroid checked and everything is fine. You are right I was uncertain and I just didn't want to take more of cabbage for fear of possible thyroid issues. I am planning to take gastrazyme tablets, which has the vitamin U of cabbage but you don't have to worry about the thyroid. Have you tried that?

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Ohh that's bad. I thought once it's gone, the Hpylori doesn't come back?i didn't know it could re occur. Am sorry to hear your troubles. I had trouble with pepsin GI as well, I felt it irritated my stomach. Actually I started feeling normal when I stopped all supplements, ans stuck only to diet and PPI. Let me know how it goes!

as I mentioned in my reply below to Lizzie, I am planning to take gastrazyme tablets. It's the same as taking cabbage juice but without worrying about thyroid side effects. 

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No it can come back but I think the re-infection rate is low. I'm not sure mines ever gone to be honest. I have a negative result following an endoscopy but I just didn't feel better then and was on PPIs at the time.

I thought pepzinGI was amazing at first but after 2 weeks I started to get this intense hunger feeling all day and it went after I stopped it. Now I just feel like I have gut rot.

My naturopath suggested the bone broth and cabbage juice to help heal things whilst I wait for the acid suppressors to get out of my body before the h pylori test. Also going to be getting tested for SIBO.

Once I've had these tests I will start drinking matula tea because that calms things down (although it doesn't get rid of h pylori)! Plus take antibiotics if I'm found to have the infection.

Day 4 today and I can definitely feel an improvement thank goodness.

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hmmmmmmmmm what TSH reading did you get? They say its fine around 4.5. That's high. NORMAL is 1.00.!!! But hard to achieve. I've got mine down to 3 without thyroxin just an elimination diet.

Do you feel sluggish have falling hair or the outer third of your eyebrows thinning out?

Best to aim for a TSH below 2. Low thyroid affects stomach acid ....and slow stomach acid effects the thyroid.

Please be aware that PPI's are seriously addictive and that parasites want you to retain a low acid level in the stomach....so they can survive.

Seriously we can be controlled by parasites. They give us cravings so we keep feeding them!! Thats why I have autoimmunity and need to address my low stomach acid. But you guys have first to heal the stomach lining...so then you can rebuild the levels of acidity so h pylori can't survive.

TIP I go to see my doctor to find out what he recommends and then do the opposite. It is very reliable!! I'm a trained nurse too working in gastroenterology...we are just finding all this stuff out and mostly from patients who read more widely than we do!!