How to stop diarrhea in an adult quickly. Tablets, folk remedies at home

Diarrhea is an unpleasant problem, which, if untreated, can lead to dehydration and the development of complications. You can quickly stop diarrhea in an adult with the help of medicines and folk remedies.

When you can't stop severe diarrhea at home

Stopping diarrhea at home is contraindicated in the following cases:

• if blood, pus, mucus are noticeable in the feces;
• stools are too dark in color (dark brown or black) - darkening of feces can be a sign of internal bleeding in the digestive tract;
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• diarrhea lasts several days, while its intensity does not decrease (this can lead to dehydration);
• if a person has severe weakness, pale skin;
• in the presence of a body temperature above 38 ° C;
• in the presence of vomiting;
• diarrhea is accompanied by severe painful sensations in the abdomen, from which the pain reliever does not help (possibly an acute inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract);
• the volume of urine decreases during the day, and the urine becomes darker in color;
• if antidiarrheals do not help.

In the presence of the described cases, you must consult a doctor or call an ambulance. Self-medication in such cases can lead to complications, up to and including death.

Herbs for diarrhea

You can quickly stop diarrhea in an adult with the help of herbal decoctions and infusions. The composition of medicinal herbs contains special substances (depending on the type of herb), which eliminate not only diarrhea, but also its causes.

Bloodroot

Cinquefoil has a pronounced fixing effect, due to the content of a large amount of tannins in it. To prepare the product, you will need 300 ml of hot water and 1 tbsp. l. dried and crushed Potentilla root (you can take the stem).

Cooking process:

1. The raw material should be filled with hot water.
2. Next, everything must be placed on moderate heat.
3. As soon as the liquid begins to boil (immediately after the appearance of air bubbles), reduce the heat to a minimum and cook the product for 20 minutes.
4. After that, the broth must be removed from the heat, cooled and filtered.

You need to take the remedy before each meal for 2 tsp. l. for 3 days.

St. John's wort

St. John's wort has a strong antibacterial effect (often the cause of diarrhea is the reproduction of pathogenic bacteria in the intestines) and eliminates diarrhea.

For this problem, it is used as follows:

1. Boil 250 ml of water and pour 1 tbsp. l. dry leaves of St. John's wort.
2. The agent must be infused for 30 minutes, then it should be completely cooled and taken 3 times a day, 100 ml. The course of therapy is 3 days.

Parsley

Parsley has antibacterial properties and the ability to regulate digestion, eliminating bloating, flatulence and stopping diarrhea. To prepare a remedy, you will need 1 tbsp. l. chopped parsley and 0.5 liters of hot water. Cooking process: pour parsley with water, cover the container with a lid and infuse the drink for 3 hours.

You need to take an infusion of parsley 3 times a day for 1 tsp. l. The course of therapy is 3 days.

Oak bark

You can quickly stop diarrhea in an adult with the help of oak bark - it has a pronounced antibacterial and astringent effect, thanks to which it helps in stopping diarrhea and eliminating its causes. To prepare the infusion, you need 1 tsp. l. oak bark and 250 ml of hot water.

Cooking process: the raw materials must be poured with water, the container should be covered and wrapped, left in this form for 2-3 hours. Next, the infusion must be filtered and taken in 2 tbsp. l. every 2 hours The course of treatment is 1-2 days.

Bird cherry

The benefits of bird cherry for diarrhea are due to the antibacterial, astringent and antispasmodic effect of the plant. Bird cherry not only eliminates diarrhea, but also relieves abdominal pain. To prepare the broth, you can use berries, leaves, bird cherry inflorescences.

Cooking process:

1. You need to take 1 tbsp. l. parts of bird cherry and pour 350 ml of hot water.
2. Next, the mixture must be placed in a water bath and cooked for 20 minutes.
3. After that, the broth must be removed from the heat and cooled, filtered.

You need to take a broth of bird cherry 0.5 cups 3 times a day for 2-3 days.

Sagebrush

Bitter wormwood is antimicrobial and helps stop diarrhea. However, with this herb, the exact dosage must be observed, since with the slightest increase in it, side effects are possible.

To prepare the drug, you should take 1 tsp. l. (without a slide) dry wormwood and pour 250 ml of hot water, insist for 30 minutes. Then the infusion must be filtered and cooled to a warm state. It is required to take the remedy for 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day before meals. The course of treatment is 2 days.

Sage

Sage is a unique herb - it helps with both constipation and diarrhea. In addition, it has a strong antibacterial effect and relieves inflammation in the intestinal walls. To prepare a remedy, you will need 1-1.5 tbsp. l. dry sage leaves and 1 cup hot water.

Cooking process:

1. Leaves need to be filled with water and placed on fire.
2. The broth is required to be kept on fire until boiling, then removed from the stove.
3. It is necessary to let the broth cool, then strain it and take 1 tbsp. l. 3-4 times a day after meals.

How to cure diarrhea with folk methods

Diarrhea in an adult can be cured quickly with the help of folk methods - using black tea, rice, starch and other means.

Strong tea

Strongly brewed black tea has a high concentration of tannins and tannins and thus helps in stopping diarrhea. With this problem, it is necessary to brew black tea (it is better to take friable, not in bags - 2 tbsp. l. 250 ml of water) for 10-12 minutes. and have a drink. After 2-3 hours, you can drink another mug of drink.

With a strong feeling of hunger, you can eat 1-2 crackers with tea. This method is not suitable for people with high blood pressure.

Rice broth

Rice water is a well-known antidiarrheal agent. It helps to consolidate bowel movements and stop diarrhea.

The broth is prepared as follows:

1. It is necessary to boil 400 ml of water.
2. Next, you need to take 1 tbsp. l. rice, rinse and add to boiling water.
3. Reduce the heat, then continue to cook the rice for 25-35 minutes, until the water becomes cloudy.
4. After that, the broth must be removed from the heat, cooled and filtered.

It is necessary to take a broth 2-3 times a day, 100-150 ml. The course of therapy is 1-2 days.

Blueberry

Blueberries have a pronounced fixing effect - with diarrhea, they can use it in its pure form, or you can prepare a medicinal blueberry tea:

1. Pour about 80-100 g of blueberry berries and leaves with hot water.
2. Then the berries need to be chopped with a crush and cover the container with tea with a lid.
3. The drink should be infused for 10-12 minutes, after which it should be drunk immediately.

You can take this tea 2-3 times a day for 2-3 days. It can also be drunk to prevent diarrhea.

In addition, you can make delicious medicinal jelly from blueberries - it contains starch, which has an additional strengthening effect. To prepare jelly, you will need 100 g of blueberries, 100 ml of water and 1 tsp. l. starch without a slide.

Cooking process:

1. Boil water and then add berries to it.
2. When the berries burst and give up the juice completely, strain the compote.
3. Next, you need to mix the starch with warm water (about 100 ml) and pour into the hot compote.
4. The mass must be quickly stirred until it thickens, after which the drink can be drunk.

Take blueberry jelly 3-4 times a day for 3 days.

Decoction of pomegranate peels

Pomegranate peels contain a large amount of tannins and help in fixing diarrhea.

The recipe for the decoction is as follows:

1. You need to take the pomegranate rind and grind it.
2. After that, you need to measure 1 tsp. l. powder from the crusts and pour 250 ml of hot water over it.
3. The mixture must be placed on fire and cooked for 15 minutes. over low heat.
4. Next, the broth must be removed from the heat, wrap the pan and leave the product for another 40 minutes, then completely cool and strain.

Half the volume of the cooled and strained broth should be drunk immediately, and then take the product for 1 tsp. l. 4-5 times a day for 2 days.

Potato starch

Starch fixes the stool, thereby stopping diarrhea. It also coats the intestinal mucosa and removes toxins from the organ. To prepare the product, 1 tbsp is required. l. Dissolve starch in 200 ml of warm boiled water and drink. After 2-3 hours. the procedure can be repeated.

Black pepper

Black pepper in the form of peas helps to eliminate diarrhea due to its astringent and antimicrobial action. Adults need to eat 10 peas before going to bed and drink 1 glass of water (if diarrhea appears in the morning and afternoon, then you need to eat 7-8 peas). After that, the diarrhea should stop. If the problem persists in the morning, you should eat 5 more peas and drink water.

Onion peel

Onion hulls contain astringent properties that help stop diarrhea. The husk also has an antibacterial and antihelminthic effect (parasites can cause diarrhea).

To prepare the broth, you must perform the following steps:

1. Pour a handful of onion peels into 1 liter of hot water.
2. Next, the mixture must be placed on low heat and cooked for 5 minutes.
3. After this, the agent should be removed from the heat, cooled and filtered. Take 120-150 ml 3-4 times a day.

The course of treatment is 1-2 days.

Onion tea

To prepare the product, you will need 1 glass of strongly brewed black tea and 1 small onion. The onion must be cut in half and one of the halves must be cut crosswise so that it begins to secrete juice. Then it is required to put it in tea for 10 minutes, and then get it out. Drinking such tea for diarrhea needs 2-3 small sips during the day.

Walnuts and walnut shells

An infusion is prepared from walnuts, which helps to consolidate bowel movements. To do this, grind several walnuts and pour 150 ml of hot water, leave for 30 minutes. and then have a drink. This drink can be consumed 2-3 times a day for 3-4 days.

In case of further manifestations of diarrhea, you can prepare a tincture from the shell or partitions of a walnut. This will require 100 g of partitions and 500 ml of vodka or alcohol.

Cooking process:

1. The partitions must be folded to the bottom of the dark glass jar.
2. Further, the raw material needs to be poured with vodka or alcohol, tightly close the container.
3. The jar should be placed in a dark place and kept there for 15 days, occasionally shaking the contents.
4. After 15 days, the tincture must be filtered and stored in a dark place.

In case of diarrhea, take a tincture of walnut partitions 15 drops 3 times a day. Can be diluted with a little water.

Rye bread

Yesterday's rye bread has a firming effect and helps to stop diarrhea. Bread should be soaked in warm water for 20-30 minutes, then take the resulting infusion together with bread crumb, 1-2 tbsp. l. during the day.

Blue iodine

Blue iodine or Iodinol is a medicinal product that you can buy at a pharmacy or prepare yourself. It has a disinfecting and fixing effect due to the starch content in it.

To prepare the product at home, you will need:

• 40 ml warm water;
• 1 hour l. starch;
• 1 hour l. Sahara;
• a small pinch of citric acid;
• 150 ml boiling water;
• 5% iodine solution - 20 ml.

The cooking process is as follows:

1. Dissolve starch and sugar in 40 ml of warm water, then add citric acid and mix everything.
2. Next, you need to pour in hot water, mix everything again and cool.
3. Pour iodine into a completely cooled solution and stir everything thoroughly until the iodine dissolves. You should get a blue liquid - it acquires such a shade due to the interaction of iodine and starch.

Take "Blue Iodine" for diarrhea as follows: add 5-6 drops of the product to 50 ml of water, stir and drink. The procedure is repeated 3 times a day for 1-2 days.

Ginger root

Ginger root has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, fixing and antihelminthic effects. It can be used for almost all types of diarrhea, regardless of the cause.

For diarrhea, an infusion is prepared from the ginger root: 1 tsp. l. chopped root is poured with 250 ml of hot water and infused for 10-12 minutes. After that, the drink must be consumed immediately. Drink ginger root tea throughout the day. It is allowed to consume no more than 3 glasses of drink per day.

Potassium permanganate

This method can only be used if all other diarrhea remedies are not available. Potassium permanganate has a bactericidal effect and destroys pathogenic bacteria that have caused diarrhea.

To prepare the product, you need to dissolve 2-3 crystals of potassium permanganate in 1 glass of warm water, stir so that the substance is completely dissolved and drunk. Adults should take 2-3 glasses of potassium permanganate solution during the day, but if the diarrhea stops after the first dose, then you do not need to drink the remedy further.

Medication

You can quickly stop diarrhea in an adult with the help of drugs.

For diarrhea, different types of honey are used, depending on the cause and symptoms:

Antidiarrheals (reduce bowel movements and stop diarrhea)
Loperamide	Adults with acute diarrhea - 2 tablets, then - 1 tablet after each act of defecation in the presence of loose stools.
Lopedium	Adults with acute diarrhea - 2 tablets, then - 1 tablet after each act of defecation in the presence of loose stools.
Imodium	Adults with acute diarrhea - 2 tablets, then - 1 tablet after each act of defecation in the presence of loose stools.
Sorbents (absorb and remove from the digestive tract toxins and toxins, decay products that cause diarrhea)
Activated carbon	1 tablet for every 10 kg of a person's weight, once.
Smecta	4-6 sachets per day.
Polysorb	1-2 tbsp. l. for 100-150 ml of liquid 3-4 times a day.
Enterosgel	1-1.5 st. l. 3 times a day.
Antispasmodics (taken for abdominal cramps and pain)
No-shpa	1 tablet 2-3 times a day.
Drotaverin	1 tablet 2-3 times a day.
Spazgan	1 tablet 2-3 times a day.
Spazmolgon	1 tablet 2-3 times a day.

If diarrhea is caused by an intestinal infection, then antibiotics are prescribed additionally (after examination). In the presence of severe pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract that have caused diarrhea, special treatment is prescribed, depending on the specific problem.

Since diarrhea, especially severe and prolonged, leads to dehydration and loss of minerals, it is recommended to take the drug Regidron. It replenishes the loss of electrolytes and fluid in the body.

Features of nutrition in case of intestinal dysfunction

Stopping diarrhea in an adult will not work quickly if you do not follow the dietary recommendations.

With this digestive disorder, it is forbidden to use the following food groups:

• fried and smoked dishes;
• fatty foods;
• fast food;
• sausages, sausages;
• canned food;
• mushrooms;
• confectionery and flour products, bread;
• alcohol.

On the first day after diarrhea, it is recommended to drink only pure non-carbonated water (mineral water can be used to restore the deficiency of minerals excreted during abundant bowel movements).

But if the patient maintains a normal appetite, then the following foods are allowed for him:

• crackers from black, gray or white bread (bread should be yesterday's);
• Black tea;
• vegetable broths;
• hard boiled eggs;
• homemade jelly;
• vegetable purees;
• boiled rice;
• porridge on the water;
• chicken fillet or low-fat fish (only boiled);
• lingering cookies;
• baked apples (sugar and honey free).

If the doctor has prescribed antibiotics, then it is recommended to use yogurt (unflavored) - it contains probiotics that restore the balance of the intestinal microflora.

This diet is recommended for 2-3 days after diarrhea. Then you can gradually return to your usual routine.

Adult diarrhea can be quickly stopped with medication and decoctions. But if the diarrhea lasts more than a day, and the patient's condition worsens, then you need to see a doctor.

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