Home remedies for self-treatment

More information can be found here: Household remedy for diarrhoeaDuring one to two days exclusively 2 – 3 l tea per day. We recommend tannin-rich green tea (let it steep for 20 minutes), fennel tea and camomile tea. Peppermint tea has an antispasmodic effect.

No sugar is added to the tea. Black tea can also relieve the symptoms of diarrhoea. You can read more detailed information on this subject here: Black tea for diarrhoeaIn principle, more attention should be paid to the fluid intake in cases of diarrhoea, because of the life-threatening water and loss of minerals.

This is especially important for babies and small children. In addition to infusion therapy, there is the possibility of using special solutions that are drunk to counteract the loss of fluids and minerals. These solutions are based on a recommendation of the WHO (World Health Organization) and are therefore also called WHO solutions.

Here there is a ready-to-use solution of 20g dextrose, 3.5g table salt, 1.5g potassium chloride and 2.5g sodium bicarbonate which is available in pharmacies and is used especially for diarrhoea in infants and diarrhoea in small children. However, the WHO solution can also be prepared by yourself: 1-2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of table salt with 1l of natural orange juice. Or mix the juice of 4 oranges with 7 teaspoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon of table salt.

Add 1 liter of boiled water and mix well. Cola and pretzel sticks make little sense in case of diarrhea in infants. Cola contains too much sugar and too little salt and is not recommended for children in particular because of the caffeine.

It is also important to remember that the loss of fluid should never be compensated with alcohol, coffee or milk. In this diet according to HEISER and MORO, 250g of washed apples with skin (but without seeds and cores) are freshly grated on a glass grater at each meal and sprinkled with some lemon juice. It is possible to spread 5-6 individual meals throughout the day.

Apples contain (mainly under the skin) pectins, which swell strongly and absorb toxic decomposition products, for example from germs, in the intestine. Alternatively, a finished product can be used (trade name Aplona). 25 – 40g of this corresponds to 1 – 1.5 kg of apples.

Children receive 20 to 25g of it daily mixed with liquid, adults 25 to 40g. For this diet according to Moro, 500 g of diced carrots are boiled in 1 liter of water and then pureed. The soup is made up to one liter and seasoned with 3 g of table salt. However, it is questionable to what extent this soup can compensate for mineral losses during diarrhea.