Hypnotherapy and self help for irritable bowel syndrome. News Story. Hypnotherapy is effective in several diseases with a psychosomatic component.
Dr David Rampton and colleagues from the United Kingdom studied the effects of one session of hypnosis on the systemic and rectal mucosal inflammatory responses in patients with active ulcerative colitis. In total, 17 patients with active ulcerative colitis underwent a 50-minute session of gut-focused hypnotherapy. Before and after each procedure, the systemic inflammatory response was assessed by serum interleukin-6 and interleukin-13 concentrations. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin -6 production by lipopolysaccharide-stimulated whole blood, and leukocyte count were also measured. In addition, the team assessed natural killer cell number, platelet activation, and platelet-leukocyte aggregate formation. The team evaluated rectal inflammation by mucosal release of substance P, histamine, interleukin-13 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. The researchers observed that hypnosis improved blood flow by 18%. Your Gut Feeling. Watch this...
In 1994 Guy Cohen was diagnosed with a severe case of ulcerative colitis, a similar condition to Crohn's disease and IBS, at the age of 23. Within 18 months he had defied the doctors in both the US and UK and was pronounced fully recovered. Discover How One Man Confounded the Doctors, Beat Ulcerative Colitis By His Own Efforts, Returned to Full Health, and Now Helps Others to Beat this Painful and Debilitating Affliction. Guy's Methods Are Equally Applicable to IBS and Crohn's Disease ... Discover How You Can Return to a Full and Healthy Life! In Your Gut Feeling, Guy describes his experience of ulcerative colitis, and how he overcame what the medical profession said was 'incurable'. Your Path to Recovery Starts Here!
"Hello, and thanks for visiting. Despite being told my situation was virtually hopeless and that the condition was incurable I actually did engineer a cure. All the best Guy Cohen" However, there are documented cases of people who have been totally cured. Hi Guy! My Father’s Story. My Father’s Story I wanted to share a story with you, about my father.
My father had Colitis for many years. He did not take medicine or really even go to the doctor for it. I am the youngest of 10 kids and my mother really never worked outside the home. I guess we were her work and trust me, she worked. Ulcerative Colitis Diet. Posted by admin | Posted in Diet | Posted on 04-12-2009 Anyone who has Ulcerative Colitis knows in spite of what the Doctors tell us that Diet has an effect on our symptoms.
Eating certain types of foods can make symptoms worse and may even trigger a full blown flare up. I’ve done lots of reading about Ulcerative Colitis Diets, and have tried many different forms of eating in order to cure my Ulcerative Colitis. The best type of diet I have found for Colitis(Colitus) is to eat like a cave man, known as a Plaeolithic Diet. This involves eating the same way as our hunter gatherer ancestors did. Colitis Recovery. Probiotic Colitis Treatment. Ulcerative Colitis Flare Up Advice. Colitis – Understanding Inflammation. Posted by admin | Posted in Inflammation | Posted on 17-01-2010 Colitis is Inflammation of the Colon.
When you get treatment from the Doctor, the main method is the use of anti-inflammatory drugs. These either calm down the inflammation in a specific area for which Mesalazine is commonly used, or to turn off the body’s immune reactions with a drug like Azathioprine. These are effective ways of treatment but Drugs do tend to have side effects when used long term and they are not addressing the root causes of the inflammation. Inflammation is the immune systems way of alerting you to that fact that something in the body is wrong. The trigger mostly gets the blame for the Flare up, but really it is just the last straw in a cascade of events.
A lifestyle that has high stress, little exercise and bad diet sets the scene for inflammation to build up inside and when this reaches an unsustainable level then disease symptoms – a flare up – appears. Ulcerative Colitis Boswellia a Natural Anti Inflammatory. Posted by admin | Posted in Diet | Posted on 26-01-2010 Boswellia serrata also known as Indian Frankincense is a herb that has been used for 4000 years in Indian Ayurvedic Medicine, it is an excellent anti-inflammatory with no known side effects.
The active ingredient is known as Boswellic Acid. Boswellia has been shown to reduce inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease like Ulcerative Colitis, and other autoimmune conditions. It works like this – Ulcerative Colitis, Turmeric, a Natural Anti Inflammatory. Posted by admin | Posted in Herbs | Posted on 19-01-2010 The active ingredient in the yellow spice Turmeric – Curcumin works as well as anti-inflammatory drugs, but with no side effects.
It has been used for 4,000 years in Ayurvedic Medicine to treat a variety of symptoms. It is also well known as an antioxidant. Like non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs it blocks the formation of two pro inflammatory prostaglandins, as well as leukotrienes.