Random Best Food Poisoning Remedies (37 items)

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  (#1) Hibernate for a Day

  There's really not a whole lot you can do to end your misery; just be good to yourself and wait it out. Cancel your plans, rest, and take solace in the fact that it will pass in 24 hours or so.
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  (#2) Water

  You may not feel like having anything pass your lips, but you've got to stay hydrated, especially when you are losing fluids from both ends. Start off with a few sips of water and work your way up to more substantial stuff.
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  (#3) Cranberry juice

  Avoiding solid food for a day is sometimes recommended when you're nauseated and vomiting due to a bout of food poisoning, but don't give up the fluids. Drink cranberry juice during your fast. It's generally easy on your digestive tract.
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  (#4) Replace Your Body's Fluids

  If your stomach will tolerate it, be sure to keep taking in liquids, especially if you have diarrhea. Try eating gelatin or drinking decaffeinated soda, tea with sugar, or water.
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  (#5) Replace Your Potassium

  Vomiting and diarrhea may deplete your body's supply of potassium, which may leave you feeling even worse. An extreme potassium imbalance can even be fatal. Twenty-four hours after your symptoms started (and hopefully when you're feeling a bit better), replenish your potassium stores with a sports drink or a banana.
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  (#6) Let It Flow

  The worst thing you can do for vomiting is to fight it, because vomiting is your body's way of getting rid of something that is causing harm in your stomach. Trying to hold back the urge can actually cause tears in your esophagus.
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  (#7) Avoid Rich or Spicy Foods

  When your stomach is feeling irritated, eating fatty or highly seasoned foods may send you right back to the bathroom. If you feel hungry, it's probably best to stick with clear liquids, plain toast, mashed potatoes, bananas, or other bland foods.
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  (#8) Ginger

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  Without a doubt, ginger is the best stomach woe cure. Taken in any form, it will relieve nausea. Try ginger tea, gingerbread, or gingersnaps. However, if you choose ginger ale, be sure the brand you select contains real ginger.
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  (#9) Banana

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  As you spend more time embracing the porcelain throne, your body is losing essential elements like potassium. Once you're feeling a little better, after the initial onset, try eating a banana. It's easy on your stomach and can make you feel a bit better.
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  (#10) Think Pink

  Over the counter stomach medications that contain bismuth, such as Pepto Bismol, claim to coat the stomach and may help relieve some of the discomfort you feel. Avoid Alka-Seltzer and other aspirin-containing products, however, because aspirin can irritate the stomach.
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  (#11) Chicken Soup

  Once you start feeling a bit better, start your stomach out with bland foods. Chicken soup is tasty and easy to digest.
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  (#12) Try a Cold Compress

  A cold compress on your head can be very comforting when you are vomiting. It won't stop you from spewing, but it may help you feel a little better.
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  (#13) Try a Hot-Water Bottle

  A not-too-hot hot-water bottle placed on the abdomen may help ease the pain of cramps. Or, if you have an electric heating pad it can also provide relief.
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  (#14) Increase Foods Gradually

  Add semisolid and low-fiber foods gradually as your bowel movements return to normal. Try soda crackers, toast, eggs, rice, or chicken.
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  (#15) Broth

  Canned broth, whether it's beef, chicken, or vegetable, will keep you hydrated and help liquefy any mucous secretions. Broth is easy to keep down, shouldn't flare up your diarrhea, and will provide at least some nutrients.
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  (#16) Lemon juice

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  Mix together 1 teaspoon honey and 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Then, dip your finger into the mix and lick it off, so that you take it in slowly.
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  (#17) Chamomile Tea

  Chamomile has antispasmodic properties that can provide relief from many kinds of stomach disorders, including diarrhea. It also is helpful in the treatment of intestinal inflammation.
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  (#18) Carrot

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  Carrots are a good source of pectin and can help alleviate diarrhea. Drink fresh carrot juice several times a day to replenish vitamins and minerals lost due to diarrhea. You can add a few drops of lemon juice and some sugar or honey to sweeten the carrot juice to your taste.
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  (#19) Clove

  Clove makes a nice nausea-fighting tea. Brew a cup using 1 teaspoon clove powder in a teacup full of boiling water. Strain out any clove that might be remaining, and drink as needed.
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  (#20) Berries

  Both blueberries and blackberries can be used in the treatment of diarrhea. Make a soup from dried blueberries and drink it twice daily to relieve your upset stomach. Blueberries have antioxidant and antibacterial properties along with tannins, all of which help treat diarrhea.
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  (#21) Eat Starchy Foods

  Starchy foods, such as precooked rice or tapioca cereals, can help ease your tummy. Prepare the cereal according to the directions on the box, making it as thick as you can stomach it. Just avoid adding too much sugar or salt, as these can aggravate diarrhea. It's probably a good idea to avoid oatmeal, since it's high in fiber, and your intestines can't tolerate the added bulk during a bout with diarrhea.
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  (#22) Mint

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  Mint tea relieves nausea. Simply steep about 1 tablespoon dry leaves in 1 pint hot water for 30 minutes, then strain and drink. Don't toss out those mint leaves when you drink the tea. Instead, eat them. Eating boiled mint leaves can cure nausea, too.
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  (#23) Aniseed

  This helps cure nausea and vomiting. Brew aniseed into a tea by putting 1/4 teaspoon in 1/2 cup boiling water. Steep for five minutes. Strain and drink once a day. Or, sprinkle some aniseed on mild vegetables such as carrots or pumpkin. If your stomach will tolerate fruits during or just after a bout of nausea or vomiting, try aniseed on baked apples or pears.
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  (#24) Brown rice

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  When you have diarrhea and vomiting, you must eat brown rice. Brown rice contains B vitamins that help control the various symptoms of diarrhea. Make the rice by boiling half a cup of brown rice in three cups of water until it becomes extra soft. Then add a banana to the rice and eat it. The soft brown rice will be gentle on your system and help remove toxins from your body. The pectin present in banana will soak up excess water and will give you quick relief from diarrhea.
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  (#25) Consider Probiotics

  Probiotics contain strains of living bacteria that are similar to the healthy bacteria normally found in your digestive system. Probiotics may boost the number of healthy bacteria present to fight germs in your digestive tract. Probiotic supplements are available and beneficial bacteria may also be found in yogurt and cheese.
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  (#26) Black Seed Oil

  Black seed is a kind of herbal plant that can be used in the treatment of various health problems such as gas, colic, asthma, constipation, and diarrhea. For treating diarrhea caused by food poisoning, you must use black seed oil. Mix a teaspoon of black seed oil in a cup of plain or flavored yogurt. Eat this mixture twice a day until the diarrhea symptoms are completely gone.
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  (#27) Fenugreek Seeds

  Fenugreek seeds are highly recommended for treating diarrhea and vomiting due to their high mucilage content, a strong anti-diarrheal agent. Mix a handful of fenugreek seeds in a cup of fresh yogurt or water. Or combine one-half teaspoon each of fenugreek seeds and roasted cumin seeds, add two tablespoons of yogurt and mix it well. Consume this mixture three times a day for quick relief from diarrhea.
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  (#28) Bilberry

  The fruit of the bilberry plant, a relative of the blueberry, has been used for centuries to treat diarrhea, scurvy, menstrual cramps, and other conditions. Grown in North America, Europe, and Asia, the bilberry plant, also known as the huckleberry or whortleberry, produces a fruit that can be eaten or made into extracts. The leaves of the bilberry plant can also be made into teas or extracts.
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  (#29) Carob Powder

  Carob powder can help soothe irritated intestines. Start with one tablespoon, mixed with some applesauce and honey to make it palatable. Take it on an empty stomach.
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  (#30) Blackberry Root Bark

  Blackberry root bark (Rubus macropetalus) contains tannins, which have a desirable astringent action on the intestinal lining. Take a teaspoon of tincture in water every two to four hours.
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  (#31) Fennel

  Crush 1 tablespoon seeds and steep for ten minutes in 1 cup boiling water. Sweeten to taste with honey. Sip as necessary for nausea.
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  (#32) Lime Juice

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  For an immediate nausea/vomiting stopper, mix 1 cup water, 10 drops lime juice, and 1/2 teaspoon sugar. Then add 1/4 teaspoon baking soda and drink.
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  (#33) BRAT Diet

  Follow the "BRAT" diet, an acronym for bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast.
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  (#34) Vinegar

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  Sometimes the smell of vomit can cause additional vomiting, or continued nausea. After you vomit, rinse the remaining particles out of your mouth with 1/4 cup water and 1/4 cup vinegar in a 4-ounce glass.
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  (#35) Orange Peel Tea

  Orange peel tea is a folk remedy that is believed to aid in digestion. Place a chopped orange peel (preferably from an organic orange, as peels otherwise may contain pesticides and dyes) into a pot and cover with 1 pint boiling water. Let it stand until the water is cooled. You can sweeten it with sugar or honey.
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  (#36) Milk

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  Don't drink it straight. Instead, try this vintage milk toast recipe for a bland food that's easy to eat when combating nausea and vomiting. Heat 1 cup milk until hot, but not boiling. Put it in a bowl. Then take 1 piece of toast, slightly buttered, and crumble it into the milk. Eat slowly.
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  (#37) Cumin

  Steep a tea with 1 teaspoon cumin seeds and a pinch of nutmeg to soothe tummy troubles. It's a great remedy that's probably already sitting in your spice rack!

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