posted July 21, 2006 01:17 AM         

With antibiotics, bacteria will always come back because the antibiotics kill not just the bad bacteria but also the good! Then, it's easier for the bad bacteria to grow back unless you replace the good bacteria that was lost. It is SO IMPORTANT to take acidophilus to repopulate your intestines with good bacteria as soon as you finish a course of antibiotics! This is vitally important for your digestive system health!

As an alternative to antibiotics, try a natural antibiotic like pau d'arco instead.

Personally I would check into the fact that you are passing blood. Get a medical diagnosis on that. And then, if necessary seek help from a herbalist or naturopath if you want to avoid the use of antibiotics.

posted July 21, 2006 01:38 AM         

yes i was diagnosed by a doctor, he said its nothing serious only the infection had spread into the inner walls of intestines thts y the blood and he just asked me to take the antibiotics... its so irrittating sometimes...these docs they dnt elaborate on anything!

if i am not wrong i think this acidophilus mentioned by u is nothing but Lactobacillus? found in yoghurt, right? well, i was prescribed this too by the doc..and then i was just fine... but now it has occured again.

yes as u said i think i will seek a herbalist or naturopath, i dnt like taking allopathy mdecinies. i need a permanent solution to this.

thank u so much. and cud u pls tell me more abt pau d'arco or where i can find more info regarding this?

posted July 21, 2006 03:16 AM         

Pau'darco may help, but It is usually used more for fungi. Garlic(Pickled) is great for most microbes. My dad ate about 6 a day for about a month, and the wart on his elbow went away. It also doesn't kill the good bacteria(flora).

Another great one is ginger. It helps with digestive problems, and it is also a strong antimicrobal. Green tea with minced ginger will help the painful symptoms too. I get minced ginger in the produce section by the minced garlic. I get the pickled garlic from the Cracker Barrel restaurant. Or you could get these at the health food store.

Pau'darco can be bought in bulk from www.pacificbotanicals.com To make a tincture you put the herbs in a jar-about 1/2-3/4 full then add vodka till the jar is full. Shake it every day for 2 weeks then strain out the herbs with a cloth. Throw the herbs away & keep the liquid. Most tinctures are taken 1 or 2 tablespoons 3-4 times a day.

If you're dealing with a virus use olive leaf the same way as pau'darco.

Give the garlic & ginger a try. I think you will be amazed.

posted July 25, 2006 05:22 AM         

it is amoebiasis... and i have been told that once u get a stomach problem then ur defenses become weak and it keeps recurring...

so basically i think now as u told i will give ginger and garlic a try
i definitely hav heard abt their medicinal wonders...and now lemme check whether they work on me or not! i hope they will

and i used to take green tea and now i am gonna try it with ginger!

posted July 25, 2006 10:11 AM         

I'm with you on not liking the effects of antiobiotics on my system, but if it's amoebiasis, you DO need to take the antibiotics to fight it off!! Please don't stop taking them; there's no other way of tackling an infection like that.

If you can get acidophilus milk where you live, it helps to repopulate your system so you won't feel the negative effects of the antibiotics. I won't drink anything else; it really works! If not, the acidophilus capsules work just as well.

posted July 26, 2006 03:14 AM         

I do agree with Sunshine9 that you shouldn't just stop antibiotic treatments unless you are really sensitive to them. You can take garlic & ginger with the meds. And definatelly get some pro-biotics to replace those killed by the anti-biotics. Still keep boiling the water.

Hit this infection from every direction!

Keep us updated. Hope you fell better soon.

posted August 23, 2006 02:26 AM         

Its time for an update! I am happy to say that, now after completing my medicines.. I am quite well oh yeah! TouchWood!

Atlast i feel like now watever am eating will be absorbed into my body... earlier becoz of this loose motions i was steadily losing wt too

Kim, sunshine9 & GeminiLover75 Thank you all for ur suggestions and advices and of coz for ur prayers it has been very helpful..

btw i came to know tht if u take plain lemon juice with out adding any salt ot sugar early in the mroning, it is good for the stomach...but some one told me tht u will lose wt too! does any1 know abt this?

posted August 23, 2006 07:51 AM         

Hope this helps

posted August 24, 2006 01:36 AM         

Great link, but he forgot garlic. That is probably cuz most ppl can't bear the thought of eating it.

I made a tincture out of olive leaf. That is the best thing for viruses. It does, however, taste really bitter. What was that Mary Poppins said? "A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down." Or at least something tasty.

When I went to a Kineseologist for testing on the right choices for teeth filling material, I found out that my body doesn't like colloidal silver. It wanted olive leaf for digestive bacteria.

Even if you're not allergic to a substance, your body may not like it anyway. A Kineseologist can tell everything that the body does & doesn't like. That's cool!

posted August 24, 2006 02:20 AM         

I prefer taking natural antibiotics to the pharmaceutical kind..

posted August 24, 2006 02:23 AM         

but wat to do..when u r staying away from home...

one of the doctors gave me a nice advice. he said "Dnt go exploring restaurants stick to one!" tht was pretty good i must say!

posted August 24, 2006 02:28 AM         

Neem might help too, I'm not sure. Neem is good for teeth and skin infections usually.
Also never eat too much of neem as it affects the brain.

http://www.neemwell.com/

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....traditional use of neem bark...
Abdominal pain: Crush 3" x 3" of bark and keep in 1 cup of water for 10 minutes. Strain and then drink. Dosage; 1 cup of infusion is taken in the morning and evening for 2 days.

Diarrhoea: 1 cup of bark bits can be put in 1.5 glasses of water to soak for half an hour. Strain and then drink. Dosage; 1 cup is taken in the morning, noon and night for 3 days.

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posted August 25, 2006 06:06 AM         

And tht link abt Tuksi is really good!

Hey btw if u dnt mind me askign a qn r u from India?