Stomach disorders

Georgius Agricola, a German scientist of the sixteenth century, was the first to mention bismuth detailing the melting of bismuth from ore (1). It was ia the sixteenth century that bismuth compounds were first discovered to have a soothing effect on stomach disorders. Bismuth compounds are stiU widely used ia preparations to reheve this condition. Not until the 1800s was bismuth refined and proven to be an element. Until that time, bismuth was usually referred to as one of the other elements with which it is associated ia ores such as antimony, silver, lead, and tin. 

Fig. 3. New flavonoid derivatives cochinchinenins B and C, and (25)-4, 7-dihydroxy-8-methylflavan with activity against HP, isolated from Dracaena cochinchinensis, a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat stomach disorders in China.

Also known as the pharmacy or, in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world, the chemist s, a drugstore is our source for literally thousands of chemicals that can he used to improve our health and well-being. And each year, dozens of new chemical compounds are added to that list of lifesaving and life-improving substances. These compounds include products for the relief of pain, the treatment of allergies and stomach disorder, protection from environmental hazards, cure of infectious diseases, alleviation of body aches and sores, the remedy for poisonous bites and toxic chemicals, and a host of other beneficial results. 

Alkaloids such as boldine, codeine, narceine and morphine are active factors in their receptors. Boldine has morphine-like properties and is active on opioid receptors. It may be used to treat stomach disorders and as metabolic stimulant. As it is similar to morphine, boldine can also be considered in the possible development of treatments for narcotic dependence. Codeine also binds to opiate receptors, and specifically functions to reduce bronchial secretions. Codeine can also be used as a cough suppressant when acting on the centre of the medulla oblongata and as a sedative agent. 

Brassica alba (L.) Rabenh. B. juncea (L.) Czem. et Coss. Bai Jie Zi (Indian mustard) (seed, young shoot) Sinigrin, myrocin, sinapic acid, sinapine, potassium myronate, mustard oil, allyl isothiocyanate, behenic acid, erucic acid, benzyl isothiocyanate, eicosenic acid.48-50 Relieve bladder inflammation, hemorrhage, abscesses, lumbago, rheumatism, stomach disorders. 

N.A. Althaea officinalis L. Mucilage, asparagine, pectin, flavonoids.99-177 For antitussive, bronchitis, asthma, stomach disorder. 

N.A. Geranium macrorrhizum L. G. robertianum L. G. maculatum L. Tannins.99 Treat stomach disorder, aphrodisiac, colitis, peptic ulcer. 

Uses antidote for excessive cholinergic stimulation tremor treatment wide angle glaucoma stomach disorders preanesthesia Arco-Lase Plus -mixture of enzymes, hyoscyamine, atropine, and phenobarbital Donnatal -hyoscyamine, atropine, scopolamine, and phenobarbital... 

Sometimes promoted as alaxative or for stomach disorders, but internal use is hazardous... 

Yucca is used for the treatment of arthritis, diabetes, and stomach disorders. The concentrated plant juice can been used topically to soothe painful joints (see Cupp, 2000). 

Lavender is used as an antiflatulent and a treatment for mild stomach disorders. 

Flavonoids concentrate in the seeds, bark, flowers, or fruit of most plants. The herbal remedy green tea (Camellia sinensis), which is used for stomach disorders, contains about 30% flavonoids by weight. Apples and onions, which are listed in the Physicians Desk Reference for Herbal Medicines (PDR-HM), also contain high amounts of flavonoids. 

Three new, closely related indolosesquiterpene derivatives have been isolated from the stems of Polyathia suaveolens Engl, et Diels, a Nigerian tree which affords a decoction used in native medicine for the treatment of blackwater fever and stomach disorders.116 Mainly on the basis of their n.m.r. spectra and interconversions, polyavolensinol has been attributed the structure (7), polyavolensin is the corresponding acetate (8), and polyavolensinone is the related ketone a completely unequivocal proof of these structures, however, has not been provided. 

The only mention of a Picrodendraceae species as a remedy in folk medicine is the use of Celaenodendron mexicanum as antiseptic 48, 257). The only known Phyllanthaceae species containing picrotoxanes, M. floribunda, is used in Cameroon against filarial and stomach disorders 248) and its bark is used in Congo (Brazzaville) as remedy against leprosy 258). 

Coriandrum sativum Dhaniya Apiaceae Herb Leaves Stomach disorder... 

Nardostachys jatamansi DC. Valeriananceae Jatamansi Roots The root used for blood purification, stomach disorder, cardiac problems and jaundice. Local people use root as incense. 

Pleurospermum angelicoides (DC.) C.B.Clarke Apiaceae Chippi Rhizome Decoction of the root is used to cure stomach disorder, headache, typhoid, rheumatism. Also used as a spice and condiment. 

You should check to see if any medicines or herbal remedies that you or your child use contain mercury. Some traditional Chinese and Indian remedies for stomach disorders (for example, herbal balls) contain mercury, and if you give these remedies to your children, you may harm them. If you are pregnant or nursing a baby and you use mercury-containing ethnic or herbal remedies, you could pass some of the mercury to your unborn child or nursing infant. 

Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels intfolwane, elephant root] (Fabaceae) rhizome infusion is used for diarrhoea (15). Rhizomes are also used for stomach disorders and skin diseases (28,29). The root contains alkaloids, anthranoids, polyphenols and steroids (15). Extracts of the plant have some antibacterial properties (30). The antibacterial activity provides a seientifie rationale for the use of the plant in herbal medicine for diarrhoea. 

Traditional African medicinal uses of G. simplicifolia include wound healing, pain, kidney problems, diarrhea, vomiting, purgative, aphrodisiac and as an enema (5). The related species G. tessmamii is also used for some of the same applications such as vomiting and as an aphrodisiac but also in contrast to Griffonia is used in the treatment of gonorrhea, stomach disorders, fever reduction in children and internal injuries (5). 

Histamine is probably the most important amine with physiological effects for human health. Ingested daily in small amounts, it normally degrades, but it still can induce a drastic response in a number of sensitive people inducing symptoms, such as skin redness, headache, nausea, stomach disorder, and respiratory troubles, this is a pathology known as Histamine Intolerance. Usually people affected by this disorder... 

Ervatcunia hainanensis is a shrub endemic to South China, which is used in popular medicine for the treatment of a variety of ailments (stomach disorders, dysentery, snake bites, rheumatism, hypertension, and liver infections). The roots of this plant contain a nxunber of monomeric and dimeric alkaloids, of which the structures of three have been elucidatedthese are... 

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