Have you ever found that stress or anxious episodes can upset your stomach and send you racing to the toilet more frequently?
If you watched our video on ‘Gut and Anxiety Explained’ then you will understand how long term stress creates inflammation in the digestive lining.
This can lead to symptoms of cramping, diarrhoea or alternating constipation, reflux, ulceration and even contribute to Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
Managing stress long term is absolutely essential to reduce the negative consequences of stress on your gut health, but it’s also important to address the inflammation in your gut directly.
Simple Gut Soothing Tea Recipe
This simple gut soothing tea contains a natural ingredient called slippery elm bark which aids to soothe the mucosal lining of the digestive system making it perfect for gastritis, ulceration, and colitis.
Slippery elm also acts as a bulking agent, due to its high fibre content, helping those suffering with Irritable Bowel Syndrome or diarrhoea.
The insoluble fibre portion of slippery elm powder also acts as a prebiotic, meaning it provides food for your good gut bugs in the large intestine. This will increase the populations of good bacteria in your digestive system protecting against inflammation for the long run.
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Ingredients
1 tablespoon slippery elm powder
1/4 teaspoon honey (optional)
200 ml of hot water
Directions
- Add hot water to a mug.
- Stir the tablespoon of slippery elm powder into the mug vigorously to dissolve and prevent clumps from forming.
- Lastly add the 1/4 teaspoon of honey to the tea.
- Drink as soon as you’ve finished stirring (if left too long, it will start to clump)
When to Best Drink It
For best results, we recommend drinking this tea 2-3 times a day on an empty stomach.
Slippery elm on its own can taste earthy, so we recommend adding a bit of honey to sweeten it, making it more palatable.
Often with in a week you may notice you have less pain in your digestive system and your bowel motions are less loose.
If you try this gut soothing tea, please us know what you think in the comments below, we’d love to hear from you.
