Apple and Banana Remedies for Diarrhea, Plus Other Kitchen Fixes

Eat slowly. This mixture is not only delicious, it will also help stop diarrhea right away. • If you don’t have apples, you can use bananas, only you don’t have to cook them. Chop 1 or 2 ripe bananas into pieces, and as with the apples, add 1 teaspoon of warm ghee and a pinch each of cardamom and nutmeg.

Bananas are high in potassium, which helps to bind the stool. • Another effective remedy for diarrhea is cooked rice with yogurt. Take about a cupful of cooked basmati rice, add 1 tablespoon of ghee and 3 or 4 tablespoons of plain fresh yogurt, stir together, and eat. • Another remedy using yogurt is to blend together equal parts of yogurt and water (about ½ cup each), add about ⅛ teaspoon of fresh grated ginger, and drink.

HERBAL REMEDIES • Try ginger powder (about ½ teaspoon) with 1 teaspoon raw natural sugar. Mix together, and chew the mixture with some warm water. Take 2 or 3 times a day for 2 to 3 days. • Another simple remedy is the following: ghee 1 teaspoon nutmeg ¼ teaspoon ginger powder ¼ teaspoon natural sugar 1 teaspoon Mix together and eat.

Like the ginger-sugar mixture above, take this formula 2 or 3 times a day for 2 to 3 days. • For acute diarrhea, mix ½ teaspoon fennel powder with ½ teaspoon ginger powder, and chew this mixture 2 or 3 times a day. • Try drinking a cup of hot black coffee with a little lime juice (about 10 drops) and a pinch of cardamom or nutmeg. • If your diarrhea appears to be the result of high pitta, use this herbal formula: shatavari ½ teaspoon arrowroot ½ teaspoon Mix together, and take with ½ cup warm water 2 or 3 times a day.

• You can also use sat isabgol (psyllium husks) to combat pitta diarrhea. This may sound strange, as psyllium is often used as a laxative. However, in pitta diarrhea, an excess of pitta accumulates in the gastrointestinal tract and irritates the wall of the colon, creating the diarrhea. So at bedtime, take 1 teaspoon sat isabgol mixed into a cup of fresh yogurt.