Incessant Vomiting and Severe Abdominal Pain

[Dr. Patrick JonesHomestead Instructor]

A 53 year old woman presents for severe abdominal pain and uncontrollable vomiting. She has never had the problem before but there is a family history of this ailment with the grandmother and mother both suffering the same malady. It is usually stress induced and she had a significant emotional event immediately prior to the incident. Episodes involve severe abdominal pain and incessant vomiting. She can keep nothing down. If you give her a tea, she immediately throws it up.

How would you proceed (assuming it was the apocalypse and no medical intervention was available)?

Doc

Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.

[IdahoHerbalist]

Demulcent, like Slippery Elm or Mallow, laced with some chamomile to see if that would calm the gut down would be my first try. If chamomile was not available I would try catnip. I would also suggest some relaxation techniques and a nice massage from someone she really trusts.

[Dr. Patrick JonesHomestead InstructorTopic Author]

IdahoHerbalist wrote: Demulcent, like Slippery Elm or Mallow, laced with some chamomile to see if that would calm the gut down would be my first try. If chamomile was not available I would try catnip. I would also suggest some relaxation techniques and a nice massage from someone she really trusts.

All good choices from a medicinal standpoint. She threw up any tea we tried. Now what would you do?

Doc

Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.

[IdahoHerbalist]

Same thing but only as an enema. Might even consider upping the dose. Never had or done one so I am not sure about that. I do know that enemas can be quite effective though.

[Dr. Patrick JonesHomestead InstructorTopic Author]

IdahoHerbalist wrote: Same thing but only as an enema. Might even consider upping the dose. Never had or done one so I am not sure about that. I do know that enemas can be quite effective though.

Enemas can be a great way to deliver herbs but some folks are resistant to the idea for obvious reasons.

For this case tinctures were the ticket. If she swallowed them, she immediately threw up. So, I had her just hold them in her mouth. Worked like a charm.

Skullcap, Chamomille & Lobelia did the trick. Later, I also did some acutonics on her. Several of the Ren points on the Conception vessel were really helpful.

The “take home Message” here is that tinctures can be very effective even if they aren’t swallowed. One of the wonderful properties of alcohol tinctures is their rapid absorption through mucus membranes.

Doc

Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.

[Michelle KochStudent]

Just curious, but has this patient been tested for celiac disease?

[Dr. Patrick JonesHomestead InstructorTopic Author]

She seems to be doing very well on the acutonics regimen with some tintcures as needed in the very early stages of episodes. Hasn’t had a serious episode since we started working with her.

Doc

Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.

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