We have an epidemic of digestive problems, and the top-selling drugs are for indigestion complaints. Our overuse of antibiotics since the 1940s has resulted in digestive problems that have become generational. With this in mind, don’t underestimate the value of adding digestive herbs to your food and drinks! These herbal gut health recipes are easy to make and use every day.
Herbs and spices can enhance the absorption of nutrients and support your body in building healthier cells and organs. When your cells are healthier, you experience more energy and creativity in your daily life.
#1 Digestive Support Sprinkle
Herbal sprinkles are an easy way to incorporate digestive herbs into your meals. This sprinkle recipe is highly nourishing, supports efficient digestion, relieves gas and bloating, and restores health to the digestive tract. Sprinkle this yummy blend on your toast, oatmeal, yogurt, and more.
Get the recipe: Digestive Support Sprinkle
#2 Cumin, Coriander, and Fennel Tea
Cumin, coriander, and fennel tea (also known as CCF tea) is an excellent remedy for abdominal cramping associated with poor digestion. It helps with nausea, belching, bloating, indigestion, intestinal spasms, and gas. You can also drink this tea to settle a nervous, upset stomach.
Get the recipe: Belly Well Tea
#3 Turmeric Pastilles
These turmeric bites are a simple way to integrate digestive herbs into your daily diet. Turmeric is a bitter herb that’s nourishing and supportive for the GI tract. Along with the ginger in this recipe, it has a warming, stimulating action that gets our blood pumping and our digestion moving.
Get the recipe: Turmeric Pastilles
#4 Basil Tea
Basil tea works wonders for almost any digestive complaint, relieving stomach cramps and spasms, nausea, gas, and constipation. That must be why basil is a foundational ingredient in pasta dishes, so you can eat more pasta! Next time you eat a heavy pasta meal, drink a cup of basil tea.
Get the recipe: Basil Tea
#5 Yum Yum Salad Seed Sprinkle
Besides adding flavor to your meal, this salad seed sprinkle recipe is a carminative. Carminative herbs help digestion by stimulating production of gastric fluids and enzymatic secretions, and they enhance your absorption of nutrients. The sprinkle is delicious on soups, sandwiches, veggies, and more.
Get the recipe: Yum Yum Salad Sprinkle
#6 All-Purpose Herbed Salt
This all-purpose herbed salt helps tenderize food and make it more digestible. Ingredients like coriander, turmeric, cumin, and fennel are time-honored herbs for digestion alongside being anti-inflammatory. Try this all-purpose herbed salt on everything from fish to vegetables and meats.
Get the recipe:All-Purpose Herbed Salt
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I would love to hear from you! Are you looking for digestive support? Which of these gut health recipes will you try first? Please share in the comments below.
