Intestinal Flu – Natural Remedies

One of the best ways that I have found to deal with... ummmmm...intestinal flu (which means diarrhea for the sake of this post) is to drink a tea made from the dried leaves of blackberries. It sounds to good to be true, but most of the time, one cup of this will take care of the problem. Two cups at the absolute most. This is very safe to drink for both adults and children without any known side effects. It tastes wonderful and you can drink it even if you don't have the flu.

My step-dad was in a very serious accident a few years ago, and was hospitalized for several months. While he was there, he caught a virus and came down with intestinal flu. The hospital tried several medications to alleviate his problem, but nothing helped. I suggested that they try blackberry tea. Thankfully the doctor was very opened to alternative medicine and to my suggestion, and "prescribed" blackberry tea for my step-dad. Within an hour after my step dad drank the tea, the problem had cleared up. The doctor was very surprised, and now he suggests drinking blackberry tea to his other patients that have the flu.

A couple words of caution though:

• There is a difference between blackberries and black raspberries. You need the blackberry tea.
• So called blackberry tea that you buy in the grocery stores in handy-dandy tea bags usually are not made from blackberry leaves. They only have have artificial flavoring in them, or the flavoring in the tea is made from the juice of the berry instead of the leaves. These will not work. You need real blackberry leaf tea. So be careful what you buy.

To make blackberry tea:

Pour 1 cup of boiling water over 3 teaspoons of dried blackberry leaves and allow to steep for at least 10 minutes. Strain tea and drink. Repeat after one hour if needed.

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