Natural Remedies for UC flare up any experiences?

I know many people have found some success with diets (eg Specific Carbohydrate Diet) and a variety of supplements such as L-glutamine. A few people have found remission on Low Dose Naltrexone, which is not natural but a less toxic drug but is used off-label for IBD patients. I would do a search in this forum, just type natural remedies for colitis and I am sure previous posts will turn up. If it’s out there, someone on here has tried it. I found a few years of remission through diet only. All the best to you.

@journeytoheal I have been searching a lot through the forum. Over the years I have tried many things also such as following as strict diet that did keep me in remission for a while. I then had a flare and ayurveda kept me in remission for years. I am considering Qing Dai as many had success with it.

@IamCurious Oh wow I just noticed you are on a completely natural diet! Did you ever flare after following the diet and the supplements? Food honestly not much of a trigger for me. I dont seem to have any issue with what I am eating such as salmon, rice, lentils, potatoes, oats..

What type of antibiotics helped you out of a flare? I tried 3 steroids already and none helped me to reach remission. I want to stick to my ayurveda as my maintenance supplements as well.

Oh wow. Thank you!

I tried prednisone then eventually added uceris foam which helped but still as I tapered prednisone symptoms returned. I then tried Uceris pill and that has'nt done anything.

Got it. Thank you!

I just ordered some Qing Dai too!! I ordered it from atlanta acupuncture I think its in powder form. Where do you get yours from? How long did you take it to reach remission? How did you taper off it? Do you take any other meds now?

Oh wow thats great to hear! Thank you. What brand of slippery elm is he using? And how many mg?

My son is young too. 24 years old.

I'm not sure if we're allowed to post brand names of stuff here? I found great help from Bluebonnet vitamin d3, the one that is sourced from fish oil (not the one from lanolin). I also found benefit from boswellia (not going to post a brand because I tried several and all were good). Finally, I found help from this multivitamin called perque lifeguard (it is expensive but I thought it was well worth the cost).

You're welcome! I'm not sure any specific one of those three supplements brought me closer to remission than another. I guess if I had to recommend only one of those supplements, it would be the Bluebonnet vitamin d3 from fish oil, since it is the most "natural" supplement, so it should be easily tolerated by almost everyone. However, I definitely noticed substantial benefit from the perque lifeguard and the boswellia, too.

The Vitamin D3 I was taking at a dose of 2000 IU before I noticed a significant difference. The perque lifeguard I would only take a half to a quarter of a pill per day, because some of the B vitamin doses in that multivitamin are quite high, such as the vitamin b12 dose (way over 100% of the RDA). I think it was the B vitamins in that multivitamin that made a difference, though, because B vitamins help you digest food (normally, the gut flora produces B vitamins).

I did reach remission through a combination of a strict diet and those supplements (no medications). (Since then, I haven't been as careful about my diet, so I relapsed unfortunately.) I would definitely recommend trying dietary strategies in combination with those supplements, otherwise you might not really notice much difference. (I'd definitely recommend starting with eliminating gluten, if you haven't already.)

deee19, what Ayurvedic treatments did you take and find to work well for you?