So the other night, I had the exquisite pleasure of hurting celiac-style for the first time in a while. Back when I had symptoms more often, it was sort of a "oh look my stomach hurts again" and it was also masked by a lot of symptoms from stress-IBS and food allergies. But not the other night - oh no. Classic pain and bloating. Ouch.
Mom and I had gone to eat at Carrino's, which has a gluten-free menu, and I've eaten there before many times. But someone screwed up this time around. I wondered if I would be able to sleep that night because, well, it's hard to sleep when it hurts. The stomach, the sides, everything in the mid-torso region.
But then I remembered some "miracle" stomach pills I learned about when I went to a two week detox and holistic medicine retreat in North Carolina called The Center for Awakened Health. Although I don't really practice the vast majority of what I learned there - I'm far far too "in the world" for that, I did learn of a few things that are helpful. One of those things is Quantum Stomach Complex capsules by Premier Research Labs. They're totally herbal, don't have the most common allergens in them and are vegan to boot. You can only order them online, but they are, as my friend Victoria said after taking them, "those miracle stomach pills."
You can swallow them with water or open the capsules in hot water for a tea. The tea kind of tastes strange, so I usually just take the capsules. So I took those and did some yoga to stretch out my mid-section and muscles which were cramping up because of the pain I was in.
Yoga stretches: Child's pose, Cat Stretch, Cobra (mostly supported), Knees to Chest, and Spinal Twists.
Anyway, within about 20 minutes I felt ok again. Ready for bed and no longer in quite the pain I had been.
Just thought I'd share what worked for me the other night...
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