Remedy for Stomach Flu

The best remedy for stomach flu or viral gastroenteritis is to take a rest including resting your digestive system. The next step is to rehydrate by drinking lots of fluids especially something that contains electrolytes. Otherwise, you would get so dehydrated that when you arrive at the ER you would be given fluids through intravenous therapy or IV or also known as drip. This is because you would have lost so much fluids and nutrients.

Two of the most common stomach flu symptoms are diarrhea and severe vomiting. Symptoms of stomach flu may also include a mild fever, headache, muscle aches and stomach cramps and pain.

Viral gastroenteritis is caused by the exposure to virus. The rotavirus and norovirus are two of the common viruses that have been identified as the cause of the intestinal infection. You can get infected when you drink or eat food that is contaminated with the virus. Another way of getting the infection is when you use or share things with someone who is infected with the virus.

If you are a healthy adult, the stomach flu duration is between 24 hours to 2 days. But it may also prolong to up to 10 days depending on your body's immune system and your body's response to the infection. It also depends on what kind of stomach flu treatment you are getting or giving yourself.

Treating Stomach Flu and Gastroenteritis Symptoms

Remedy for stomach flu No. 1 - Stop eating

You may have to fast or stop eating for several hours because any food that you eat may cause you to throw up again. When your stomach have settled, start eating foods that are easy to digest such as applesauce, bananas, rice or chicken broth or soup, soda crackers or toast.

Remedy for stomach flu No. 2 - Drink water

If you have vomited for an hour or two, sip water or if that's difficult to do, suck an ice cube. Avoid alcohol, milk and liquids that contain caffeine and sugar. As you get better, drink a lot of water.

Remedy for stomach flu No. 3 - Drink coconut water

The fresh juice of a young and green coconut is known by some people as nature's Gatorade or a natural isotonic drink. Coconut water contains plenty of nutrients and 5 electrolytes. Drinking young and green coconut water may help your rehydrate and replenish the nutrients that you have lost. It will also help you gain the energy that you have lost.

Stomach Flu Remedy No. 4 - Try herbs

Another stomach flu remedy is to drink herbal teas that contain antiviral and anti inflammation properties. Some of them are chamomile, catnip, echinacea, garlic, goldenseal, ginger, grapefruit seed extract, meadowsweet, peppermint, slippery elm and yarrow.

Back to Viral Infection Remedies

Back from Remedy for Stomach Flu to Various Home Remedies