Hi all. Recently I saw a couple of the positive remarks about Omega 7 for leaky gut. I've got it bad myself. I took a quick look on the internet for references to Sea Buckthorn (a component of the Omega 7 preparation referenced here on the support group) and turned up the following caution for it's use:
Are there any side effects or interactions? Buckthorn may turn the urine dark yellow or red, but this is harmless. Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding and children under the age of 12 should not use buckthorn without the advice of a physician. Those with an intestinal obstruction, Crohn's disease or any other acute inflammatory problem in the intestines, diarrhea, appendicitis, or abdominal pain should not use this herb.6 Use or abuse of buckthorn for more than ten days consecutively may cause a loss of electrolytes (especially the mineral potassium) or may weaken the colon. Long-term use can also cause kidney damage.7
6. European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy (ESCOP). Frangulae cortex, frangula bark. Monographs on the Medicinal Uses of Plant Drugs. Exeter, UK: University of Exeter, Centre for Complementary Health Studies, 1997.
7. European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy (ESCOP). Frangulae cortex, frangula bark. Monographs on the Medicinal Uses of Plant Drugs. Exeter, UK: University of Exeter, Centre for Complementary Health Studies, 1997.
I really wish the above weren't the case. I would love to have some way to get my GI tract back. Jeeesh.
Posted by kgg (Member # 5867) on :
Thank you David! I appreciate you sharing your research. Because of the discussions here about this I was thinking of buying some. Probably won't now.
Thanks again, Karen
Posted by 5dana8 (Member # 7935) on :
thanks so mcu for the info on omeaga and leakie bowl.I will look for side effects. best wishes dna
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by David A: Those with an intestinal obstruction, Crohn's disease or any other acute inflammatory problem in the intestines, diarrhea, appendicitis, or abdominal pain should not use this herb.
With this warning can we believe it actually HELPS leaky gut????
L-glutamine works very well for this, as does mangosteen juice.