Fortify the Gut Tea supports digestion starting in your mouth. Its mildly bitter properties stimulate your digestion as soon as it hits the bitter receptors on your tongue. If you have any esophageal damage from reflux, it can start to repair the tissue there with its toning aspects to the tissue. This is called a vulnerary when it can heal the tissue it touches. If you have ulcers in your stomach, it can support the healing of that tissue.
Where this tea shines is in the small intestines. The lining of your small intestines is permeable to allow nutrients and helpful substances from your food to enter your body while keeping harmful or unwanted things out. Many things can damage this lining or barrier, and it can become “leaky” allowing the unwanted substances to pass into the intestines or the bloodstream. This can potentially cause many health problems. The herbs in this tea are helpful vulnerabilities that can help heal and tone the junctions that open and close. While using this tea, it is beneficial to stop the practices damaging your intestinal lining to achieve optimal results. Some main reasons that can cause this damage is food sensitivities like gluten or overuse of medications like aspirin or ibuprofen, and many more reasons.
This tea is a base remedy. Other items I like to add to the tea could be Marshmallow leaves if someone is very dry. Slippery Elm if they are dry and significantly depleted of nutrients. If you have a lot of gas, fennel is an excellent addition. If the immune system is weak, I like to add astragalus. If you are very cold ginger is warming to the tea.
I’d love to work with you if you feel you might have Small Intestinal Permeability or any other digestive complaints and would like a custom support blend and plan to help.
