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Grapefruit Seed Extract
Posted by K Lesli (Minnesota ) on 06/19/2024
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GSE was very helpful in turning around an acute bout of diverticulitis for my husband. He did take aloe Vera juice and good pro/prebiotics and slippery elm some, but the pain receded with the GSE, 20 drops in a gel capsule.
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Posted by Cat (New Mexico, New Mexico) on 04/04/2024 2 posts
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Had a horrible attack of diverticulitis! The pain was excruciating. If you've had it before, you know! I could not ear, drink, sleep or eliminate. I went to God in prayer and asked for relief. Every good and perfect gift is from Him. GSE is a good gift from above! I purchased the NutiBotic brand from Sprouts for about $13. I took 10 drops in water in the morning and another 10 drops in water in the evening. By the morning of the second day I was 80% better. By the end of day 2 I felt human again! I continued with the same amount on day 3 for maintenance sake. I am back to normal now with a few changes to my diet just to give my intestines a break and cleansing.
GSE works. Don't be skeptical or afraid to use it. What usually takes several days or sometimes a week or 2 to heal, took only a day or 2 with the GSE! Thank you Heavenly Father❤
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Posted by Daniel (Southern France) on 02/24/2024
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This is my first time posting on Earthclinic, but I had to share with everyone how effective grapefruit seed extract was, at least for me, in keeping diverticulitis at bay. I was first diagonosed with diverticulitis in 2012, after going to the emergency room with a pretty intense pain in my lower abdomen. After a few tests, I was told I had diverticulitis and sent home with a prescription of antibiotics (I don't remember what kind). I recovered, and shortly after, I discovered Earthclinic and learned that for some of you GSE was highly effective in getting diverticulitis under control. In 2017 I did experience what seemed like a recurrence, having twinges in the same part of my gut as before, so I started a course of GSE, around 20mg in some juice three times a day. Lo and behold, the pain was gone, and I was very grateful that I didn't have to go to the emergency room or endure another round of antibiotics. Many years went by without any recurrences, but just a few days ago, the same twinge, or should I say pain this time, announced itself in my gut. It was quite upsetting, especially after reading that Fidel Castro suffered from diverticulitis, leading to his death, even though he lived to be 90. I began taking GSE again, along with some glycine and L-glutamine, and three days later, I'm free of twinges and pain. I don't know, but this recent epsiode happened right after I ate a bunch of cauliflower, along with a heavy consumption of gluten in the forms of bread and pasta. I've always eaten cruciferous veggies and bread, but maybe my gut is no longer as accomodating as it was during my youth.
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Posted by PayItForward (PNW) on 02/19/2024 59 posts
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Correct, 10-20 drops for daily maintenance. One may find 10 drops sufficient, while another might be 20 drops. This can also be taken in divided doses if you prefer (am+pm is my preference). For flare ups, the dosing is up to three times a day. Then taper back down as things calm.
Grapefruit Seed Extract
Posted by barb (usa) on 08/17/2023
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I take GSE in pill form...obviously it is for internal use and very safe.
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Posted by Pay It Forward (PNW) on 03/21/2023 59 posts
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To add to that, I recommend tapering down to a one-a-day maintenance dosage (3,2,1 dose), once you are feeling better and not before. That maybe 7,10,14, days etc. If it's an extremely harsh episode I take up to 20 drops in "00" size capsules and a glass of water, 3x daily. I've taken this dosage for many years based on a dear friend who's an RN and used this successfully with her own family, including her own children. Amazing anti bacterial healing properties in GSE. Read through The National Library of Medicine for yourself.
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Posted by Lisa (AZ) on 10/04/2022
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I had a bout with diverticulitis that lasted 3 months. I have learned to follow a clear liquid diet until I see and feel improvement. Then go to a liquid diet. I take 2 grapefruit seed extract pills a day. If I get too sick, I take wild oil of oregano 2 x a day.
Grapefruit Seed Extract
Posted by hessy (atlanta) on 06/15/2022 6 posts
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Came back from vacation- eating too much BBQ and got hit with an acute case of Diverticulitis/pain in abdomen, upper left Quadrant, right below my ribs/under my ribs a bit. Read some posts and the editors pick post was very helpful and followed it and my pains were all gone in 2-3 days with now maintaining if I feel anything.
I took 200-300 mg of the Grapefruit seed extract 2 x a day - about 500 mg thruought the day total-
I got it quickest in a capsule form - so I opened up the capsules and poured the content into water with some electrolyte flavored power (I use Ultima powder)
Also I used Jarrow NAG - 2 x a day
Drank Aloe Vera Juice as recommended - about 2 ounces, 3-4 x a day
1-2 Dropperful of Slippery Elm Bark liquid
Almost immediately after using the 1st round of GFSE, I felt relief a bit - within 48/60 hours of starting this regimen I am pain free and eating again. Was doing mainly liquids, fruits and cooked veggies. Now after 4-5 days of no pain, I'm back to fairly normal with chicken and other foods. Haven't had any Beef, Brisket or BBQ yet! Def feel like the GFSE was the main component that helped but all 4 things played a part. I also take digestive enzymes daily as a routine and a variety of supplements Wow! Gotta thank this thread and EarthClinic - My go to place anytime I have health related issues!
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Posted by Rick W. (Munster, IN) on 02/10/2022
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I found out about GSE after stumbling upon this site. I was originally diagnosed with acute Diverticulitis at the beginning of January, and was placed on a 10-day regimen of Levaquin and Flagyl- of which I completed. It took a good 7 days on both antibiotics for the pain to go away. After the cycle, I switched to a high-fiber diet, per recommendations from the Dr. I thought I was free and clear, and finally in "maintenance mode."
Fast-forward almost a month after my first flare up, I had a second- and more severe, flare up the first week of February. Since I had just completed a cycle of two strong antibiotic/antifungal, I did not want to go through a second cycle, at the risk of developing C-Diff. So I purchased some GSE, Slipper Elm extract, and Aloe Vera juice to try instead.
I've been taking 12 drops of GSE mixed with 1 full dropper of slippery elm into 8oz water- 3 times daily. In addition, I am drinking 5 oz. of aloe vera juice once in the morning. Just as the antibiotics, it took a good 7 days for the pain to completely resolve. But as I already mentioned, this flare-up was MUCH worse than the first one. As far as I can tell, the natural combo of GSE, Slippery Elm, and Aloe Vera juice works AT LEAST as well as the antibiotics; and they won't mess up my gut like antibiotics will.
I'm planning to stick with the aforementioned dosage until I've completed 10 days; then I will decrease to just one dose of GSE and aloe vera juice per day for maintenance. I think I've found a winner to keep this under control moving forward!
Grapefruit Seed Extract
Posted by Rebecca P. (Georgia) on 08/07/2021
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GSE totally and completely healed diverticulitis by using it 2-3 days straight 8 drops 3 X day .. I suffered for years and found this on EC and started that night then for 2 days. That was in 2012 and I have never had another attack since and today is 8-7-21 .. no one believes me but that is the truth.
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Posted by Laura (Va) on 02/26/2018
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Have had about 4 or 5 diverticulitis flare ups. Each time, one table of Grapefruit Seed Extract cured the sharp pain in my left abdomen fast. It can be bought at health food store or online. I'm so thankful to know about this, because I'm terrible at handling pain!!! I take it most of the time to prevent further problems, and it is helps with inflammation as well.
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Posted by Shawn (Wv) on 12/12/2017
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Was your grapefruit seed extract nutribiotic. In a white and tan squeeze bottle. I've been taking that since my last flare in June and haven't had another. I've had four total and the last two were feb and June. I take 12 drops daily and also I take oil of oregano capsules by gai. 2 a day. They are expensive but supposed to be best quality. I'm having twinges now so I will double up on both until they stop. Shawn female 54
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Posted by Marc (New Jersey) on 11/27/2017
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I swear by Grapefruit Seed Extract for diverticulitis. I was getting a flare up every 4-6 months for 3 years. Haven't had a flare up in over a year since I started taking it. 10 drops 3x a day during flare ups and they disappear in 2 days.
Now I take 10 drops every morning in a glass of Concord grape juice and doing great. Vitamin Shoppe sells it. It worked better than antibiotics
Grapefruit Seed Extract
Posted by Clare (Banbury, England) on 10/04/2017
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Grapefruit Seed Extract for Diverticulitis
I had my first attack of Diverticulitis just over a week ago. I saw a doctor to confirm my self diagnosis and he told me if the attack hadn't got better in two weeks to go back and I would have blood tests. I had no appetite or energy and had pretty much constant gut aches and pains. I lost seven pounds in one week because I didn't want to eat although I had a little fruit twice a day. I came on this site yesterday and saw that someone had had great success with GSE. It was said by someone else that GSE contains two nasty chemicals produced in the processing and thought it might be the two chemicals that stopped the attack. I had some GSE manufactured chemical free. I bought it online because I was also worried about the two chemicals. So I thought I would try the chemical free one made in France as I had had it in my cupboard for a few months and hadn't tried it. I took the recommended 15 drops in half a glass of water and in about two hours the Diverticulitis just went away. I had no pain at all through the night and this morning but thought it would come back as it had caught me out before. I took another dose this morning and the Diverticulitis has not come back. I had my usual fruit for breakfast and at around late lunchtime I felt a bit hungry so I had a small salad. Tonight I had soup and two small slices of Soda bread. First food I have had in the evening for just over a week. I wish I had known about GSE when my mother suffered with Diverticulitis but maybe it wasn't around then.
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Posted by Dondi (Malibu, Ca) on 09/10/2016
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GFSE is a miracle worker for diverticulitis. Had several attacks 2 years ago for which I took Dr's intense antibiotics which made me feel like my intestines we're ruined. Took a month to get back to my normal. I've done many things since then to prevent more attacks but for my last two (year and a half apart) GFSE worked as fast or faster (less than half a day) than the antibiotics to completely stop the pain and then another half day for a natural release of the infection and raised sweaty temperature.
I also used monolaurin (an antibacterial coconut extract) at the same time, so to play it safe I'd say use both.
One (and only one) good word for allopathic meds. Along w the antibiotic prescription, Dr's will usually prescribe an anti-spasmodic which really does help with the painful spasms until the GFSE kicks in.
I do keep the diverticulitis antibiotics on hand as a fallback but hopefully we'll never have to use them again. Also, Very Important, if u don't already know this : don't eat when ur having an attack, stick w water juices and Aloe. Just google what to do for a diverticulitis attack and you'll see Mayo Clinic or other reputable site telling u how to handle the acute phase. Just go very easy on food for a day or two after ur better so as not to damage ur still sensitive intestines.
