When the optimal method for the therapy of colitis is chosen, a great deal of attention is paid to the accompanying diet, as well as to the people's methods of treatment. And in that, and in other methods a significant role is given to the use of vegetable oils. They are necessary for both ingestion and use in the form of microclysters, which promote the fastest healing of the damaged inflammatory process of the intestinal mucosa. The most popular in the treatment of this disease is olive oil.
It has the largest amount of oleic acid that is required by a colitis-damaged digestive organ. Adding it to the diet, according to most scientists, prolongs the period of remission of this disease in patients. Oleic acid contained in it, promotes blockage in the intestines of inflammatory substances that increase inflammation.
It is usually enough 1-2 tablespoons of this oil a day, so that the affected person has a protective effect on the mucosa. Also great effect and microclysters with it, made at night. Thanks to this procedure, the walls of the intestine are lubricated, which facilitates an easier exit of the stool without causing additional damage to it.
The role of olive oil in colitis
This product takes one of the main places in the diet for inflammatory diseases of the digestive organs. The secret of this is that it not only has a beneficial effect on the work of the intestines, but also has a positive effect on the entire body as a whole. This oil is very easily digested, stimulating the metabolic processes, which has a positive effect on the organs of the digestive tract, affected by colitis.
Among the important properties of this product, which open when it is ingested, it is possible to help prevent the development of oncology, always associated with inflammatory bowel pathologies. Also, substances contained in olive oil accelerate the removal of toxins from the body, which are always in large quantities formed in colitis.
Experts recommend that with diets intended for diseases of the digestive tract every morning, use an empty stomach teaspoon of this oil. In this case, it provides the colitis of the intestinal mucosa damaged by a good lubricant and prepares it for subsequent meals.
Microclysters from oil in colitis
This procedure is required for patients whose body can not cope with certain symptoms of the disease. For the most part, it is needed when colitis is accompanied by constipation. In this case, the effect of olive oil, which is part of the enema, is directed to the lubrication of the intestinal walls, and after the feces easily exit, the useful substances in the product will promote the fastest healing of cracks and ulcers on the surface of the mucosa.
How is this procedure carried out? For one application, take approximately 30 ml of the product and heat it to body temperature. Next, preheated olive oil must be inserted into the anus, using a Janet or pear syringe. In this case, the musculature of the colitis damaged by the bowel relaxes, which will help improve peristalsis. The action of microclystation begins not later than 15 minutes after its introduction. But she also has some contraindications, in the presence of which the procedure should not be performed:
- Elevated temperature;
- The presence of malignant neoplasm in the large intestine;
- Acute respiratory diseases.
If there is at least one of these factors, microclysters are completely contraindicated.