Today, if a patient goes to the doctorâs office with a stomach ache symptom, health care professionals may recommend ginger to help prevent or treat further nausea or vomiting, and even cancer chemotherapy. However, they probably wonât prescribe a liter of ginger ale.
Chamomile reduces cramping and pain in the bowels and also helps to relieve excessive gas and bloating in the intestines. Therefore, a simple remedy is to drink a cup of chamomile tea to help relieve irritable bowel syndrome, nausea, and gastroenteritis or stomach flu.
For these conditions, you use chamomile in an infusion or bath, or as a tincture, which is a concentrated extract mixed with alcohol. People use Roman chamomile as a tea to treat an upset stomach, sleeping problems, or menstrual pain. Limited studies have been done on chamomile.