How I Cured My Ulcer and Depression Naturally

I have never been keen on going to the doctor. I only go when I feel like I absolutely have to, so after going for three or four months of being in total agony with stomach pain and severe nausea I finally dragged myself to my family physician where I was diagnosed with an ulcer (peptic). Relieved that it wasn’t something more serious (like cancer), I almost skipped to the drug store to purchase my antibiotics and acid blockers. After taking my medications for a week it became apparent that something was terribly wrong. I felt worse and a strange itchy rash was covering my body. I stopped taking my medications and went back to the doctor where I discovered I was allergic to my antibiotic. Since I had taken the medication for a week, my doctor felt like that had been enough to kill any bacteria that may have caused the ulcer. I was sent home but was told to continue taking the acid blockers. For about two weeks I felt wonderful. Life began to go back to normal. Then, suddenly, I began breaking out again in another itchy rash. Apparently I had become allergic to my acid blockers as well.

Things were looking bleak. I had to stop taking all of my medication which, in turn, left me again with severe abdominal pain and unbearable nausea.

So, I stopped eating. I only ate enough, really, to keep myself alive. I lost a lot of weight, going from roughly 150 pounds down to 105. At 5’1″ I would have been happy about the weight loss if I hadn’t been so miserable. This had been going on for several months, and I knew that if something drastic didn’t change that I would die.

I had a lot of stress in my life, so I thought that if I changed my lifestyle and did things to help alleviate the stress, then I might get better. Not having the ability to take medicine to heal my problem left me feeling like I had to grasp for straws. In desperation my husband and I dropped out of several activities we took part in, including church, and moved to a less expensive home. By the end of the year I had become reclusive, though I did feel somewhat better. I was able to start eating slowly again, and began to feel a level of normalcy, but my sickness had definitely taken its toll. I never felt really happy. Depression was a dark cloud over my head I fought with daily. Of course, some days were better than others. The best days were the ones where I did not have a panic attack, a relatively new problem that began to increase quickly. Having guests over or going out for anything but a quick grocery trip was simply out of the question.

One day as I lay out in the sunshine reading the Bible it occurred to me that I could take control of the situation. I’m not sure exactly what sparked in me, but I was filled with a determination to do something about my life and get things back under control.

The depression was far easier to heal than I thought. I never took any medications, because at this point I had become afraid of them. By sheer willpower I decided to just think positive thoughts. I refused to allow anything in my life to get me down. It was difficult at first, but after a short amount of time I had almost complete control over my thoughts. I had lived almost completely in fear before, and I refused to allow fear to creep back in. I believed that I was created for a purpose, and the life I was living was not it. If God was truly the big God that I believed Him to be, then I believed I could truly accomplish anything I set my mind to. I refused to believe otherwise. It took sheer will power to regain control of my thoughts, but the pay off was incredible. I slowly began to have guests over, and eventually joined back into church. The panic attacks were still happening, but they became less frequent.

Things went well for a few months, then one day I was hit with the same symptoms that had plagued me earlier. I began to slip back into the darkness I had succumbed to before, until I was reminded that my attitude had to be positive if I was going to get better. I immediately started working again toward that positive attitude. I was surprised at how far backward I had slipped in such a short time. My panic attacks had returned full force. I was having two and three a day some days. I returned to the doctor and was diagnosed with a different kind of ulcer (duodonel).

I began doing some research about natural alternatives to healing an ulcer. I began eating plain oatmeal. It was my breakfast, lunch and dinner. It was bland, but at least I was eating. It was one of the few things that didn’t make me overly sick. This went on for about two months.

Then I stumbled upon a research study done concerning cabbage. Apparently several people with ulcers were given cabbage juice to drink and 75% of them were either cured or showed significant signs of improvement within one week. I thought this was too good to be true, but desperate for something, I tried it. Every day for a week I boiled cabbage in a quart size pan for dinner. Yes, I ate every bite, and then drank the juice. It wasn’t so bad, especially with a little salt. It certainly could have been worse. A week later all signs of pain were gone. Even though I was able to eat almost normally, I still laid off of meat, and continued to eat cabbage as a part of my dinner. After two weeks of this diet, I stopped eating cabbage and started eating regularly again (including meat).

Things went very well for a while. I had no depression, and only had a panic attack every once and a while. I had learned to tell when one was coming on, so had learned ways to relax and control them so that they were very slight and didn’t last long.

About a month of going on like this, the old feelings of nausea and stomach pain resurfaced. They were much slighter than before, but I knew it was the same thing. I had read about Oil of Oregano a few weeks before and decided to try it. I didn’t read about how I should dilute it, so out of naivety I swallowed four or five drops straight from the bottle. It was 100% pure Oil of Oregano. For 15 minutes my lips, tongue, throat, and stomach felt like it was on fire. Then, slowly, everything began to numb. Thirty minutes after taking the oil I felt fabulous.

The next night I put a drop of Oil of Oregano on my toothbrush and brushed my teeth as usual. It was potent still, but not nearly so bad as my first encounter with it. I continued doing this for about a week. After the first time I consumed the oil my pain and nausea went away completely. That was almost a year ago. To date I have not had stomach pain or nausea again. I still add a drop of Oil of Oregano to my toothbrush about twice a week before bed. I am eating anything I want, but have switched to mainly natural and organic foods. I haven’t had a panic attack since I began taking Oil of Oregano either. I feel healthier, both mentally and physically, than I have in years.

I truly believe that I was able to recover by using my faith and changing my attitude. I believe that the cabbage did, in fact, cure my ulcer, and the Oil of Oregano killed the bacteria that the previous antibiotic had missed. My close friends and family who have known of my plight are amazed at the change and progress I have made from my natural remedies. I myself am amazed at how well the combination of these things worked. I have my “blue” days like everyone else from time to time, but my days of depression are long gone. Somewhere in the mix of my recovery I began using scented oils to help me relax and I believe that they have played a major role in helping keep my stress levels down. It’s hard to think about negative things when my senses are focused on a delicious fragrance filling the room.

I am not certain that what worked for me would work for everyone, but I do know that it did, in fact, work for me. I’m not a doctor, or a herbalist or a professional in any kind of medical or herbal art. This is only my personal account of what happened in my life, but it changed my life, and it changed a lot of people’s minds about natural treatment who walked with me through my ordeal.