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There are a multitude of plant remedies that have a use in the treatment of digestive disorders. This is not surprising if herbs are viewed as food—as vegetables. Most herbs are taken by mouth and therefore absorbed through the digestive system where their healing powers will start to be effective immediately.

Rather than give an endless list of digestive herbs, they will be reviewed by their actions with a few outstanding examples given. A more exhaustive list of herbs is given in the chapter on actions.

Actions can be broadly grouped into those that stimulate various parts of the system to increase or better activity—the digestive stimulants—and those that relax the tissue or reduce any overactivity in the system—the digestive relaxants.

Stimulants