Nursing and External Applications for Diarrhea

Doris Rapp, Elke Kaschdailewitsch

Last update: 12.06.2019

Dietetic measures for diarrhea

Grated apple with banana
Cooked carrots
Dried blueberries
Yarrow tea 

External applications for diarrhea

  • Diarrhea with accompanying cramp-like symptoms:
    Abdominal compress with Chamomilla e floribus W 10%, Oleum WALA 
    For instruction, see https://www.pflege-vademecum.de/kamoel-bw.php?locale=en 

  • With strongly inflated abdomen (meteoric):
    Abdominal compress with Carum Carvi oil

  • In case of accompanying nausea:
    Abdominal compress with yarrow tea

  • To support upbuilding forces:
    Rhythmical embrocation of the upper arms with sloe oil      

Research news

Case series: Topical application of Viscum album extract in keratinocyte carcinomas shows remissions 
A retrospective case series examined the safety and clinical effects of topical application of 10% lipophilic Viscum album extract (VALE) in individual cases of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC), basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and actinic keratosis (AK). The study population consisted of 55 patients with 74 skin lesions. Risk factors, concomitant therapies and diseases, adverse drug reactions to VALE and other relevant information were documented. As a result, the clinical response rate was 78% for cSCC, 70% for BCC and 71% for AK. The complete remission rates for individual lesions were 56% for cSCC, 35% for BCC and 15% for AK. Overall, the results suggest that VALE is a safe and tolerable extract, and complete and partial remissions of ceratinocyte carcinomas were observed with its use. The article is published in Complementary Medicine Research: 
https://doi.org/10.1159/000537979.


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