One little talked about but very important by-product of fermentation are the noxious gases produced as a result of indigestion. Should a small amount of these vapors find their way into the blood stream and rise to the head, headaches and migraines result from the expansion of these vapors. Most people have a very hard time conceptualizing and accepting that there is a connection between their stomach activity and their headaches and/or migraines.

Should this incompletely digested food proceed past the stomach into the bowels the result is intestinal bloating, irritable bowel syndrome - IBS, diarrhea, constipation etc. This occurs because the process that should have been and must be completed by the stomach is interrupted or is incomplete. The partially digested foods enter the intestines in a form that the intestines are neither designed nor ready to work with producing the start of bowel problems. Example: If you think of digestion as an assembly line where food becomes your blood and then your flesh it is easier to imagine how a digestive ailment develops. In a modern industrial production line a product is manufactured in a logical, sequential and systemic manner. Every step and machine takes a raw material and turns it into a useful product. If the sequence is in any way interrupted or circumvented the end product will be incomplete, defective, unusable or otherwise unacceptable. Or, if the wrong raw materials are used in the wrong machines the machines can get damaged and cannot work properly.

The following is a simple explanation of acid reflux, stomach ulcers, headaches, migraines, and digestive related problems from the traditional Herbal point of view. As you will see the explanations are not complex and relatively easy to understand.

Some blame a specific bacterium called helicobacter pylori for these problems. The question is which came first the bacteria or the stomach problem? That helicobacter pylori is present is not being disputed but if the stomach is functioning properly harmful bacteria will not be permitted to live, let alone, grow in the stomach. These type of bacteria are not the cause but the consequence of an already weakened stomach. When it is weakened the stomach's normal chemistry turns more alkaline which is the environment that the bacteria can thrive in. This fermenting situation produces more bacteria and should this bacteria overflow upward above the stomach it produces acid reflux or heart burn, should it go below past the stomach duodenal ulcers and irritable bowels are the result.

Killing the helicobacter pylori bacteria does not solve the problem. The environment of the stomach must be corrected so that it is unsuitable for foreign bacterial grow.

While many products are designed to slow down or impede normal stomach functions Digestorum works by helping to restore and support the normal, natural stomach environment in which harmful bacteria cannot live. The purpose of Digestorum is not to kill anything. In a normal healthy stomach environment harmful bacteria can not live.

Digestorum does not impede normal stomach functions - it enhances them.

Acid Reflux and GERD - Gastroesophageal reflux disease is now a very common term but, the term itself is fairly new. GERD affects men, women and children. The most recent estimates about GERD suggest that it may affect as much as 5% - 7% of the global population. The term GERD is a acronym for GastroEsophageal Reflux Disease and is a very glorified term for what has always been called heartburn. It is not an actual disease, but these days one can expect that sneezing will soon be classified as a disease in need of acute treatment.

The cause of this problem is actually quite simple. After reading the above it is clear that the impairment of the stomachs normal functions brings about many problems. Acid reflux is simply another outgrowth of chronic indigestion.

Normally, the stomach has an acid environment. This is its natural state and it is well as long as this state is maintained within limits. Whenever the stomach shifts from a predominantly acid to a predominantly alkaline environment all manner of stomach problems start. From mild to life threatening. From simple gas to cancer.

Herbalists view an acid or an alkaline substances differently that modern chemists might. Something acid is considered life giving while something alkaline works against life. Normal bodily tissues are healthier when they maintain their acid and are often aided by something acid. Our skin for instance is softened by fatty acids (oils) as well as vinegar (acetic acid). An acid is usually something that does not foam and is life giving. An alkaline substance foams and is generally corrosive. Example: try placing orange juice on the skin and watch what it will do. It will usually dry up and crack the skin. The same applies internally especially in the stomach if excessive orange juice is frequently ingested. As the stomach reflects its state in the mouth, it is common to get cracked or dry lips (mainly in the corners of the mouth) or ulcers in the mouth from too much orange juice.

The environment of the large and small intestines is more naturally alkaline. Should this environment become acidic then all manner of bowel ailments come into being. In the stomach as normal foods are digested the stomach environment changes from an acidic predominance to an alkaline predominance which signals the duodenum to open and pass the semi digested foods into the intestines for the completion on the digestive process. When the stomach is functioning normally and given the correct foods the proper acid and alkaline environments are maintained throughout the digestive tract. The result is no ailments.

The stomach generally reflects its state in the mouth. If the stomach is off in its chemistry the mouth, gums and lips often produce sores. To herbalists this is a sign that the stomach is not too acidic, but that it has become too alkaline.

Most people who's stomach is too alkaline will show some white phlegm like saliva at the corners of their mouths and at times a stringy white saliva between the lips as the mouth is opened. This is common among the elderly and those with stomach related problems.

This problem is helped by eating foods better suited for human consumption in general. Digestorum can be used to help restore the stomachs natural function and environment. This is not a forceful approach. It is gentle but extremely powerful.