Herbs with Antispasmodic properties?

Question

Hello, i have IBS and am experimenting to see if i could replace all of my medicine with naturaly grown alternatives grown in the garden and i was wondering if there was a herb that has antispasmodic properties similar to mebeverine (colofac)

Thanks

Answer 1

Mebeverine is an antimuscarinic drug. There are plants with natural toxins that will do what you're looking for. However, it would be irresponsible for me to promote their use, for several reasons:

1. Plants often contain many other alkaloid toxins, besides the ones that will treat your symptoms.

2. It would be impossible to standardize how much medication you're actually getting via home processing of those plants.

3. Many of the drugs you would need have narrow dosage ranges, due to toxic side effects. That's why we isolated them from plants to begin with, so that we could control the purity and efficacy.

4. Even "herbal" medications that can be purchased over the counter haven't really been checked for consistency, which is why they can't actually be marketed as a drug.

5. Most antimuscarinic toxins found in nature are well-known poisons, that people ingest accidentally - and die.

Please talk to your doctor before experimenting with "natural" alternatives. If cost is an issue, there are programs available to assist you. If you're looking for something more "natural" well, hopefully your doctor or pharmacist can explain to you how arbitrary that label really is.