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The slippery Elm comes in tablets and I think you can get it in bark form too so you steep it for tea.Try an herbal store.Anywhere you buy herbal supplements.What it does is soothe the intestinal track.If your bowels are rebelling and constantly irritated by the food you eat or just plain irritation,The slippery elm soothes the walls and calms down your bowels.After gallbladder surgery I had yellow d all day everyday.I found this site and the efi diet helped my stomach cramping but not the d.So I tried slippery elm and within two days it was gone.It was just the boost I needed to help me recover.As I cut out fat the d gets to be less often too.Since I have no gallbladder,I have a problem digesting fat and therefore I get d.It's a vicious cycle.So I've been doing really well with a combo of three things,1 the diet 2 slippery elm and 3 the hypno tapes.
If you consider the amount of extra time it takes you to get to work,the amount you spend on Imodium and other drugs,and the amount you lose on sick days,the cost of the tapes really isn't that much.I just took the plunge and bought them.It really is helping me and today is the first time in about 10 months I went shopping all day and 1 hour away.That is such an amazing thing for me and I think it is the tapes helping.
I hope this helps and you can find what works for you too.

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IBS-D since 1999...mostly stable..i do cheat too.Bad me.

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