Message Number: SG15235 | New FHL Archives Search
From: sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-08-28 00:12:06 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] Something other than Carafate
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <1738595.1125187926934.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>

> As far as I know, slippery elm is for clearing phlem or excess mucus. maybe,
> possibly by replacing it with better. The stomach is lined with mucus.

According to the _PDF for Herbal Meds, 3rd Ed_ no uses for it are yet proven but among the uses are for easing gastritis and duodenal ulcer.