With increased acidity of the stomach and other irritating factors, the fastest analgesic effect is provided by enveloping agents. However, this does not end their functions.
Enveloping medicines and the scope of their use
Covering agents contain components that, when interacted with water, form colloidal compositions and suspensions. It can be both natural and chemical substances, but all of them are designed to reduce the sensitivity of nerve endings and thereby protect them from aggressive effects. Indications are such diseases:
- heartburn;
- gastritis;
- pancreatitis ;
- enteritis;
- colitis;
- ulcers;
- chemical burns of the mucosa and others.
External enveloping agents are used to protect the skin and other tissues for burns, frostbite, wounds. Sometimes also the enveloping components are added to the medicines to reduce their aggressiveness.
Enveloping agents for the stomach and intestines
Covering agents and preparations to protect the organs of the digestive tract are practically not absorbed, so they do not enter the blood. This feature allows the use of both natural medicines and synthetic analogs. Virtually all folk remedies contain starch, or starchy substances. Here is a short list of herbal components that have an enveloping effect:
- flax seeds;
- liquorice root;
- potato starch;
- corn starch;
- comfrey;
- oats and oatmeal.
All these enveloping agents are good for gastritis and even ulcers - they almost instantly relieve pain and inflammation. Breakfast oatmeal on the water is useful not only for those who watch their weight, but also for those who care about the health of the stomach.
Since the medicine enters the intestine later than in the stomach, it makes sense to resort to pharmacy products. To date, there is no shortage of enveloping agents. Here is a short list of the most popular medicines:
- Magnesia white (magnesium carbonate basic);
- Aluminum hydroxide;
- Vikair;
- Liquiriton;
- Sucralfate;
- Phosphalugel ;
- Almagel.
In addition to its direct protective and analgesic action, enveloping drugs have an antiemetic and anti-diarrhea effect. This is due to the fact that such drugs reduce the reflex function of the nerve endings of the mucosa.