Tips for someone who’s throwing up

Any tips for a situation where even water comes up?

I rarely throw up so I would suggest throwing up until the person gets whatever it is out of their system.

Then start drinking water and broth to avoid dehydration.

I do breathing exercises and drink ginger ale for the nausea.

The breathing exercises are what I have found to help the most.

For food I would suggest starting with saltine cracker.

I seem to remember that mint tea might work better than plain water. It might be a good idea to try to take it little by little (like sip, or drink it with a spoon) to hopefully keep it down.

No, but sorry to hear that you or someone you are close to you is experiencing this.

If it is from something you ate, it should resolve itself.

If it's the stomach flu or the like, it's best to take a break from eating anything that will continue to feed the cycle. Basically "get all the stuff out of there first." So yes, only try to stay hydrated, that's it.

After 24 hours start eating the BRAT diet: Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast.

Hope the situation resolves itself quickly.

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Ginger is known to sooth nausea. I've used a ginger tea, sipping small amounts, to settle a bad stomach before.  

Thank you all for the great tips.

I think next up is mint and ginger tea. Ginger ale sounds delightful but I dont have it.

Banana, when I have better chances of keeping it in.

Thank you.

Yes, thanks everyone! I got up to this thread this morning, having spent all night up with Miss G having a nasty stomach bug. Ah, Permies serendipity!

In the night we gave her San Pellegrino lemon sparkling water to keep her hydrated, and it (mostly) stayed down after a while. (It was fresh tasting when it didn't, which was a great relief to her.)

Because of this thread, I gave her a banana when she felt like eating it later in the morning. So far so good, and now she's up! Rice is next, per the recommendation.

May all people with stomach bugs this season recover quickly!

Rachel Lindsay wrote:In the night we gave her San Pellegrino lemon sparkling water to keep her hydrated, and it (mostly) stayed down after a while. (It was fresh tasting when it didn't, which was a great relief to her.)

I have found this kind of thing useful too.

I asked around today and somehow drinking a finnish orange soda has been a thing with stomach bugs in Finland. I was too given it when sick as a child. At first I was like ”no way that sounds soooo unhealty” but decided to try it anyway. So refreshing! And when is didn’t stay down, it was a whole lot better experience than throwing up water.

I’m glad you found help from this thread. I’m going to try the banana soon. Wish me luck!

Clay, charcoal and chlorophyll are all great to drink when throwing up.  They absorb toxins and settle your stomach

You can make a dilute solution, just a little clay and warm water and just sip it.   If it comes back up in the beginning, that is ok.  
It is still doing good work while it is in the stomach

It should settle within an hour or two and you will be able to keep it down.

When the clay or charcoal water stays down you can try getting more nutrients in.  I would probably start with diluted carrots juice or an orange.  Just tiny sips, rest and be thankful

When I can't even keep water down, I will hold water in my mouth for a few seconds, then spit it out. This helps a bit to alleviate thirst.

My aunt always keeps a very soft, thick washcloth handy, to dampen with cold water & fold into quarters (all one direction) a strip: for your throat, when you feel pukey; the back of your neck, when you have a tension headache; your forehead, when you're feverish or over heated.

Flat gingerale, ginger tea (w/ honey), Chamomile tea (w/honey), slippery elm tea.

So many great tips, thank you everyone! I'm "back amongst the living" now and really glad these kinds of situations are rare..

One other Permie already got help from this thread so yay, something good was born from it!

I'm glad you're feeling better!
I usually get great results with mint tea or ginger tea (even aromatherapy with mint or ginger oil), but my husband had an allergic reaction to a medication after having emergency surgery a few months ago and couldn't keep down anything.
Like Joylynn suggested, even just rinsing his mouth regularly helped a bit (couldn't do anything but water, otherwise just the smell made him sick). It was a rough few days and I hope we never see anything like it again!

I'm glad you're feeling better, Saana. Sick is sucky!

When having the acute attack, best to avoid citrus juice as it can irritate the stomach and cause more upset.  When able to sip some liquid, add a pinch of good salt (celtic or pink himalayan or real sea salt) to the water, broth or tea to help replenish electrolytes/minerals. This is helpful after 'loosing one's cookies'.  Can also add some to the BRAT foods.  Ginger/honey tea is soothing as mentioned, also onion broth.

Hi I had cancer.  Put a little water at the bottom of the bucket.  It will make it easier for emptying the bucket, and rinsing it out.  Drink or at least take a mouth full of water after vomiting.  Dry heaves can rip the throat and  bleeding on top of the puking is not a good thing.  

Not sure this would help with an acute situation, but I keep on hand a tea mix I used to call Mellow Mix and now call Hangover Helper. It seems to help with any kind of iffy stomach. The key ingredients are mint, fennel seed and chamomile, but I throw in lavender flowers if I have them. I grow all of these myself. The chamomile is soothing, relaxing; the mint and fennel are good for guts (for heartburn, I often just chew a few fennel seeds) and the lavender, long ago was claimed to "soothe a simmering braine." Maybe it helps if there's a bit of headache with the nausea, anyway doesn't hurt. Often I'll slice off a bit of fresh ginger to throw in the teacup, and maybe chew on when I've drunk all the tea. I find this mix pretty reliable, and I like that most of the time I'm able to grow all the ingredients and make a fresh batch each year. It's also nice that all the ingredients are pleasant tasting.

Coffee enemas to the rescue

Colloidal silver, homemade, is what my family uses for food poisoning.  Actually we use it for everything and I wouldnt dream of not having a diy generator on hand, its my go-to home remedy.   Including for the big C.   Straight, undiluted, strong batch.  Very reliable.  Kills bacteria and viruses both  but doesnt upset  gut biome.   Even heals stomach ulcers, as it also gets helicobacter pylorii.    As a rule, appy directly to the problem and strongly...for instance if its pneumonia, inhale it.  It its a burn, use topically...if its stomach bug, drink it.

I also like andrographis paniculata, which is even preventative for really horrible stuff like ebola, marburg, dengue and yellow fevers.  Its a little-known but powerful southeats asian herbal rmedy for pretty much anything.   Incredibly bitter, so put it in capsules.   Grows well in southern US, is semitropical.  I try to keep everyone in family with a stash for dire emergencies.  I take it if I feel even vaguely off.  Combines well with silver too.   That will handle the infection part.   Activated charcoal will help greatly with whatever has advanced deeper into the gut, plus absorbs byproducts produced by the undesirable organisms.    

Keralee Roberts wrote:Colloidal silver, homemade, is what my family uses for food poisoning.  Actually we use it for everything and I wouldnt dream of not having a diy generator on hand, its my go-to home remedy.   Including for the big C.   Straight, undiluted, strong batch.  Very reliable.  Kills bacteria and viruses both  but doesnt upset  gut biome.   Even heals stomach ulcers, as it also gets helicobacter pylorii.    As a rule, appy directly to the problem and strongly...for instance if its pneumonia, inhale it.  It its a burn, use topically...if its stomach bug, drink it.
 

Where can I find instructions on a diy generator? How can one know the strength of the batch produced?  How do you go about inhaling it? Thank you.