What are Probiotics?
Herbal shops offer supplement capsules and tablets containing probiotics that are designed to improve the body’s mental and physical health. Probiotics offer multiple benefits such as making it easier to digest foods and beverages without developing gastric distress.
Probiotics are a type of microorganism that will thrive in the body’s gastrointestinal tract to assist with the digestion of beverages and foods.
When someone does not have enough probiotics in their body, they may have symptoms of intestinal gas or diarrhea that persists for several days or develops into a lifelong condition. While problems with the digestive tract are the most common symptom caused by lack of probiotics, the microorganisms also provide other benefits, including:
• Providing resistance to certain types of allergens
• Improving the body’s immune system
• Creating healthier skin tissue
• Protecting the body’s smallest cell structures
• Assisting with digestion of foods containing lactose
• Controlling high blood pressure
• Reducing inflammation inside the body
The Ingredients in Herbal Probiotic Supplements
The most common source of probiotics is from dairy products such as yogurt or kefir along with fermented foods that include sauerkraut, bean paste or kimchi. However, for anyone with an allergy to dairy products or an inability to consume spicy and salty food, it is necessary to find other sources of high-quality probiotics. This is why shopping at an herbal store to find products containing probiotics is important. A probiotic supplement might contain a combination of several natural herbs such as:
• Nettle leaf
• Juniper berry
• Gingerroot
• Fenugreek seeds
• Dill weed
• Chamomile flowers
• Anise seeds
Instead of trying to get enough probiotics from beverages and foods, it is possible to take one supplement tablet or capsule each day that is available at an herbal shop.
