Celery juice also contains factors that help heal ulcers. An Iranian doctor who was detained in jail for two and a half years treated over 3,000 prisoners who had ulcer symptoms, from the stress of incarceration and bad treatment at the hands of their jailers. The doctor found that, in most cases, a glass of water relieved ulcer pains within three to eight minutes. Patients with particularly severe pain sometimes required two glasses. For the duration of the experiment, patients drank a glass of water a half-hour before and two and a half hours after each meal to prevent recurrences.
Plantains contain a substance which stimulates healing of gastric mucosa.
Vitamins A, B6, and E and folic acid also help maintain and repair your gut's mucosal barrier. Zinc supplements have healed ulcers, probably because zinc is necessary for vitamin A stored in your liver to be released into your bloodstream. Zinc also helps restore skin cell growth, though it can be irritating if you take it when your stomach is empty. When you were small, your mother may have given you a few drops of cod liver oil, an important source of vitamins A and D. Today, we know that fish oil can help prevent and heal ulcers because it contains omega-3 fatty acids, which fight inflammation. Beans, nuts, and oil from fish common in northern waters, such as mackerel, salmon and cod, are especially rich in omega-3.