Digestive Bitters

Digestive support

Digestive Bitters are a combination of bitter or astringent herbs and spices steeped in a liquid form and promote healthy digestion (1-2).

When taken before eating a meal, it assists our digestive system to produce digestive juices aiding digestion (1-2).

This bitter mixture contains the following ingredients: bitter melon juice powder (3-5) (domestic production), cinnamon bark extract (6), mugwort extract (7), rosemary extract (8), western dandelion extract (9), ginger extract (10).

Features:

• May support liver and gallbladder function

• May promote calming digestive health and act as a gentle, natural laxative

• May promote the regulation of blood glucose

• Alcohol-free

Contraindications & Warnings: 

• Avoid if pregnant or nursing;

• Consult with a health care practitioner if using diuretics, acetaminophen or prescription drugs.

• Discontinue use of this product while using ciprofloxacin, digoxin, and chemotherapy.

• Should not be used in children 

  
  

Reference:

1. McMullen MK, Whitehouse JM, Towell A. Bitters: Time for a New Paradigm. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:670504

2. Olivier DK, van Wyk BE. Bitterness values for traditional tonic plants of southern Africa. J Ethnopharmacol. 2013 Jun 3;147(3):676-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.03.059.

3. Dandawate PR, Subramaniam D, Padhye SB, Anant S. Bitter melon: a panacea for inflammation and cancer. Chin J Nat Med. 2016 Feb;14(2):81-100.

4. Kim SK, Jung J, Jung JH, Yoon N, Kang SS, Roh GS, Hahm JR. Hypoglycemic efficacy and safety of Momordica charantia (bitter melon) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Complement Ther Med. 2020 Aug;52:102524.

5. Fuangchan A, Sonthisombat P, Seubnukarn T, Chanouan R, Chotchaisuwat P, Sirigulsatien V, Ingkaninan K, Plianbangchang P, Haines ST. Hypoglycemic effect of bitter melon compared with metformin in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients. J Ethnopharmacol. 2011 Mar 24;134(2):422-8.

6. Sharma S, Mandal A, Kant R, Jachak S, Jagzape M. Is Cinnamon Efficacious for Glycaemic Control in Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus? J Pak Med Assoc. 2020 Nov;70(11):2065-2069.

7. Ekiert H, Pajor J, Klin P, Rzepiela A, Ślesak H, Szopa A. Significance of Artemisia Vulgaris L. (Common Mugwort) in the History of Medicine and Its Possible Contemporary Applications Substantiated by Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies. Molecules. 2020 Sep 25;25(19):4415.

8. Baron DC, Marko DM, Tsiani E, MacPherson REK. Rosemary extract increases neuronal cell glucose uptake and activates AMPK. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2021 Feb;46(2):141-147.

9. Zheng Y, Lei L, Liang S, Ai J, Deng X, Li YQ, Zhang TP, Pu SB, Ren YS. Protective Effect of Fresh/Dry Dandelion Extracts on APAP-Overdose-Induced Acute Liver Injury. Chin J Integr Med. 2022 Aug;28(8):683-692

10. Ma H, Li J. The ginger extract could improve diabetic retinopathy by inhibiting the expression of e/iNOS and G6PDH, apoptosis, inflammation, and angiogenesis. J Food Biochem. 2022 May;46(5):e14084. doi: 10.1111/jfbc.14084.