Natural support for Crohn’s, grounded in research and powered by community.
Explore the botanicals, nutrients and emerging therapies people with Crohn’s are using to support gut health, from time-honoured herbs like turmeric and wormwood to the nutrient protocols your body may be missing. Every profile explains how it works, what the research shows, and how to find a quality product.
- natural therapies profiled
- 20
- research sources linked
- 53
- years of traditional use (turmeric)
- 4,000+
- community, growing together
- 1
A different kind of Crohn’s resource
Conventional resources tend to dismiss natural approaches. We think people living with Crohn’s deserve better: clear information, respect for traditional wisdom, and a way to learn from one another.
Rooted in tradition
Many of the herbs here have supported digestion for centuries in Ayurvedic, Chinese and European herbal medicine. We connect that heritage to modern research.
Backed by research
Every profile explains how the compound works and links directly to the published studies, so you can explore the evidence yourself.
Powered by community
Big trials skip what can’t be patented. Our upcoming symptom tracker lets people living with Crohn’s share what works, so we can learn together.
Start exploring
Three pathways to support your gut: researched botanicals, the nutrients Crohn’s depletes, and the emerging therapies at the frontier of gut-health research.
Category 01
Researched Botanicals & Supplements
Time-honoured herbs and nutrients that researchers have studied in people with inflammatory bowel disease — from turmeric and wormwood to Boswellia and omega-3s. How they work, what the studies found, and how to choose a quality product.
7 profiles
Category 02
Nutrient Protocols
Crohn’s affects how your body absorbs key vitamins and minerals. Rebuilding those stores is one of the most empowering, well-supported steps you can take for energy, bones and gut-lining health.
7 profiles
Category 03
Emerging Therapies
The frontier of gut-health research: peptides, plant compounds and integrative approaches with compelling mechanisms that big pharma has little incentive to study. Our community data will help map what they can do.
6 profiles
Great places to start
Popular starting points for people building a natural gut-support routine.
Curcumin (Turmeric)
Mixed resultsTurmeric extract · Curcuma longa · Theracurmin
Turmeric’s golden compound supports a healthy inflammation response and is the most-researched botanical in inflammatory bowel disease.
Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
Early clinicalArtemisia absinthium · Absinthe herb · Wermut
A traditional digestive bitter that showed striking results in two Crohn’s studies, including measurable reductions in TNF-α.
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin)
Cobalamin · Cyanocobalamin · Methylcobalamin
B12 is absorbed almost entirely in the terminal ileum — the area Crohn’s affects most. Replenishing it can transform energy, mood and nerve health.
N-Acetyl Glucosamine
EmergingNAG · GlcNAc · N-acetylglucosamine
A building block of the protective mucus layer that lines your gut. A pediatric pilot study reported striking improvements in hard-to-treat IBD.
Phase 2 — in development
Where traditional research stops, our community begins
Natural compounds can’t be patented, so they rarely get the multi-million-dollar trials that drugs receive. That leaves people with Crohn’s without answers to the questions that matter most: what actually helps, at what dose, and for whom? Our Community Symptom Tracker will crowdsource those answers from real people living with Crohn’s, and our upcoming wellness store will make it easy to find quality, third-party-tested products.
- Log your symptoms, supplements and doses in a private daily tracker
- See what’s working for people with the same disease location and medications
- Contribute to the largest real-world dataset on natural Crohn’s support
- Shop curated, third-party-tested protocols from our upcoming store
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Common questions
What natural remedies are people with Crohn’s using?
Some of the most popular options include curcumin (turmeric), wormwood, Boswellia, omega-3 fish oil, probiotics and CBD. Many people also focus on replenishing nutrients Crohn’s commonly depletes, such as vitamin B12, vitamin D, iron and zinc. Each has its own profile on this site, with how it works, the research behind it and how to choose a quality product.
Can I use natural remedies alongside my Crohn’s medication?
Many people do, and most of the research on natural compounds studied them as additions to standard treatment rather than replacements. Some supplements can interact with medications, though. Curcumin, berberine and CBD, for example, can affect how certain drugs are metabolised. Always talk to your gastroenterologist before adding anything new, and never stop a prescribed medication on your own.
Why don’t more natural remedies have large clinical trials?
Large trials cost tens to hundreds of millions of dollars, and they are almost always funded by companies that can patent the product. Turmeric, wormwood and fish oil can’t be patented, so there’s little commercial incentive to study them at scale. That funding gap is why we’re building a community symptom tracker to gather real-world data from people living with Crohn’s.
Which vitamin deficiencies are most common in Crohn’s disease?
Vitamin B12 deficiency affects roughly a third of people with Crohn’s because B12 is absorbed in the terminal ileum, the area Crohn’s most often affects. Zinc deficiency affects around half, iron deficiency is the most common systemic complication, and vitamin D, folate, vitamin K and calcium are also frequently low. Testing first lets you replenish exactly what you need.
How do you choose which products to recommend?
We focus on the quality markers that matter for each compound: the form used in research, standardisation, and third-party testing. Some links on the site are affiliate links, so we may earn a commission if you buy through them, at no extra cost to you. That never influences which compounds we cover or what we say about the research.