Category 01
Natural supplements & botanicals for Crohn’s support
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.
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.
Boswellia serrata
Mixed resultsIndian frankincense · Salai guggal · H15
Indian frankincense resin that targets a distinctive inflammatory pathway and performed on par with mesalazine in an active-Crohn’s trial.
Omega-3 Fatty Acids (EPA/DHA)
Mixed resultsFish oil · EPA · DHA
Essential fatty acids that feed your body’s inflammation-resolving pathways. Promising early Crohn’s results; larger trials were mixed.
Probiotics (VSL#3, E. coli Nissle, S. boulardii)
Mixed resultsVSL#3 · Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 · Saccharomyces boulardii
Beneficial bacteria that help rebalance the gut microbiome. Standout results in pouchitis and ulcerative colitis; Crohn’s results are still emerging.
CBD-Rich Cannabis
Mixed resultsCannabidiol · CBD oil · Medical cannabis
CBD-rich cannabis significantly improved symptoms and quality of life in randomised Crohn’s trials.
Andrographis paniculata (HMPL-004)
Clinically studiedHMPL-004 · Andrographolide · Kalmegh
The “king of bitters” — the only botanical taken into a Phase III IBD programme, with results comparable to mesalazine in ulcerative colitis.
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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