alternative medicine treatments for pancreatitis?

Try acupunture (not joking). It worked for my grandma plus..no side effects!!

The protocol link (below) is for pancreatic cancer but if you review the discussion of the suggested supplements they seem to be beneficial for the pancreas in general.

Life Extension Foundation Recommendations
Pancreatic cancer is a rapidly progressive disease with generally poor survival time. The goal of therapy is to strengthen pancreatic function, impede cancer growth and spread, and reduce the severity of symptoms. Various nutritional supplements outlined in this chapter have been shown to help pancreatic cancer patients by slowing disease progression or increasing quality of life.

Guidelines for Reducing Pancreatic Cancer Risk
Stop smoking and drinking alcohol.
Avoid or reduce exposure to toxic chemicals and petroleum products.
Maintain a healthy body weight.
Reduce dietary intake of fried foods, red meat, and meat products.
Increase intake of fresh fruit and vegetables, fiber, minerals, and vitamins.
Reduce sugar consumption (glycemic load).
Increase physical activity.
Maintain a diet suitable for diabetics that restricts simple carbohydrates such as sugar and emphasizes complex carbohydrates (fibers) and proteins (refer to the Diabetes protocol). Protein supplements such as soy and essential fatty acids such as borage and fish oils will help by altering the dietary intake ratio of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
If pancreatic cancer patients are to improve their odds of achieving a remission or long-term survival, they should attempt to integrate into their conventional therapy as many of the following dietary changes and supplements as possible, but only under a physician’s supervision.

Aged Garlic Extract—1200 milligram (mg) daily
Alpha-tocopherol—400 international units (IU) daily
Ascorbic acid—500 to 3000 mg daily
Beta-carotene—20 mg daily
Curcumin—2400 mg daily, two hours apart from medications
d-Limonene—7.3 to 14.4 grams (g) daily
Fiber—4 to 12 g daily before meals
Fish oil concentrate—700 to 4200 mg of EPA, 500 to 2000 mg of DHA daily
Life Extension Booster—1 capsule daily
Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA)—700 to 900 mg daily
Grape seed extract—100 mg daily
Green tea extract (EGCG)—800 mg daily
Life Extension Mix multivitamin/multi-mineral formula without copper—follow label directions
Lycopene—15 to 30 mg daily
Perillyl alcohol—2050 mg, four times daily
PSK (Coriolus versicolor)—3 grams daily
Selenium—600 micrograms (mcg) daily
Silymarin—100 to 420 mg daily
Soy extract (genistein)—656 mg daily
Vitamin A—10,000 IU daily
Zinc—45 to 50 mg daily.

Good Luck!!!

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