Q. I noticed an article on your Web site (www.peoplespharmacy.com) about coconut macaroon cookies stopping diarrhea. I am a hospice nurse, and one of my patients was literally dying of diarrhea. None of the medical treatments were helping.
After reading about macaroons stopping diarrhea, I asked my patient’s daughter if we could try giving her mom coconut milk and rice milk. She had nothing to lose. The diarrhea stopped in 24 hours, and the patient began to eat again. As a result, she began to thrive and had to leave our hospice program!
A. Flunking out of hospice is good news. We are so glad this suggestion inspired you and was so helpful for your patient with life-threatening diarrhea. We have heard from many readers that coconut is a traditional remedy for diarrhea.
