I am also looking for some antidotes to the occasional ingestion of both onion and garlic, Ive tried digestive enzymes and all the other things you mentioned with very little success. Id love to know if anyone in the nutrition or medical community has any clue about how to fix this, or what causes it....... my symptoms of vomiting for hours started about 6 years ago and have become increasingly worse. I find myself quizzing any waitress or waiter when I go out to eat. It sure is a pain not to be able to eat them.

since my main symptom is diarrhea, immodium AD is my medicine of choice.

when I ran out of that, I tried pepto bismol - it did nothing.

simethicone in any form does help with the pain from gas.

First, let me say, my trigger is onions (and the like), not garlic. And my symptoms are GI, not so much histamine. Never got nauseous or vomited. Other end? Plenty of times.

What do I take to relieve the symptoms?
As a youngster (teens and twenties) I used to chew maalox or tums when I knew I had to eat onions. It didn't really help very much, so I quit. More recently, I've tried to take strong tea of chamomile, and that helps. Ginger also helps. And I've read that fennel and anise seeds are very good for indigestion (you often see them at Indian restaurants, in a little bowl by the exit).

When I get the gas so bad I feel like calling 911 (doubled-over on the floor in pain), it helps to do yoga.
www.abc-of-yoga.com/yogaprac...eving.asp

These gentle stretches and movements seem to help massage the gas out. Sometimes I get relief by just rolling around on the floor, or inverting my body in the "shoulder stand" pose:
www.abc-of-yoga.com/yogaprac...stand.asp

I'm intrigued to read on the other thread about using antihistamines to prevent a symptomatic reaction in the first place. I'll try that sometime!

I'm also interested in trying dietary approaches. Because I have so many dietary sensitivities (onions, most fruits and juices, acid foods, sugar, corn syrup, tomatoes, cheese, milk, brassicas {broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts}) I am planning to explore gluten intolerance. I have read that some folks with celiacs disease have been able to "heal" their gut, and then return to eating some things they previously could not eat. Maybe if I avoid gluten long enough, my gut will return the favor by letting me eat some other things. Doing without milk and cheese is so easy compared to the chore of avoiding onions: They're everywhere!

Thanks to the angel who set-up this 'tribe'!

Cheers!

John

I have an instant remedy for the pain and some of the symptoms, its probably not the best for me so I only use it when its starting to really get uncomfortable. An old fashioned stomach remedy 1 teaspoon of baking soda in a small glass of water, stir it up to disolve and drink it down fast, it tastes horrible but in no time the pressure is released, from both ends with great relief. It doesn't work on the other symptoms, like the next day spent running to the bathroom, but I get some relief from the pain, pressure and bloating.

I get the usual gastric symptoms which can progress to days in bed. I also have an allergy to trees, tulips and cats. White pine and cats being the worst. I take generic sudafed for those and also for onions. I don't yet have a problem with garlic. I take 1 (or 2 during tree pollen season) before I eat out or at someone else's house. If there is onion in what was served, I will continue to take them for 24 hrs. This works really well for me. Of course I avoid raw onion completely. I always thought that the spring allergies made me more sensitive to the onions. My paternal uncle had the same problem when he was a kid but outgrew it.

kirby

AVOID GINGER!
It is related to onions, and although I love ginger, it will also give me the same problems as onions etc.
Same goes for Bananas.