Gastritis

Gastritis is an inflammation of the protective lining of the stomach.

Types

• Acute Gastriti: involves sudden, severe inflammation. It lasts for about 2-10 days.
• Chronic Gastritis: involves long-term inflammation that may last from weeks to years if it’s left untreated.

Diagnosis

• Upper Endoscopy
• Blood Test
• X-rays of Digestive Tract.

Symptoms

• Nausea or recurrent Upset Stomach
• Severe headache
• Insomnia
• Abdominal Bloating
• Abdominal Pain
• Vomiting
• Indigestion
• Burning or gnawing feeling in the stomach between meals or at night
• Hiccups
• Loss of appetite
• Vomiting blood or coffee ground-like material
• Black, tarry stools
• Irritation and suffocation
• Unable to wear fitted clothes

Causes

• Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) –  A bacteria that lives in the mucous lining of the stomach. If not treated, the infection can lead to ulcers, and stomach cancer.
• Bile reflux: A backflow of bile into the stomach from the bile tract (that connects to the liver and gallbladdar)
• Infections caused by bacteria and viruses
• Extreme alcohol consumption
• Routine use of aspirin
• Cocaine use
• Age, because the stomach lining thins naturally with age
• tobacco use
• Overuse of Spicy food, tea and coffee.

Complications

• Stomach Bleeding
• Ulcer
• Increased risk of developing stomach cancer, especially in people with thinned stomach lining.

Naturopathy Treatment

• Mud pack of stomach
• Full body mud pack
• Enema – Hot and Cold Water
• Alternate fomentation of whole abdomen, liver and kidney.
• Full body massage
• Dry friction bath
• Wet friction bath

Yoga

1. Mudras
   • Gyana Mudra
   • Vayu Mudra
   • Apana Mudra
   • Prana Mudra
   • Mukul Mudra ( keeping fingers on the liver region).
2. Pranayama
   • Nadishodhan
   • Anulom vilom
   • Bhastrika
   • Kapalbhati
   • Ujyayi
   • Bhramari
3. Sukshma vyayam of legs, hands griva chalan and eye movement.
4. Vajrasana samooh
   • Thunderpose(vajrasana)
   • Cat pose (marjari asana)
   • Tiger pose (vyaghra asana)
   • Frog pose (Mandookasana)
   • Camel pose (Ushtrasana)
   • Rabbit pose(shashank asana)
5. Yogasanas laying down on back
   • Suptaudrakarshanasan
   • Setubandha asana
   • Suptatadasana
6. Asanas laying down to stomach
   • Makrasana
   • Bhujangasana
   • Tiryakbhujangasana
   • Dhanurasana
7. Sitting pose
   • Nauka chalan
   • Chakki chalan
   •  Pashchimottanasan
   • Meru vakrasana
   • Padmasana
8. Standing pose
   • Tadasana
   •  Triyaktadasana
   • Katichakrasana
   • Vrikshasana
9. Suryanamskar completing with Shithalikaran

Diet

First three weeks

Since it is a digestive disease, the patient should take food which is easily digestible. The patient should be on liquids for atleast 3 weeks if the condition is very serious.

After three weeks

•  In morning: 6am to7am
  • 10 pieces- Raisins, 2 pieces- Dates, Anjeer (soaked in water and grinded to make a solution).
• At 9am
  • One bowl of Daliya ( liquid)
  • One bowl of mix vegetables soup.
  • One Pulpy fruit
• 12 pm
  • One tablespoon of curd mixed with a glass of water
• 1.30 pm to 2 pm
  • Boiled Vegetable, soupy brown rice and one bowl of minutely chopped salad.
• 4pm
  • A glass of citrus juice. Sweet lime juice is always the best .
• 7pm to 8pm
  • One Pulpy fruit ( mango is best in other season, chikoo or papaya or other pulpy fruit can be taken).
  • Before bed, take a cup of warm water and a one inch piece of jaggery.

Do’s and Don’ts

Say YES to:

1. Wake up before sunrise.
2. Take proper rest.
3. Pray and have positive and generous thoughts.
4. Take pure natural satwik food.
5. Milk, butter milk, sprouts, fox nuts dates, raisins, fig, honey, jaggery, and sweet pulpy fruits.
6. Fruit juice and vegetable’s soup

Say NO to:

1. Laziness, stress, selfishness.
2. Maida, pickles, papad, Mathias, bhujiya, nimki, biscuits.
3. All kind of packed food and juice.
4. Tea, coffee, white sugar and red chilly.
5. Avoid to eat without hunger and over eating.
6. Avoid all sour food including lemon and tamarind.

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