Acidity
CAUSES &
CURES
(1) CAUSES:
Acidity is not a disease but the result or
consequence of other diseases in the body.
In other words, a person could
be suffering from some other health problems
and acidity could be a symptom or disorder.
In this case, the acid
formation in the stomach increases, which leads to
(1) Sour belches,
(2) Indigestion and
(3) Loss of appetite.
You may try and practice one
or more of following cures which suites you best
(2)
CURES:
2.1 AYURVEDIC MEDICINAL CURE OF ACIDITY:
(2.1.1) Take half a gram of
SHANKH BHASMA and one gram of DRY MANGO POWDER. Mix both with honey and lick
to relieve acidity.
(2.1.2) Mix green coriander,
garlic, ripe tomatoes, ginger, salt and chillies. Prepare a fine paste and
eat it to overcome different stomach related problems. It is very beneficial
to eat after an attack of fever.
(2.1.3) Take 30 gm of FRESH
CORIANDER JUICE to increase appetite within three days.
(2.1.4) Chop 50 gm onion and
mix in fresh curd set with cow milk. Eat this to control acidity.
(2.1.5) Grind two-grams of
aniseed, one gram of dry mango powder, ten grams of sugar candy and store it
in a glass jar. Take three to four times with hot water to calm down all
types of indigestion.
(2.1.6) Roast bitter gourd
flowers or leaves in clarified butter (ghee) and prepare a powder. Take one
to two grams twice or thrice daily to control acidity.
(2.1.7) Take equal quantities
of white cumin seeds and coriander seeds. Eat with sugar to control acidity.
(2.1.8) Add a little bit of
roasted cumin seeds in orange juice and add a little bit of rock salt. Drink
this juice for relief.
(2.1.9) Grind wood apple (bilva
or bael) leaves in water and sieve. Add 20 gm sugar candy and drink to
overcome acidity.
(2.1.10) Mix Moolhati churna
in honey and clarified butter and lick to relieve acidity.
(2.1.11) Grind 30 gm dry dates
and 25 gm aniseed, soak in 200 gm water overnight. Crush nicely the next
morning and add 10 gm sugar candy. Drink this daily to reduce acidity.
(2.1.12) Grind 100 gm tamarind
(seedless), 25 gm cumin seed, and 125 gm sugar candy and prepare a powder.
Store it in a glass jar. Take three grams twice daily with water to control
acidity.
(2.1.13) Prepare a powder with
eight grams of shora and ten-grams of sal ammoniac. Take four to six grains
twice daily with water to overcome pitta. It gives instant results in case
of acidity; burning sensation in chest, sour belches, etc.
(2.1.14) Chew lemon peels
nicely and suck the juice to control acidity.
(2.1.15) Mix one spoon of
ginger juice with equal quantity of pomegranate juice and drink for relief.
(2.1.16) Suck one clove daily
after meals to control acidity and related problems.
(2.1.17) Keep a small piece of
jaggery and suck the juice daily after meals. It is beneficial when sour
saliva is produced due to acidity. It also controls gastric problem, and
prevents foul air.
(2.1.18) Mix two grams of
small harad churna in equal quantity of jaggery and eat it. Drink water over
it. Take this medicine half an hour before meals and follow it for just
three days. Acidity will get eradicated.
(2.1.19) Drink one spoon of
gwarpatha (aloe vera) juice daily for relief.
(2.1.20) Take five grams each
of drumstick root and giloy root and prepare chutney. Take it with hot
water.
(2.1.21) Mix two cups of
spinach juice, half-cup carrot juice and two spoons kulthi juice.
(2.1.22) Mix SUGAR in half
spoon PAPAYA MILK and take this medicine.
(2.1.23) Add a little bit of
SUGAR in RADISH JUICE and drink.
(2.1.24) Prepare kwath with
four cloves, two pieces of harad and a spoonful of ajowan, and drink for
relief.
(2.1.25) Grind ten grams each
of mint, cumin seeds and black pepper and prepare chutney. Add one cup of
water, boil it and then drink.
(2.1.26) Grind equal
quantities of neem offshoots, and neem skin and take half a spoon daily in
the morning on empty stomach with water.
(2.1.27) Wash three grams each
of creeping grass and bathua leaves and chew them.
(2.1.28) Grind five grams each
of dry mango powder, black salt, cinnamon, asafetida, pipal, and harad, then
sieve it. Take a spoonful with lukewarm water daily after meals to control
acidity.
(2.1.29) If acidity arises
during the night then mix a spoonful of SODA BICARBONATE and equal quantity
of LEMON JUICE juice in cold WATER and drink.
(2.1.30) Prepare chutney with
a pinch of rock salt, a small piece of ginger and a spoonful of lemon juice
and eat it for relief.
(2.1.31) Mix a spoonful of
ajowan, a pinch of rock salt and a pinch of asafetida. Take this and drink
water over it for relief.
2.2 CURE BY
NATURAL MEANS:
(2.2.1) Keep a lep of black
mud on the stomach and tie a bandage over it. Apply the lep again if it gets
dry.
(2.2.2) Take hipbath for ten
minutes daily in the morning and splash water at regular intervals.
(2.2.3) Massage clarified
butter (ghee) on both soles for ten minutes.
(2.2.4) Keep hot water bag on
the stomach, back, waist and knees.
(2.2.5) Take a sauna bath in
sitting position (can use a chair).
(2.2.6) These remedies are
very beneficial to overcome acidity.
2.3 FOOD
AND DIET CONTROLS FOR ACIDITY:
2.3.1 Drink cow's MILK,
POMEGRANATE JUICE. Eat sweet lime, aniseed, grapes, dry dates, myrobalan,
fig, old rice, kheer, juicy things, round gourd, roasted gram flour, etc.
2.3.2 Consume bitter gourd,
gourd, torai, wheat flour, green leafy vegetables, Harad, garlic, and honey
everyday.
2.3.3 Eat fruits like papaya,
guava, apple, banana, cheekoo, wood apple and myrobalan marmalade etc.
2.3.4 Stop the consumption of
tea, coffee, alcohol, meat, fish, eggs, sweets, tobacco, stale rice, heavy
food, dry mango powder, refined flour, potato, spices, fried things and
snacks.
2.3.5 Do not consume clarified
butter ghee, oil, curd, food that increases pitta, lentils, whole horse
beans, etc. Do not get exposed to sun, and avoid constipation.
2.3.6 Stop the consumption of
hot, acidic and bitter tasting food as they increase pitta.
2.4.
CURE BY YOGA:
Practice the YOGA of:
UTTARAPADASANA
HALASANA
PAVANMUKTASANA
KANDHARASANA
YOGAMUDRASANA
MATSYASANA
BHUJANGASANA
EKPADGREEVASANA
GARBHASANA
to overcome stomach disorders
and reduce constipation and acidity.
2.5 CURE
BY PRANAYAMA:
2.5.1 Pranayam is very useful.
KAPALBHATI pranayam should be practiced for five minutes everyday.
2.5.2 ANULOM-VILOM and NADI
SHODHAN pranayam should also be practiced for ten minutes daily to overcome
all stomach related problems and acidity.
2.5.3 Regular practice of
AGNISAR KRIYA is also very beneficial.
2.5.4 UDDIYAN BANDK keeps the
stomach healthy and calms down acidity and other related problems.