Showing posts with label indigestion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label indigestion. Show all posts

Thursday, March 27, 2014

The Herbal Medications of Indigestion

 Indigestion is the disturbance in the digestive function of the stomach or
its failure to digest food.


SUGGESTIVE MEASURES TO AID DIGeSTION:
     1. Withhold food intake for four hours
     2. Drink one glass of hot water every hour during the four-hour fasting.
     3. Eat a slice of ripe papaya 30 minutes after a heavy meal
     4. Eat light meals without fatty foods after the four-hour fasting


HERBAL MEDICATIONS TO AID DIGESTION:

   


1. PAPAYA, ripe
         Eat as a fruit dessert, especially with heavy meals Papaya
         helps in the digestion of protein.





 2. KAMATSILI leaves
       . Boil 1 cup in 5 glasses of water for 10 minutes. Add 1/2
           teaspoon salt.
         = Dosage:
           Adults: 2 cups initial, and then 1 cup every 4 hours
           Children: 1 cup initial, and then 1/2 cup every 4 hours
           Babies: 1 tbsp. initial and then 1 teaspoon every 4 hours.

   


 3. ANONAS leaves
         . warm the leaves directly in open fire.
         = Apply the leaves directly on the stomach while still warm.
           Use abdominal binder. Renew every 2 hous.Good for children and babies.