Mudra For Acidity
Hyperacidity is very common today. Improper diet habits and lifestyle is the leading cause of it. Mudras are very much beneficial in the treatment of hyperacidity.
Causes For Acid Reflux
According to Ayurveda, the causes for acid reflux are;
1. Eating pitta (fire) aggravating foods and foods of incompatible nature (virudhaahar) vitiates all the Constitutions (doshas), Primary pittadosha. These Vitiated doshas produce heating toxins that are expelled upwards into the food pipe causing heartburn. Overuse of tea or coffee, or oily, spicy, or fried foods aggravates pitta. These leads to acidity. General in this conditions. Late night work schedules, irregular eating patterns, and drinking alcoholic and carbonated beverages also vitiate Pitta. Increased intake of painkillers and antibiotics also cause acidity and heartburn.
Mudra For Acid Reflux or GERD: Prithvi-vardhak, Kapha-Kaarak, Jal-shaamak
Hand Mudras are very efficient in the manipulation of different doshas. It is very simple, and there is no need of any expert supervision to do it. Just forty-five minutes of regular practice is enough to get good results. To know more about these mudras click on the links.
Prithvi-vardhak
Kapha-Kaarak
Jal-shaamak
I think these mudras are helpful for you.Also, read my book "Complete Hand Mudras."
Ayurvedic View
According to Ayurveda, The primary reason for Acid Reflux is an aggravation of Pitta Dosha. Pitta dosha is an Ayurvedic humor that represents heat or fire. It is hot, sharp, intense, acidic and pungent in nature and is located in the stomach. Aggravation of Pitta leads to increase of acidic content in stomach fluids. The reflux of the stomach's liquid contents into the esophagus occurs in most healthy individuals. In such patients, refluxed liquid contains acid more often due to aggravated pitta, which leads to acid reflux.
Causes of indigestion according to Ayurveda
Digestion is a very important topic in Ayurveda.When we talk about digestion according to Ayurveda there are four types of digestive stages. Out of this four digestive stages, three are defective stages of digestion.First one is called variable digestive fire or it called "vishmagani".Whenever we eat food the food is not necessarily digested completely. Sometimes the food is digested or sometimes it not ok, sometimes you are hungry, sometimes you are not hungry, it's like irregular digestion.This type of digestive problem is caused by excessive of Vata or too much air in the body. It is also the tendency of that person having Vata constitution. So people suffering from this type of digestive disorder can have constipation, wind formation, and other digestive problems.
According to Ayurveda, there is a simple tip that can useful to flame your digestive power. Eat a piece of fresh ginger before five minutes of taking your meal. so that will stimulate your digestive power. Also, one shouldn't drink water when we start eating.Never drink water before eating. or after the meals. Because if you drink water before the meals it will put down the digestive fire. If you drink water after the meal it will dilute the digestive enzymes. Why we are talking about the importance of digestion. Because in Ayurveda if the food is not digested properly. It will lead to two different things. One it will not nourish the tissues in the body second the undigested food in the body will create a toxic material "ama". It's a mucous type of material It's formed in the stomach from the undigested food. When it goes to the lungs it causes asthma. When it mixes up with blood is called cholesterol, and the same ama goes into the small channels and blocks the channel and it forms fibroid or assist to a tumor. So it is very very important that we should not let this ama form in our stomach.
How can we do that? Very simple we have to just make sure that whatever we eat is completely digested.There are a lot of common problems we see in this modern age.A lot of food allergies have been seen when I go to the western countries. I find a lot of people suffering from a siliceous disease that they cannot eat beet or barely or such grains.The people suffering from irritable bowel syndrome, polite, ulcerative colitis and so many other diseases.which are actually connected with this ama.
Ayurvedic treatment for acidity and indigestion
In Ayurveda, there is a very nice remedy for indigestion. You can keep this remedy with you. It is a nice combination of lemon juice, ginger, and cumin seeds. Take a bottle and fill it half with lemon juice add some fresh pieces of ginger add cumin seeds.Eat half teaspoon of it three or four times a day. It will help to enhance your digestive power. it is very important that you should avoid this ama. Otherwise, you may have many health problems.
Thye very common symptom that people complain when they come to me in my regular practice, they are not able to clear their bowel in the morning on time.Some people go two times, some go three times some go four or five times during the day.This is very very prominent of ama symptom and makes sure that you get rid of this thing otherwise, you can get colon cancer. Ama can just deposit in your colon block the absorption of the food and slowly inflame the internal membrane and which can actually further go into a cancerous growth.
home remedies for acidity
Proper eating habits play an important role in your digestion. Always eat at proper intervals do not eat after every hour.There should be at least four hours of difference between two meals. Try to fast at least one day in a week and this will enhance your digestion power also if possible after three-month you must do a proper cleaning of the body in "Ayurveda we have panchakarma system to clean.If not after three months at least once in a year.It's very important like we take our car to the garage for washing and cleaning.Similarly, this is also a mechanical system over a period of time.Even if we are following all the rules and regulation.There are still some toxins formed in the body and they must be cleared out of the system.
Some Natural Foods that help in curing Acidity.Grapefruit
In spite of its often sharp, sub-acid taste, the fresh grapefruit has an alkaline reaction after digestion. The citric acid of the fruit is oxidized in the human system and hence the effect is to increase the alkalinity of the fluids of the body. Its juice is beneficial in the prevention and treatment of acidity and many diseases caused by too much acid in the system.
Lemon
The citric acid in limes has an alkaline reaction in the system. This acid together with the mineral salts present in the juice helps the digestion by assisting in the absorption of fats and alcohol and by neutralizing excessive bile produced by the liver. The juice counteracts the effects of greasy food and reduces gastric acidity. It is, therefore, especially valuable in the treatment of peptic ulcers.
Coconut
The mature dried coconut is valuable in the treatment of acidity. Its oil reduces the acid secretion of the stomach and gives much relief to the patient.
Honey
Honey is useful in maintaining the health of the stomach. It tones up the stomach diseases. It also decreases the overproduction of hydrochloric acid thereby preventing symptoms like nausea, vomiting and heartburn. When purified fecal matter and undigested foods are present in the alimentary canal, honey acts as a laxative and emetic and clears the digestive canal of waste matter.SugarcaneSugar cane is valuable in burning micturition due to high acidity, gonorrhea, enlarged prostate, cystitis, and nephritis. For better results, it should be mixed with lime juice, ginger juice, and coconut water.
Stomach or gastric ulcer & intestinal or duodenal ulcer are termed as peptic ulcer. Gastric ulcer pain occurs an hour after a meal. Duodenal ulcer pain between meals on an empty stomach & relieved by food especially milk.Milk & Bananas Diet: Take one glass milk & mash two ripe bananas and take if every half an hour to an hour at least for a week.
Avoid: eatingFried, fatty, spicy & salty foods, tea, coffee, soft drinks, alcohol, tobacco, smoking, raw fruits and raw vegetables, very hot & cold foods, all sour fruits, nuts & dried fruits.
Some do & don’t:
- Eat slowly & chew properly.
- Eat only when you feel hungry.
- Eat while reading or watching TV.
- Never eat when you feel tired or emotionally upset.
- One should not drink water during meals.
- Drink 8 to 10 glasses of water daily.
- Avoid stress & anxiety & learn to lead a relaxed life.
- Cultivate regularity in his/her habit. Do exercise and rest.
Highly Beneficial Foods almond milk, goat’s milk, banana, mangoes muskmelon & dates.
Selective Home Remedies
Ginger: To get rid of stomach ulcer, chew a piece of ginger after every meal.
Apple: To get permanent relief from
Ginger: To get rid of stomach ulcer, chew a piece of ginger after every meal.
Lime: Lime juice reduces gastric acidity.
Banana: Take a fleshy portion of native (NENDRAM) banana.
Boil it add powder of ginger & cumin seed powder & jaggery, consume daily.
Cabbage: Drink cabbage juice 3 times a day, found effective in duodenal ulcer.
A Few Words about Antacids: Antacids drugs do more harm than good, having two commonest side effects are diarrhea and constipation. The allopathic drugs prescribed for ulcer cannot cure the root cause of the problem and create many deadly side effects. The ulcer can be best treated by natural methods.
TREATMENT CHART & PREVENTION PLAN
FOR PEPTIC ULCER/HYPER ACIDITY
Stomach or gastric ulcer & intestinal or duodenal ulcer are term as peptic ulcer. Gastric ulcer pain occur an hour after meal. Duodenal ulcer pain between meals on empty stomach & relieved by food especially milk.
Milk & Bananas Diet:
Take one glass milk & smash 2 ripe bananas and take if every half an hour to an hour at least for a week.
Avoid:
Fried, fatty, spicy & salty foods, tea, coffee, soft drinks, alcohol, tobacco, smoking, raw fruits and raw vegetables, very hot & cold foods, all sour fruits, nuts & dried fruits.
Some do & don’t:
- 1) Eat slowly & chew properly.
- 2) Eat only when you feel hungry.
- 3) Don’t eating while reading or watching TV.
- 4) Never eat when you feel tried or emotionally upset.
- 5) One should not drink water during meals.
- 6) Drink 8 to 10 glasses of water daily.
- 7) Avoid stress & anxiety & learn to lead a relaxed life.
- 8) Cultivate regularity in his/her habit. Do exercise and rest.
Highly Beneficial Foods:
Almond milk, goat’s milk, banana, mangoes muskmelon & dates.
Selective Home Remedies:
- 1) Ginger: To get rid of stomach ulcer, chew a piece of ginger after every meal.
- 2) Apple: To get permanent relief from ulcer, drink apple juice regularly for a long period.
- 3) Lime: Limejuice reduces gastric acidity.
- 4) Banana: Take fleshy portion of native (NENDRAM) banana. Boil it add powder of ginger & cumin seed powder & jaggery, consume daily.
- 5) Cabbage: Drink cabbage juice for 3 times a day, found effective in duodenal ulcer.
A Few Words about Antacids:
Antacids drugs do more harm than good, having two commonest side effects are diarrhoea and constipation. The allopathic drugs prescribed for ulcer cannot cure the root cause of the problem and create many deadly side effects. Ulcer can be best treated by natural methods.
