Gastritis is an inflammation of the stomach that causes pain and may be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and occasionally diarrhea.
Causes of gastritis:
1.- Eating junk food.
2.- Excessive consumption of acidic foods.
3.- Drink plenty of fluids with meals.
4.- Eating a lot of spicy, acidic or greasy food such as onions, peppers or garlic.
5. Drinking and smoking.
6. Irritability, stress, and emotional imbalance.
The remedies suggested by Indian Traditional Medicine (Ayurveda) to treat this symptom are complementary to your medication:
- Generally avoid fried foods, refined oils, red meat, coffee, cinnamon, chili, black pepper, mustard and other spices and alcohol.
- Avoid acidic, spicy and hot foods.
- Take two teaspoons of aloe vera, preferably vegetable gel, on an empty stomach.
- Striped raw apples are great for the digestive tract, and cooked with a little honey and lemon zest, they’re soothing to an upset stomach in addition to being delicious.
- Papaya is also a highly recommended healing food, as it can relieve most stomach and intestinal problems.
- For stomach inflammation, drink 360ml of cucumber juice per day.
- To prevent indigestion, you can include cardamom, coriander, turmeric, or fennel in your cooking.
- Do not eat raw onions if you have ulcers, colitis, high blood pressure.
- To prevent bloating, you can sprinkle black pepper on your food.
- Avoid vinegar, salt, and acidic fruits.
Foods that must be preferred to fight against gastritis:
To treat an inflamed stomach, Paul Pitchford recommends eating soup, cooked oatmeal, rice, honey-banana water, avocado, tofu, soy milk, goat’s milk yogurt, cucumbers, potatoes, lettuce, and liquid chlorophyll. It is recommended to eat more vegetables and fruits rich in β-carotene, vitamin C and fiber, such as carrots, pumpkins, eggplants, tomatoes, hearts of palm, asparagus, apples and peaches.
Sithali Pranayama
For this exercise, sit up straight in a chair and place your hands on your lap. Make your tongue into a taquito shape, or if you find it difficult, make your mouth into an “O” shape. Now inhale slowly through your mouth, pause for 3 seconds, and exhale slowly through your nose. Repeat 5 to 10 times and you will feel more calm.
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