How to Overcome Gastric Reflux Related Sickness Using Natural Herbs

Everyone like well-prepared tasty items for their meals. Once along with a good company of family and friends, the consumption of tasty food crosses limits. Sumptuous food intake for meals and fluid and solid foods combination gives you an indication in the form of belching.

It is a good sign that enough eating releases air in the form of burp indicates normal condition, if burps are limited to one or two. Consuming some amount of air along with the food causes burping or belching to release the air out from the oesophagus. Once you release that air, it becomes comfortable. Within two to three hours the eating tiredness also will vanish and you will be back in action after sumptuous consumption of food.

Belching once or twice after meals are just fine. Drinking carbonated drinks also may cause three to four belches. But what about much more burping, now and then?

Recently this is becoming a more common disorder. People use to burp uncontrolled. If the air is relieved, it’s fine, otherwise, it starts giving burning sensation and tightness in the chest. Persons affected by this disorder totally feel discomfort. They feel unable to release the gas, but keep on trying to burp. Occasionally, they burp, but unable to release the air. It makes it difficult to sit, stand or lie-down.

Recently, many of the people are suffering from gastric problems. It is very difficult to understand whether it is due to improper food habit or due to ill health.

Junk foods and various chemical ingredients react with body fluids. Spicy food items even otherwise cause oesophageal disturbances. Sometimes these along with some baking chemicals such as sodium bicarbonates and preservatives such as sodium benzoate cause damage to the mucus membrane of the digestive system. These reactions cause the production of reflux secretions and this result in gastric disorders. Initially, these induce belching and later vomiting etc.

People affected by this mostly feel congestion in chest, mild pain and sometimes intestinal cramp-like pains.

Change from traditional food to junk food habits, change of frying oil type, change of cuisine, novel recipes also might cause such issues. In some of the mild cases, drinking plenty of water relieves from temporary disorder. In long term troubling cases, medical interventions or natural remedies are essential.

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disorders

Those who suffer from these symptoms are said to be suffering from gastro-oesophageal reflux disorders (GORD) or gastroesophageal reflux disorders (GERD). These symptoms are in simpler terms also known as acid refluxes. Common men in India tell as gastric or even “gas”. GORD or GERD is the short form of this disorder.

Erratic food habits cause such belches most of the times, while some other physiological disorders such as mild heart disease, cancer or hernia also may cause such disorders. Therefore, every chest congestion may not be because of gastric acid refluxes. So wise action would be to meet a physician handling such issues.

Even the medical practitioner has difficulty to understand the actual reason behind such disorders. It may be due to erratic food habit. It may also be due to adulterated food. It may also be due to the drinking of insufficient water.

Whatever may be the reason those who are suffering from the disorder are feeling helpless sometimes. Extreme chest congestion makes it unable to sit, stand or lie-down.

Extreme discomfort and inability to do the routine activities when it gets triggered.

Imbalance in the oesophageal and intestinal lining causes acidity. The biochemical reactions are regulated physiologically to some extent and also influenced by mental worries.

A concoction of Adathoda vasica plant, Azadirachta indica bark, Eclipta alba plant, Glycirizha glabra stem, Emblica officinalis, Terminalia chebula and Terminalia bellerica fruits, Trichosathes dioica and Tinospora cordifolia plant and Swertia chirayita plant, in water, helps to overcome acidic reflux.

Onion, garlic, mint, ginger, etc are also helpful in mild cases.

Once you have recovered from the severe disorder, having tender coconut water once in a while, lemon juice in water some other times, occasionally drinking ginger tea, mixing a pinch of turmeric in hot cows milk, all can help to stay away from GORD.

Cuminum cyminum (cumin seed), Ferula asafetida (asafetida powder) and Trachyspermum ammi (carom seed) powdered ingredient mix helps to overcome gastric problems. A pinch of this mixture relieves from gastritis within a few minutes. This will be strong and hot, so just a pinch will be sufficient for relief.

Do not drink water alone, more than two-litre per day with the aim to relieve from symptoms of acidity, unless you are advised by a doctor to drink more of it. Drinking too much water at a stretch may dilute potassium and cause potassium deficiency symptoms. Treating acidity with mild acid lemon juice mixed with eight-times water is an intestinal acidity regulation formula and also a source of vitamin C to the body.

This is where traditional medicinal kitchen garden and seasonal use of medicinal herbs and locally available fruits and vegetables play a major role. Homemade dishes and locally available materials remain much more harmless than the processed junk foods and bakery products which will, later on, make the life miserable.

Even if it requires some hardship, sourcing out naturally grown products will save health. Some of the leafy vegetables can be grown in pots and gardening bags. Doing some leafy vegetable gardening keeps you busy and happy. Keeping punctuality of time for taking food and controlling diet will help to stay well. Meditation and exercise will help in remaining calm and avoiding tension related sicknesses.

Gastroesophageal reflux disorders cause considerable anxiety and social distancing habits. Instead of suffering from a lot of pain, it is always good to consult a physician and get curing medicines. Among the various medicines masking the effects, use of natural medicines and getting enzyme repressor action for relief is the better option to overcome the gastroesophageal reflux disorder.