Natural Remedies For Acidity

Hyper acidity is now-a-days becoming a very common issue. Usually it happen more to the elderly population. When the disease is in the starting stages, anti acid medicine are very effective, but as the time goes on, the effectiveness of these drugs reduce. Natural therapies can play important role in dealing with problems of acidity.

Symptoms of Hyper acidity
Heaviness in the stomach region, heart burn, pain in the chest region, vomiting sensation and headaches are common symptoms of hyper acidity. Many persons who suffer from migraine pain, they might notice that the trigger could be hyper-acidity.

Natural Remedy and Treatment for Hyper acidity

If you suffer from hyper acidity then one of the first things to do is to reduce greasy food with immediate effect. If you have fried food from the market it is highly likely to cause acidity. Remember most of the diseases are caused by our inability to control our tongue. Chilly and pepper also cause the stomach to secrete more acid. Hence it is advisable to reduce spicy food from your plate.

Include more natural food like fresh fruits and boiled vegetables or salad in your diet.
Other reasons for acidity include alcohol, tea and coffee. If you like tea too much then you should not add milk and add few drops of lemon juice. Tea added with milk causes lot of acidity, but if we remove milk and replace with lemon juice then it has good effect on the health.

Come foods are good for acidity problem as they have natural ability to deal with acidity problem. You should include the following as part of diet for acidity problems.
• Carrot Juice
• Cucumber Juice
• Coconut water
• Cabbage juice mixed with Water
• Amla Aloe Vera Juice is Good for Acidity Problems

Other Natural Cures for Acidity

1. Kunjal Kriya - Stomach washing is one of the most beneficial treatments for this condition. This is one of the techniques used in yoga to clear the stomach and throw out excess acid from the stomach. This is called Kunjal Kriya or Vaman Dhouti. This should be done for around 2 weeks. This will reduce the acidity problem amazingly.

Once you have practiced kunjal kriya for two weeks, after that you can do this once a week in the morning.

2. Mud Pack - Another effective treatment is applying mud pack on the stomach early morning and in the evening. This should be done in empty stomach. Take mud and ask someone to apply it all over the abdomen region and stay for 1 hour. This will reduce the heat in the stomach region and reduce the acidity problem.
3. Kapalbhati Pranayama - Regular practice of Kapalbhati pranayama is very helpful in treating hypera cidity problems and you can practice around 15 minutes every day.

4. Harde (Terminalia Chebula) - This is a herb and you can use the capsules which can be taken after taking the food. This will treat acidity and also help in constipation problems and aid digestion.
General Tips for Controlling Acidity Cure
Persons suffering from acidity should have food in timely manner and try to lead a stress free life. Stress also causes acidity in the stomach and can give rise to ulcers and many other problems.
Once the acidity comes under control using the above techniques, include other natural food like yogurt, dry fruits and fresh juicy vegetable and fruits.
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The Greedy Person’s Way to Get Rid of Acidity Quickly

Here is a small story in which I am the greedy person and how I got relief from Acidity :)

Last week I was alone in the house as my family was in my home town and I was going to board the train at night to reach my home town. I returned from office at around 8 pm feeling quite uneasy and unwell. I had been not feeling that well since around 7pm. I was having headache and dizziness and also pain in the eyes. While driving home the uneasiness increased and I could feel the condition worsening. This all started with me eating a Samosa (Indian snacks made with flour and potato filling) while having tea at around 6 pm in the evening. Usually these are not good and the oil used for cooking are usually cheap quality and sometimes unhealthy but I was hungry and stomach won over my mind.

After I returned from office I decided to lie down for some time. I lied down for 15 – 20 minutes but it did not ease the condition. I had throbbing headache on the left side of the head near the region of left eye. Although I was suffering I was not able to ascertain fully reason for the uneasiness. Then I also noticed that there was some burning sensation in the stomach. I realized that I was suffering from acidity.

I did not have any read medicine and did not have much time to go to doctor as I had a train to catch after 1 hour. I figured out that quickest way to get relief was to expel the toxin. For that I thought of Vaman Dhouti which I have written about earlier. I took around 1.5 liters of water and heated it to lukewarm temperature. Then I drank the water and threw out the water and all the acid which was accumulated along with the remains of Samosa came out. The process took around 10 minutes. After that I lied down for around 20 minutes. It was time to go to station after that. I did not take any dinner that night and after 1 hour I was really feeling nice and after around 2 hours the headache was gone.

For acidity caused by greasy food Vaman dhouti is very good technique to expel toxins from the body. I would like to caution that people who suffer from heart problems should be careful with this technique as there is pressure on the heart and lungs during expulsion of stomach material and should consult proper guide before taking this path for cure.

Moral of the story is Do Not Be Greedy. Control Your Tongue. Often to satisfy the tongue we put the body through lot of pain.

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Amla -Aloe Vera juice for Eczema and Stomach Problems

Sometime back I had written an article on treating eczema through various techniques including yoga and ayurveda. Here is another potent combination which is extremely effective for treating skin diseases including eczema. Here is what you need to do.

Buy Amla and Aloe Vera juices from some reputed ayurvedic brand. Mix then in equal portion about 15 ml each. Mix this in a glass and fill rest of the glass with water. Just drink it. Make sure that you shake the Aloe Vera mixture before pouring it. If you drink it with empty stomach it will provide better results. Take it twice a day to be more effective. Within around 2 week you will see the difference and regularly consuming it for 2 month will cure various skin diseases.

Other Variations with Amla and Aloe VeraIn case you practice water therapy you can also mix it in the water which you consume. Water therapy is practice first thing in the morning and is an excellent cleansing mechanism, and adding these two juices will enhance the benefits of water therapy.

Another variation you can try is to add one or two tea spoons of triphala powder in the glass along with Amla and Aloe Vera. Pour water and keep it for 10 to 30 minutes and then consume this mixture. Triphala is another powerful ayurvedic tonic which balances the Doshas and cleanses the body.

Benefits of Amla - Aloe Vera Juice

1. It cleanses the body and flushes out the toxins and therefore good for skin diseases.


2. Amla is full of Vitamin C which is good for skin.


3. It improves digestion process


4. Problems of stomach like acidity and heartburn etc are solved. I know people who have been taking treatment for acidity for years but did not get the desired benefits. As soon as they started consuming Amla Aloe Vera juice they started getting immediate relief.


5. It is good for skin and hair problems.


6. Aloe Vera has properties which stops the spread of cancer cells. It is good for general health and can be used as general tonic.


7. Amla is also good for eyes and adding Triphala also makes it excellent for eye problems.

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