As many as 60 to 70 per cent of people experience bloating and gas, which they attribute to gastric trouble. Most of the patients even refrain complaining about flatulence, excessive belching, increased intestinal gas and bloating to the physician, as they are embarrassed. Many a time, intestinal gas is a cause for humour. But for the person who experiences gas in a public place, it is no longer a laughing matter.
In ayurveda, Gas/flatulence/belching is called as Vaat/Udar Aadhmaana/Aanah. When food sits in the stomach for too long, it begins to break down but does not necessarily move through the digestion tract quickly enough. That creates gas in the stomach and can put undo pressure on the muscle of your stomach. When opened, or even pushed open repeatedly by excess gas, you run the risk of having acid splash up into your esophagus. Gas might be making your esophageal reflux worse, or might even be the cause of it.
The body does not digest and absorb some carbohydrates, starches, and fiber found in many foods in the small intestine because of a shortage or absence of certain enzymes that aid digestion.This undigested food then passes from the small intestine into the large intestine, where normal bacteria break down the food, producing hydrogen, carbon dioxide and methane. Eventually these gases exit through the rectum.
The most common symptoms of gas are
- flatulence,
- abdominal bloating,
- abdominal pain,
- and belching.
The type and degree of symptoms probably depends on how much gas the body produces, how many fatty acids the body absorbs, and a person’s sensitivity to gas in the large intestine.
Avoid Foods
Groundnuts, cashew-nuts, blackgram and bengal-gram, Root vegetables such as potato, cabbage, Apples, bananas, Bran , whole grains, Dairy & Bakery products, Eggs, Fried foods, Fermented foods such as dosa, Fatty meats, gravies etc.fridge water, Cold food, oil fry, new rice should be avoided,
Avoid sleeping immediately after dinner
Chew food 32 times
Avoid watching TV, talking while eating.
Ayurved Treatments
- Panchkarma – Basti , Sasneha Laghuvirechan etc ( As per Amruta Ayurved’s Doctors advice)
- Ayurved Medicines
- Apunarudbhav Treatment
- Pathyapathya is Important
Yogasanas:
- Vajrasanam for 10 min after meals
- Uttaana padaasanam
- Pavana muktasanam
- Bhujangasanam
All Type of Ayurveda treatments for Gas, flatulence, belching are available at Amruta Ayurved Panchkarma Center, Thane, Mumbai, India. Mob – 9869105594
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