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Health Remedies - Maldigestion (Indigestion) |
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Maldigestion or indigestion just means that food is poorly digested. It is a vague feeling of abdominal discomfort - possibly including belching, a feeling of fullness, bloating, and nausea. Indigestion is a condition that is frequently caused by eating too fast, especially by eating high-fat foods quickly. It occurs due to excessive acid accumulation in the stomach. It may be triggered by excessive use of coffee, alcohol, tobacco, spicy foods, due to milk intolerance, gastritis, pancreatitis, duodenal and stomach ulcers, and certain medications. Indigestion can be avoided to an extent, by identifying and avoiding foods that disagree with them, by not eating too quickly and by avoiding stress where possible. Since indigestion can be a sign of a more serious problem, it is advisable to seek medical treatment if it lasts for more than two weeks or if it is accompanied by severe pain or other symptoms. |
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herbs |
Agastache rugosa |
To improve the appetite and strengthen the digestive system, relieve symptoms such as abdominal bloating, indigestion, nausea and vomiting (leaves and stem); chest congestion, diarrhoea and headaches, in the treatment of angina pains (leaves); for cancer (plant). |
Anemone acutiloba |
In the treatment of fevers, liver ailments and poor digestion (leaves); bleeding from the lungs, coughs, cancer, childbirth, diphtheria, enterosis, enuresis, fracture, hernia, incontinence, leukorrhea, ophthalmia. |
Backhousia citriodora |
Effective against common cold, influenza, bronchitis, chest congestion, indigestion and herpes simplex infections (essential oil); made as a tea for coughs, colds and other respiratory ailments, sinus and stress (plant) |
Codonopsis pilosula |
In the treatment of low energy, poor appetite and digestion, anaemia, shallow breathing and debility after illness (root, whole plant); acts mainly on the spleen, lungs and stomach, raising secretion of body fluids and controls blood sugar levels, and stimulating the immune system. |
Crateva religiosa |
Used to promote digestion, to relieve headache, stomachache, and dysentery and also applied externally for earache (leaves); to empty the bowels (liquid from the bark). |
Cyperus esculentus |
Promote urine production and menstruation (plant); in the treatment of flatulence, indigestion, colic, diarrhoea, dysentery, debility and excessive thirst (tubers) |
Dioscorea batatas |
Stimulates the stomach and spleen and has a tonic effect on the lungs and kidneys (plant); in the treatment of tiredness, weight loss, poor appetite, poor digestion, chronic diarrhoea, asthma, dry coughs, frequent or uncontrollable urination, diabetes, emotional instability, to ulcers, boils and abscesses (tuber); to treat snakebites and scorpion stings (leaf juice) |
Polygala amara |
To treat stomach upsets, bladder and kidney disorders, bronchosis, cough, fever, gastrosis, respirosis, tuberculosis. |
Polygonatum biflorum |
For all types of sores and skin injuries, to treat excessive menstruation, lung problems and digestive upsets (root); for piles, rheumatism and skin irritation. |
Sandoricum koetjape |
Used to treat intestinal disorders, colic, dysentery and leukorrhea and to promote digestion (roots); used externally to promote sweating and as a bath to reduce fever(leaves); applied externally to ringworms (paste of the bark); used as a drink to reduce fever and as a poultice to itching (leaves); to stop diarrhea (decoction of the leaves). |
Toona sinensis |
Used to treat red spots on skin and as a remedy for gynecological troubles, including irregular menses (bark); to treat diarrhoea, chronic dysentery, flatulence, bloody stools, seminal emissions, leucorrhoea, metrorrhagia and gonorrhoea (decoction of bark); used to cool and to promote urination (powdered roots); chewed to stimulate digestion (young leaves). |
Vaccinium myrtillus |
For indigestion, dysentery and diarrhea (especially for juveniles) (fruit); in infections of the urinary tract, to treat gastrointestinal ailments (leaf); in periodontal disease (leaf and fruit); to improve night vision; in the treatment of ulcers and in ulceration of the mouth and throat (decoction of leaves and bark) |
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