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Colitis / IBS

Colitis / IBS — cramping, alternating stools, mucus.

Also known as: ulcerative colitis · आँतों की सूजन · संग्रहणी · grahani · बड़ी आँत की सूजन

Food Remedies

Main remedy
Pomegranate juice 50 ml twice daily; buttermilk with roasted cumin and rock salt after meals (anupana) settles the colon. Avoid fried and stale food.
अनारकेलादहीजीराबेल
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अनार · Pomegranate
One anaar daily, eaten fresh, or half a cup of its juice taken in the morning.
Traditional
केला · Banana
One ripe banana, well chewed, with a pinch of cardamom — eaten between meals, not on top of a full stomach.
Traditional
दही · Yogurt
Half a cup of fresh curd with the midday meal only — never at night, never sour or old.
Traditional
जीरा · Cumin
1 tsp jeera dry-roasted and taken with warm water after meals, or boiled in water and sipped through the day.
Traditional
बेल · Bengal Quince
Unripe bael powder with buttermilk daily — it binds and settles the bowel lining.
Traditional
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Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.

Naturopathy

Warm abdominal pack at night; fixed meal times. Yoga Nidra daily.
Avoid cold drinks entirely; chew thoroughly.

Classical Formulations

हिंग्वष्टक चूर्ण · Hingvashtak Churna
Dose: 2–3 g · With first bite of food, or warm water
Gas, bloating, weak digestion, colic.
लवण भास्कर चूर्ण · Lavan Bhaskar Churna
Dose: 2–5 g · Warm water or buttermilk
Gas, bloating, indigestion, piles, poor appetite.
बिल्वादि चूर्ण · Bilwadi Churna
Dose: 3–6 g · Buttermilk or warm water
Chronic diarrhoea, grahani (IBS), mucus in stool.
कुटजारिष्ट · Kutajarishta
Dose: 15–30 ml · Equal warm water twice daily
Chronic diarrhoea, dysentery with mucus or blood, grahani, irritable bowel with loose stool.

Foods that help

अनार · Pomegranateकेला · Bananaदही · Yogurtजीरा · Cuminबेल · Bengal Quince

Limit these

तला-भुना · Fried foodsप्रोसेस्ड मीट · Processed meatsफलियाँ · Beans

Pick what's in your kitchen and see which remedy fits you best.

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