Also known as: pechish · पेचिश · आँव · रक्तातिसार · pravahika · प्रवाहिका · blood in stool
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Jamun: grind 10g jamun seed in water, dissolve in half a cup water and give morning and evening to stop bloody stools; or grind 10 tender jamun leaves in half a cup water, strain and drink twice daily and eat khichdi.
grind 10g jamun seed in water, dissolve in half a cup water and give morning and evening to stop bloody stools; or grind 10 tender jamun leaves in half a cup water, strain and drink twice daily and eat khichdi.
Traditional
बेल · Bengal Quince
Unripe bael pulp with jaggery twice daily — the finest remedy for dysentery.
Traditional
On this page 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
Rest the gut completely — rice gruel and warm water only. Cold abdominal pack.
Sip constantly; nothing solid till the stool firms.
Classical Formulations
दाडिमाष्टक चूर्ण · Dadimashtaka Churna
Dose: 2–4 g · Warm water or buttermilk
Diarrhoea, dysentery, weak digestion after illness, colic.
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
जामुन · Jamunबेल · Bengal Quince
Pick what's in your kitchen and see which remedy fits you best.
Bhojanveda
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