Also known as: stomach inflammation · आमाशय शोथ · पेट की जलन · urdhvag amlapitta
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Half a teaspoon of mulethi powder with warm water twice daily coats the stomach. Two tablespoons of aloe vera juice on an empty stomach. Tender coconut water twice daily calms burning. Cool milk sipped slowly relieves acute burning.
Mishri in cool water sipped slowly when the burning starts.
Traditional
मुलेठी · Licorice
Half a teaspoon of mulethi powder with warm water twice daily coats the stomach.
Traditional
CautionIt raises blood pressure and lowers the body's potassium. Not if you have blood-pressure, heart or kidney disease. Not continuously for more than a few weeks.
एलोवेरा · Aloe vera
Two tablespoons of aloe vera juice on an empty stomach.
Traditional
CautionNot taken internally in pregnancy — it is a strong laxative and stimulates the uterus. Applying it to the skin is a different matter.
नारियल · Coconut
Tender coconut water twice daily calms burning.
Traditional
दूध · Milk
Cool milk sipped slowly relieves acute burning.
Traditional
आलू · Potatoes
Half a cup of raw potato juice each morning on an empty stomach for two weeks. It soothes the stomach lining.
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
Cold abdominal pack twenty minutes before meals; small frequent meals.
Bhojanveda
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