Indigestion with acidity — heaviness, burn and sour belches together.
Also known as: chronic indigestion · पुरानी बदहजमी · अपच
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Ginger-lemon water before meals — grate fresh ginger, mix with lemon juice and a pinch of rock salt in warm water. Cumin-coriander-fennel tea aids digestion. Fennel seeds chewed after meals promote digestion and relieve gas.
A thin slice of fresh adrak chewed before meals, or ½ tsp dried sonth in warm water twice a day.
Traditional
CautionNot in large amounts alongside blood-thinning medicine. Stop before surgery.
जीरा · Cumin
1 tsp jeera dry-roasted and taken with warm water after meals, or boiled in water and sipped through the day.
Traditional
सौंफ · Fennel
1 tsp saunf chewed after every meal, or steeped in a cup of hot water and sipped once it cools.
Traditional
धनिया · Coriander
1 tsp dhania seeds soaked overnight; drink the strained water in the morning, or chew the fresh leaves.
Traditional
नींबू · Lemon
Juice of half a nimbu in a glass of warm water, first thing in the morning, with or without a little honey.
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
Eat only when hungry; chew thirty times. Cold abdominal pack before the evening meal.
Vajrasana five minutes after eating.
Classical Formulations
शंख वटी · Shankh Vati
Dose: 1–2 tablets (250 mg) · Warm water
Sharp abdominal pain, colic, gas that will not move, hyperacidity with pain.
Bhojanveda
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