Indigestion

Ayurvedic Home Remedies for digestive disorders

There are numerous simple recipes illustrated in Ayurveda to correct many disorders. Here are few gruel recipes which are strongly recommended in digestive disorders. These are simple and effective remedies which can be prepared easily at home to correct the digestive disorder and also to replenish the lost nutrients.

Gruel recipes

1. In Indigestion Ingredients: Rice-1/2 cup Water -4 cups Long pepper- 2or 3 Ginger -1'' Method of preparation: Cook rice with recommended quantity of water with crushed ginger and salt. Powder long pepper and fry it in a spoon of cow's ghee and add it to gruel. Consume this when it hot. This is very light to digest and relieves colic pain. 2. In Diarrhea Ingredients: Rice -1/2 cup Water - 4 cups Ginger paste - 1/2 spoon Salt to taste Pomegranate juice: ½ cup Method of preparation 1. Cook rice with recommended quantity of water with ginger paste and salt 2. Add pomegranate juice when the gruel is warm. This gruel rehydrates body and supply energy . This soothes inflamed walls of intestine and controls bowel movements.

3. In flatulence Ingredients: ½ cup of rice 4 cups of water Haritaki (Terminalia chebula) - powder-1/2 spoon Roots of pippali or long pepper Ginger paste -1/2 spoon salt to taste Method of preparation Cook Rice, haritaki powder , roots of pippali and water together. Add salt to it.Consume this when it is warm. This relieves flatulence and regularizes the bowel movement

4. In indigestion due to over consumption of oily food Ingredients: ½ cup rice 4 cups of water Butter milk - 1 cup Salt to taste Method of preparation Cook rice water and salt together. Add a cup of butter milk when it is little warm and consume it . This relieves indigestion, nausea and corrects digestion.

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About the author: Dr.SavithaSuri has been an Ayurvedic Practitioner since 1989. After getting a graduation degree in ayurveda (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) in 1988 from University of Mysore, India, she started practising ayurveda . Her articles about ayurveda have been published in news papers and websites. She is a regular health columnist to a regional news paper.