Amlapitta
Amlapitta
When we eat food, it goes down through the food pipe and is stored in a bag called stomach for about 1.5 – 2 hours. Here, the food undergoes disintegration into very small particles. Hydrochloric acid kills many of the micro organisms that we might ingest in food and a small portion of the food is absorbed. After 1.5 hours, the food is pushed down to the intestine for further digestion.
If the inner lining of stomach is damaged or irritated or inflamed due to causes like heavy alcohol consumption etc. the condition is called gastritis. (Gastrum = stomach, itis = inflammation).
‘Hurry’, ‘Worry’, and ‘Curry’ are the three main reasons for the disease.
Deit (ahara)
- Virudhahara(incampatible food ) eg.milkshake, honey lukewarm water with lemon
- Rotten , stale food , fermented food like idli , dosa , dokhla , meduwada
- Heaving excessive spicy food like samosa , pizza , burger chinese bhel etc excessive use of spices in food
- Eating dry food such has bakery product ,eating less vegetables
- Sour fruit , sour things
- Having coffee and tea in excess
- Having excessive salty things like fast food , snacks ,pickle , papad
- Irregular meal times
- Repeated food intake (before the digestion of the previously taken food)
- Skipping meals
- Eating to late at night
- Sleeping at day time cause mandagni means food in not digested properly and hence lead to indigestion and amlapitta
- Lack of rest, fast-moving lifestyle.
Insufficient sleep at night.
Excessive exposure to sun and fire
Suppression of natural urges.
Sleeping immediately after meals.
- Stressful lifestyle
- Excessive anxiety, worry, jealousy, anger, fear
- Job dissatisfaction,
Living in anoopadesha i.e Assam, Bengal and coastal region.
Sharadritu (Autumn season)
All the above factors result in excessive increase of ‘Pitta dosha’ in body and exhibits symptoms of amlapitta.
Helicobacter pylori infection
Prolonged intake of NSAIDS (pain killers)
Addiction of alcohol, smoking, tobacco chewing.
Heart & chest burn (retrosternal burning),
Sour or bitter belching.
Nausea,
Throat burn.
Regurgitation of food or sour substance
Vomiting
Gaseous distention of abdomen
Heaviness in abdomen
Indigestion.
Aversion towards food.
Pain in the abdomen.
Chest pain.
Headache.
Bad breath.
Foul-smelling loose motions.
Severe burning sensation over feet, hands
Thirst,
Mouth ulcer,
Fatigue (especially in legs)
Tiredness
Fainting.
Giddiness.
Itching all over the body
Prevention .
- Having meals at regular time like start with one fruit in breakfast give a time to digest that and then have lunch at 12- 1 pm with sabji roti and and then have a dinner till 7:00 clock in evening
- There should be a gap between dinner and sleeping time one should sleep 3hrs after food because food will come upward in mouth
- One should eat curd in night and if not suits your body then one should not eat it
- Avoid spicy food, salty food , sour food
- Avoid going out in sun for long time
- Avoid taking bath with excess hot water for long time
- Dont drink more water in between the meals
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