Dyspepsia, also known as indigestion, refers to discomfort or pain that occurs in the upper abdomen, often after eating or drinking. It is not a disease but a symptom.
Dyspepsia is a common problem, affecting up to 30% of the population. Common symptoms include bloating, discomfort, feeling too full, nausea, and gas.
In most cases, it happens after eating or drinking. Lifestyle changes can often help.
Indigestion has many possible causes. Often, indigestion is related to lifestyle and may be triggered by food, drink or medication. Common causes of indigestion include:
• Fatty and greasy food
• Overeating or eating too quickly
• Too much caffeine, alcohol, chocolate or carbonated beverages
• Smoking
• Certain antibiotics, pain relievers and iron supplements
• Anxiety
Sometimes indigestion is caused by other digestive conditions, including:
• Inflammation of the stomach (gastritis)
• Celiac disease
• Gallstones
• Constipation
• Pancreas inflammation (pancreatitis)
• Stomach cancer
• Peptic ulcers
• Intestinal blockage
• Reduced blood flow in the intestine (intestinal ischemia)
People with indigestion may have one or more of the following symptoms:
• Early fullness during a meal. You haven't eaten much of your meal, but you already feel full and may not be able to finish eating.
• Uncomfortable fullness after a meal. Fullness lasts longer than it should.
• Discomfort in the upper abdomen. You feel a mild to severe pain in the area between the bottom of your breastbone and your navel.
• Burning in the upper abdomen. You feel some uncomfortable heat or burning sensation between the bottom of your breast-bone and your navel.
• Bloating in the upper abdomen. You feel an uncomfortable sensation of tightness due to a build-up of gas.
• Nausea. Vomiting Sensation
Less frequent symptoms include vomiting and belching.
Sometimes people with indigestion also experience heartburn, but heartburn and indigestion are two separate conditions. Heartburn is a pain or burning feeling in the center of your chest that may radiate into your neck or back during or after eating.
Although indigestion doesn't usually have serious complications, it can affect your quality of life by making you feel uncomfortable and causing you to eat less. You might miss work or school because of your symptoms. When indigestion is caused by an underlying condition, that condition can also have its own complications.
For mild and infrequent symptoms, lifestyle changes may help. These include:
• avoiding or limiting the intake of trigger foods, such as fried foods, chocolate, onion, and garlic
• drinking water instead of soda
• limiting the intake of caffeine and alcohol
• eating smaller meals more often
• eating slowly
• maintaining a moderate weight
• avoiding tight-fitting clothing
• waiting 3 hours or more before going to bed
• raising the head of the bed
• avoiding or quitting smoking, if a smoker
Your mind is the most powerful tool you have.
Every thought you get, causes changes throughout your body.
Neutral, calming or happy thoughts have the opposite effect.
It is always a set of emotions or an emotional state that manifests itself in the form of a disease.
The key emotions that generally co-exist so as to become the root cause of Indigestion / Dyspepsia are as follows.
The stomach reflects how well you are able to digest new ideas and experiences. As the primary organ in the digestive process, it reflects your initial emotional response to a new situation or idea. When you accept a new experience harmoniously, your stomach digests food with ease. When you feel fear, it is an unconscious rejection of life experiences so your stomach does not process food as well as it should.
At some level you feel that your needs cannot be met; There is disgust, feeling of deprivation and anger, disappointment, and constant worry. (the stomach meridian is paired with the spleen meridian which represents obsessive worry).
You are afraid of change. You need to let go of any preconceived ideas about what the future may hold and trust what your intuition is telling you.
You may find it challenging to accept and allow people into your life. You are overcompensating with strong boundaries.
You have a hard time connecting to your talents and passion, and at one point of time feel that you were never allowed to be better than others.
You may suffer from excess gastric acid due to emotional stress and tension in the stomach when you find yourself stuck up in the never ending cycle of emotional trauma.
Your life may be filled with toxic relationships but you still you are unable to get yourself rid of these.
You may seem to feel that no matter how hard to work, your efforts will be in vain. This is due to a lack of acknowledgement in the family as there may have always been more important issues to worry about.
Dominant figures may have projected their own need of power, control and manipulative agendas at you and you feel a great deal of anger, resentment, bitterness and explosive rage.
You may feel an intense need to push others away as your association with love and companionship has been negative.
Because of past traumatic and stressful experiences, you now have a fear of digesting your experiences in life.
Here are ways to master the mind/body connection to help cure Indigestion or Dyspepsia .
1. Relax. Relaxation is an active state of deep rest where the mind is quiet and the body is physiologically calm.
Meditation, guided visualization, body scanning and slow, diaphragmatic breathing are some of the many techniques that achieve relaxation.
2. Stop taking stress. Stress is heavily implicated in any disease. Review your life and see if you can avoid the causes of stress or change your response to them. Stop worrying about the past or future and live in the present. As that is all you can influence.
3. Express your emotions. Emotions are energy. Suppressing them takes physical effort that can cause pain.
Repressed emotions cause poor health. Suppressing emotion also keeps you stuck, unable to move past what you are avoiding. By contrast, writing in a journal or talking to someone about how you feel, and even just sitting quietly and "mindfully" to fully experience and acknowledge the feeling, all lead to feeling better both emotionally and physically.
4. Try to be cheerful. When you laugh your body produces endorphins, the body's natural healers.
5. Process your trauma. There could be a connection between earlier experiences of psychological trauma or chronic pain or illness of the past.
Our Talk therapy-Counselling sessions are based on guiding you, through finding and resolving the root cause. The main aim of our therapy is to make you realise and understand from the beginning that your identity is on the level and that your body and biological makeup is just a part of your physical life experience.
They not help you unlock and resolve emotional block, but are also extremely effective in relieving stress as they target and are based on the realm of the reality plane of life. Harnessing your brain to heal your emotions does transform your life!
TREATMENT OF INDIGESTION/ DYSPEPSIA BY NATURAL HOLISTIC APPROACHHomeopathy is one of the most popular holistic systems of medicine. The selection of remedy is based upon the theory of individualization and symptoms similarity by using holistic approach. This is the only way through which a state of complete health can be regained by removing all the sign and symptoms from which the patient is suffering. The aim of homeopathy is not only to treat the outward symptoms of the physical disease but to address its underlying cause and individual susceptibility.
As far as therapeutic medication is concerned, certain medicines are effective in the treatment of indigestion and dyspepsia in Homoeopathy that can be selected on the basis of cause, sensation, modalities of the complaints
These remedies are quite helpful in indigestion treatment.
Commonly Indicated remedies for indigestion are:
• Antimonium crudum:
• Arsenicum
• Bryonia
• Carbo vegetabilis:
• Chamomilla:
• Colocynthis
• Ignatia:
• Ipecac:
• Nux vomica
• Phosphorus:
• Pulsatilla
• Veratrum album:
***However it should be noted that all homoeopathic medicines (except few external applications) can be prescribed only with specific indications and hence should be taken under medical supervision or as directed by the doctor.
Only if the homoeopathic medicine is prescribed on the basis of symptom-similarity, it gives good results.
Self-prescription in Homoeopathy or any other system of medicine should be avoided.
Fibrous foods
• Fibrous foods make you feel full so you're less likely to overeat, which may contribute to heartburn. So, load up on healthy fiber from these foods:
1) Whole grains such as oatmeal, couscous and brown rice.
2) Root vegetables such as sweet potatoes, carrots and beets.
3) Green vegetables such as asparagus, broccoli and green beans.
Alkaline foods
• Foods fall somewhere along the pH scale (an indicator of acid levels). Those that have a low pH are acidic and more likely to cause reflux. Those with higher pH are alkaline and can help offset strong stomach acid. Alkaline foods include:
1) Bananas
2) Melons
3) Cauliflower
4) Fennel
5) Nuts
Watery foods:
• Eating foods that contain a lot of water can dilute and weaken stomach acid. Choose foods such as:
1) Celery
2) Cucumber
3) Lettuce
4) Watermelon
5) Broth-based soups
6) Herbal tea
Avoid:
• Foods that are high in fat, salt or spice such as:
1) Fried food
2) Fast food
3) Pizza
4) Potato chips and other processed snacks
5) Chili powder and pepper (white, black, cayenne)
6) Fatty meats such as bacon and sausage
7) Cheese
• Other foods that can cause the same problem include:
1) Tomato-based sauces
2) Citrus fruits
3) Chocolate
4) Peppermint
5) Carbonated beverages
• Moderation is key since many people may not be able to or want to completely eliminate these foods. But try to avoid eating these food items late in the evening closer to bedtime. It's also a good idea to eat small frequent meals instead of bigger, heavier meals and avoid late-night dinners and bedtime snacks."
Water:
• Hydration helps a lot in digestion!
• Water works with the acids of your stomach to break down the foods you eat. Also it travels throughout your system, softening your stool for easier bowel movements
• Water and other liquids help break down food so that your body can absorb the nutrients.
• Water also softens stool, which helps prevent constipation.
You can read about the miraculous healing properties of water our following links:
• The power of positive and structured drop of water
• Unique qualities of water ,its memory and emotions.
• Understanding the beautiful structure of water
• What we know of this drop of water
Practicing yoga for dyspepsia helps to maintain a balanced metabolism.
While performing certain yogic postures, blood flow to certain body parts is restricted.
At Nidhivan, we give customised yoga and exercise sessions as per the need and device a module along with the therapy
The vitamins that help to protect, heal and support the digestive system are:
B Vitamins- Digestive health depends on the stomach to function correctly, which in turn requires B vitamins. B vitamins protect the abdomen from distress and ensure the stomach and intestines work.
Iron - Iron supports the good bacteria in the gut
Vitamin C - Vitamin C's antioxidant properties aids digestion by helping the body absorb iron as well as promoting healthy gums and teeth. As well as taking supplements, you can find vitamin C easily in strawberries, citrus fruits, broccoli and peppers.
Selenium - Selenium enhances the gut's response to inflammation
Vitamin D - This important vitamin aids muscle, nerve and immune system function and helps the body absorb calcium.
Zinc- Zinc deficiency can reduce digestive enzyme production, which increases the likelihood of leaky gut.
Magnesium -A vital mineral for overall health, magnesium minimises inflammation in the gut.
Fennel Seeds - The potent antispasmodic properties of fennel seeds work wonders in treating indigestion and also in easing stomach cramps, nausea and bloating
Ginger - Ginger is an effective remedy for indigestion as it helps in lessening the excess stomach acid secretion
Pepper Mint Tea - an antispasmodic effect of peppermint assists to get relieved from gastrointestinal woes like nausea and indigestion.
Cinnamon - Cinnamon is a storehouse of antioxidants eugenol, cinnamaldehyde and linalool that helps to stimulate digestion and lessen the damage in the gastrointestinal tract
Ajwain - Ajwain is an amazing herb to treat several gastrointestinal woes including indigestion, acidity and flatulence
Oatmeal - Oatmeal is a good source of complex carbs and dietary fibre that boost energy levels. A diet high in fibre has been associated with a low risk of indigestion. Other fibre-rich food options include brown rice, wheat, brown bread and millets.
Kindly note: all supplements and herbs should be consumed only in right proportion/dosage, under monitoring and medical supervision. Certain herbs are prohibited if there are any underlying illnesses or complications. Excess/overdosing or of any herb or supplement may prove to be detrimental .Hence Self-prescription is not advised.
At Nidhivan, we have been successfully formulating unique blends of herbs and required supplements for any particular disease condition (for ingestion as well as local application) . Our in-house proprietary blends of natural remedies have proven to be highly effective with our homeopathic medicines and other therapies..
Some of the essential oils extremely effective for indigestion and dyspepsia are
• Coriander:
• Ginger
• Fennel
• Caraway
• Star Anise
• Cardamom
• Ginger
• Peppermint
• Fennel
• Coriander
• Caraway
• Spearmint
• Lemon
These essential oils are highly potent and are supposed to be used single or in appropriate combinations with specific proportions taking care of any underlying medical condition or allergies. Hence self-prescription should be avoided.
Along with the Homoeopathic treatment, we administer Our Proprietary blends of essential therapeutic oils. These combinations in specific proportions play an effective role in relieving Stress.
Holistic and Integrative therapies for the treatment for MENOPAUSE at NIDHIVAN
Based on this Body-Mind-Soul, a variety of treatment techniques are observed after considering the individuality of the person to assist them take their responsibility for their own well-being and achieve optimal health.
These include:
1-Homeopathic remedies which maintain the emotional, mental, physiological, and immune reactions of the person to guarantee long-lasting and permanent help.
2-Facilitated Physical detox
3- Herbal and Essential oil therapy
4-Patient education on Lifestyle changes and self-care to promote wellness.
5-Customized Diet advice
6-Customized Exercise and Yoga
1- Facilitated Emotional Detox
2- Individual Psychotherapy at different levels to overcome the root cause of the disease
3- Mind healing therapies. (Mind Imagery and visualization)
4- Motivational Enhancement therapies
5- Empowerment counselling (taking charge of your SELF)
6- Relationship and Family integrated Counselling sessions (if needed)
(Other individual therapies by our esteemed therapists if required in a particular case)
90% of the diseases are a result of build-up of unresolved negative emotions and pre-programming of your mind as discussed above. Your soul tries to express these unresolved negative emotions first through your thoughts and feelings. If you fail to listen to the messages that are crying out to be heard, these messages become stronger and then harder for you to ignore. They then express and manifest themselves by means of pain, discomfort or ill-health.
Along with Emotional management, Spiritual programming of your mind is a must to unwind yourself from the clutches of the negative emotions you've held so long which has ultimately led to the dis-ease.
This we achieve by means of:
1- Facilitated Spiritual Detox
2- Meditation
3- Identifying the imbalance and healing at the level of the Chakra
4- Energy healing
After-care maintenance and guidance once the goal is achieved (reversal and cure of disease)
The aim is to gain proper balance in life by achieving a permanent healing at the level of Body Mind and Soul.
We at NIDHIVAN, instead to targeting the disease or problem on the surface, aim to treat the innermost root cause of the disease, so as to achieve a permanent cure