Ayurvedic Treatment for Intestinal Worms

What are the intestinal worms?

Intestinal Worms are parasites, which infect human beings as well as animals like cats and dogs. Intestinal worms may further give rise to many other symptoms which are troublesome and which may lead to severe complications.

These worms hatch and multiply again and again where there is dirt and filth, and are a very common occurrence, especially in the tropic countries. From a survey in indonesia it proved that mostly affected are children, but adults can also get affected from these parasites, which feed on nutritious bowel content as well as the blood of its host.

These parasites generally enter in your body in one of four ways -

1) through food and water.
2) through transmitting agent, such as a mosquito.
3) sexual contact.
4) through nose and skin.

Since almost majority of human race continues to suffer from the presence of intestinal worms, the most common parasites found in human intestines are:

Round Worms.
Pin Worms.
Whip Worms.
Book Worms.
Thread Worms.
Giardia.
Hook Worms.
Tape Worms.

Symptoms of the Intestinal Worms

In some people , intestinal parasites may not cause any symptoms, and in some - the symptoms may come and go. The greater the number of worms involved in the infestation, the more severe a child's symptoms may be.

General Symptoms of worms are :-

Voracious appetite.
Worms in stool.
Coughing up worms.
Loss of appetite.
Fever.
Vomiting.
Foul breath
Dark circles under the eyes
Anemia and pale face.
Shortness of breath.
Coughing
Headaches
Bloating
Gas and Diarrhea.
Abdominal cramps.
Itching at the anus which may turn red.
Nausea
Intestinal blockage.
In some serious cases there may be:
Weight Loss.
Skin Itching.
Bloody Stools.

Many conditions besides intestinal parasite infection can result in these symptoms, so laboratory tests are necessary to determine their cause.

What are the Causes of the Intestinal Worms?

Some of the main factors responsible for getting you intestinal worms are:

Visiting a tropic country or a area known to have parasites.

Eating contaminated food.

Visiting a area where sanitation is very poor.

Poor personal cleanliness.

Eating raw food or a food which is not properly cooked.

Sometimes worms enter the human body through bare foot, when you are walking on a infected earth.

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Ayurvedic Treatment for Intestinal Worms

250 mg of keet mard ras with decoction of Nagar motha taken three times daily is helpful in treating intestinal worms.

250 gm's of krimighan rasa with juice of moosa-karnior or nagannotha kwath to be taken three times daily.

Take about 250 gm's of krimi Kalanal Rasa and mix it with the decoction of Coriander and Cumin. Now take this mixture at least three times daily.

Get a decoction of Vidanga and mix it with 250 gm'skrimi kashthanal rasa and drink the mixture three times daily till you get some relief.

Insomnia (Sleeplessness)

One can have either no sleep or have disturbed sleep. Remember, sound, peaceful and uninterrupted sleep serves as a tonic for body and mind. Day is meant for work and night for sleep, hence one must enjoy sound sleep for 6 hours. Relaxation is no substitute for night's sleep.

Causes & Symptoms

Disturbance of any sort, mental upset, indigestion, pain, fever, restlessness, noise, late night awakening, tiring and exhausting work, acute headache, bruised feeling all over the body, sore feeling, nagging, weather changes (sudden), over or indaequate covering of the body, extreme heat or intense cold, humidity, sweating, coughing (persistent), etc are some of the factors/ situations that disturb sleep pattern.

The affected person experience constipation, headache, dyspepsia, tiredness, disinclination to work/labour, agitation etc. Absence of sleep is merely a symptom which has some cause behind it. In some cases when sleep is made subservient to and dependant upon some habit (say alcohol intake sleeping tablets, tea, coffea at bed time), the concerned person cannot have sleep unless he has his favourite drink at night.

First of all, locate the cause, and remove the same. Quite often change of place, surroundings, food habits, work pattern or hours, deviations and distractions or else involvement in fruitful and gainful work can/may induce sleep. It may be noted that resort to medicines should be the last option, when all other remedial steps have proved ineffective.

Ayurvedic Cure

Ayurvedic theory believes Vata, Pitta and Cough either all the three, two of them or only one as the causative behind insomnia, hence it should be found out as to what factor has caused the malady.

Following medicines may be tried, irrespective of any cause viz.

Churna of Pipplomool - l.5gm to be taken with water as a single dose at bed time.

Swamamakhshik Bhasma to be taken (1 gm) with jaggery at bed time.

Brahmi (Bacopa Monmera - 500mg), Vacha (Acorus Calamus - 500mg), Amla - 1 gm or more. A dose of these powders should be taken with water milk thrice daily. To make it stronger and more effective add 1 gm or 500mg of Shankhpushpi to the above mentioned powders.

Vatakulantaka (125mg) may betaken twice daily with honey.

NidrodayaRasa - 125mg to be taken with honey at bed time (one dose only).

One can try anyone of the said prescriptions as per suitability and individual requirement.

Message on head with Chameli Tel (oil of Jasmine) or pure Mustard oil (Sarson Ka Tel) or cow's ghee may also induce sleep at night.

In some cases even a bath taken 30 minutes prior to the time of retiring to bed, can also induce sleep; or else massage soles of the feet with cow's milk at night add some camphor during summer days.

If you take a long, but sustainable walk, after having dinner, and get tired, then sound sleep could also ensue.

Influenza (Flu)

What is Influenza?

Influenza is an acute, highly contagious disease caused by an RNA virus of the orthomyxoviridae family. It is commonly known as the flu or the grippe. This disease in most common in October and May. It lasts from three to five days and can be followed by fatigue for two or three weeks.

It is characterised by a runny nose, sore throat, headache, fever and aching muscles and joints. The flu is very easily spread from one person to other through infected droplets coming from infected person's coughs or sneezes. It can also be spread through direct contact with infected people.

Influenza is an illness, generally caused by viruses that infect the respiratory tract. Compared with most other viral respiratory infections, such as the common cold , influenza infection are the most serious one.

What Are The Causes Of Influenza?

The influenza is caused by three types of viruses - influenza A, B and C. Influenza types A and B are responsible for the respiratory disease that occurs almost every winter. Influenza type C usually causes a very mild disease often without symptoms.

This virus usually passes from one person to other through airborne transmission (i.e., sneezing or coughing). But, the virus can also live for a short time on objects (on which infected droplets landed) - such as door knobs, pens, pencils, keyboards, telephone receivers, and eating or drinking utensils.

Therefore, flu can also be spread through touching surfaces on which infected droplets landed or has been handled by someone infected with the virus and then touching it to your open parts like - mouth, nose, or eyes. Influenza virus may also be spread by inhaling droplets that have been coughed or sneezed out by an infected person.

Symptoms

Some people often confuse flu with a common cold - seeing the initial symptoms which are usually common in both, but flu symptoms tend to develop quickly and are more severe than the typical sneezing and stuffiness of a cold .

Influenza usually comes on suddenly and its Symptoms may include:

Fever (38° C to 40° C).
Muscle and Body Aches.
Dizziness.
Loss of Appetite.
Headache.
Tiredness (can be extreme).
Runny Nose.
Diarrhea.
Nausea which may also be accompanied with vomiting.
Weakness.
Ear Infection.
Indigestion.

These symptoms are usually referred to as "flu-like symptoms."

Some of the Common Home Remedies are given below:

Get Vaporized - Plugging in a vaporizer and resting in bed for atleast two days can make you feel better. It can also help relieve a painful sore throat and loosen dried mucus.

Drink Lot of Water - Drink lots and lots of water everyday. Especially, when you are suffering from flu then your body gets dehydrated more easily, so drinking more liquid is very much essential - liquids in the form of water, fruit juice, decaffeinated soft drinks can be taken.

Long Pepper - Long Pepper is one of the best known home remedies for the treatment of influenza. Suffering patient may be given half a teaspoon of powder of long pepper, mixed with two teaspoons of honey and half a teaspoon of juice of ginger - This mixture should be taken thrice daily, till you see some improvement.

Gargle with Salt Water - To relieve a sore throat, a main symptoms of influenza - the person may gargle with salt water, prepared by mixing one teaspoon of salt in one glass of luke warm water.

Onion and Honey - Suffering patient may be given mixture of equal amounts of onion juice and honey. One teaspoon of this mixture can be given to the person, three to four times daily.

Vitamins and Minerals - Vitamins and Minerals - especially Vitamin C and Zinc are very good for treating influenza, they also boost your immune system and also increase number of while blood cells in your body, to help you fight with germs more effectively.

Impotence

What frigidity is to females, impotence is to males. Inability to perform sex act, or else incomplete performance (say premature ejaculation) or failure to reach orgasm are some of the symptoms that portend male impotency.

Causes

These could be either functional or organic. Impotency could either be total or partial. I would like to clear here a misplaced notion all men are not impotent to all women a man may be potent to one woman but the same man may be potent for the other woman. Fantasies play a major role here. Lithe man who is cohabitating a woman who does not measure up to his fancy or fantasied version conception of his ideal woman, he will neither feel excited, nor ejaculate. Not only that, he may not have any penile erection either. If such a person mates his wife, he is simply performing a ritual and formality, as his mind revels in some other woman, and the woman underneath him is not a woman of his choice, desire or fancy.

In sex act, every male has certain ingrained and cherished preferences which, if not agreed to by his wife, drive him to instant turn off. Same also is the case with certain women. Perversions in sex act are choiced preferences and proclivities of many men, and women are also no exception to that. When there is a clash, either partner is bound to have a Turn off, how so ever beautiful or handsome the other partner might be.

Main causes of impotency can be summed up as under:

Phimosis (Tight foreskin over the glans penis).
Vitiations of Vata, Pitta and kapha or of all the three doshas (humors).
Endocrine glands, malfunctioning and low or diminished activity of the gonads.
Locomotor ataxia, Tabes Dorsalis, Syphilis, Gonorrhoea, Tuberculosis, Diabetes.
Non-erectile power of penis.
Disjointed and disordered movements of limbs joints because of lack of coordination.
Drug-addiction, excessive use of alcohol tobacco.
Extra-marital relations or homosexuality.
Fear, ignorance, weakness of sexual organs and weak sperms.
In addition to the above factors, the foregoing factcrs may also prove causatives of impotency.

Ayurvedic Medicines

Medicines which enhance libido/sex desire are known as 'Vajikarma Aushadhis' or aphordisiacs. Drugs suggested under male sterility will also prove beneficial.

Following medicines are being mentioned with a view to enhance patient's knowledge but the physician must be consulted with regard to dosage, duration, safeguards, requisite dietary supplements and sundry guidelines.

Vanari Gutika, Madanananda Modak, Veerya starnbha Vati, Makardhwaja, chandrodaya Rasa, Apatyakar Swaras, Shukra Vallabh Rasa, Kameshwar Modak, Gokhru Pak, Chhoohara hak, Moosali Pak, Badam Pak, Kamadeva chooran, Gokhshurad Chooran, Narsigha Choorna, Madan Prakash chooran, Shatvaryadi choorna, Mritsanjeevani Sura etc.

As for diet, take high protin diet, Eggs, fish, goat's testick, meat of partridge, eges of crocodile, ghee, butter, soyabean, tomato, beets, urad-ki-dal, almond and other dry fruits, mangoes, apples, grapes, jack fruit etc.

It is reiterated that no medicine or diet should ever be taken unless advised by a physician, as over-drugging may prove counter productive and even harmful. Control on sex is needed during the treatment, otherwise all medicines could prove futile. Remember input in a vessel must exceed the output. It you spend more than what you actually earn, you will virtually turn out to be a loser, hence restraint your sexual unions until you are in a position of vantage.

Hysteria

Causes & Symptoms

Women are generally the victims of this disorder which occurs in the young age, particularly to those who cannot satiate their sex hunger but the symptoms disappear soon after marriage in most of the cases. It has no relation to sex disorders, rather mental disturbance is a predominating cause. There is no froth at the month (as in epilepsy), the patient falls to the ground without shrieking sound, and slips into coma rather gradually. If there is no unconsciousness, the patient wails.

Corrective and Preventive measures

Remove the cause of constipation.

Flatulence, indigestion should be prevented by taking lemon juice, cumin, black salt, fried asafoetida (Heeng).

Attend to menstrual complaints, if any.

Remove cause of mental tension and agony.

Avoid reading (viewing) listening to such books, magazines, movies, audio cassettes or playing records which ignite libido.

Take only nutritious and balanced diet but avoid such foods as cause constipation, or loose motions, flatulence, dyspepsia.

Take Shankhpushpi, Brahmi, Muktapishti, Suvama Bhasma, Makardwaj or Praval Pishti etc to support and sustain action of heart, after consulting your doctor.

During the attack drop onion juice (2-3 drops) in each nostril/inhale camphor, naushadar and lime mixed compound: splash cold water on the face or massage ghee over forehead.

Use onion, garlic, asafoetida, black salt, balvach, lemon etc as essential ingredients with food.

Use balvach or Brahmi, or still better vrihat vata Chintaniani Ras as per your physician's advice.

Marjara Kasturi 100 mg per dose may be taken with unequal quantity of ghee and honey or extract Guice) of brahmi leaves. These may be given with either of the said vehicles.

No medicine can prove effective unless the underling cause has been singled out. Take the patient into confidence, reassure her of quick recovery, build up confidence, provide congenial and healthy environs.

Ayurvedic Medicines

Mahaabhravati - 100 mg with honey

Sootikavinod Ras - 100 mg with honey

Prataplankeshwar Ras - 100mg with extract of fresh ginger.

Jcerakaadi Modak - ½ gm or 1 gm after break fast and supper only to remove indigestion.

Saubhae, ryashunthi - ½ gm or 2 gms with Goat's/cow's milk twice daily.

After meals, give leerakadyaarishta 1-2 TSP mixed with equal quantity of water.

Consult your physician about suitability and requisite dose for the most suitable remedy.

Complications during pregnancy

Vomiting: Vomiting or nausea during trimester is quite natural and common. No medicine is required but if vomiting is severe and persistent, it must be stopped, other wise (premature) abortion may take place. Powder of cardamon seeds (400 mg) may be given with honey and licked 4-6 times a day. Eladi vati may be sucked or taken with honey. Essence of camphor, mint and thymol (which, when mixed, turns into liquid form) may be dropped (5-6 drop doses) on a lump of sugar, and taken.

Diarrhoea: Mash banana in curd or give with rice water or Lavangadi churna (Stree Ragadhikar) 200mg daily (thrice daily) with goat's milk. Prepare a decoction of Dhania, (Nagarmotha , sugandhbala & pulp of bael fruit) will serve multipurpose.

Fever: Godanti Bhasma, Saphatika Bhasma with juice of Guruch.

Cough: Violent persistent and fatiguing cough can also cause abortion and resultant bleeding, hence it must be controlled. Kharjuradi Vatil Eladi Vatilsitopladi chumaf Tabshadi Churna, sugar candy/catechu (kattha) may be used as per symptoms.

Enlargement of spleen: Juice of Punar nava with Punamava mandoor. Stop salt intake, but take milk and easily digestible diet.

Piles: Give radish to eat and also juice of radish.

Home Remedies useful in almost all disorder pertaining to pregnancy.

Garbha chintamani Rasa

Garbha piyushvaalli Ras

Garbha vinod Rasa

Indushekhar Ras

Usual dose is 100mg with honey, thrice daily but consult your physician before use. These medicines are said to be useful in all stages of pregnancy but requisite dose and repetition there of can be only determined by a physician who will, naturally, take into account other attendant/ disturbing factors also, before prescribing any medicine. Hence, be discreet.

Vertigo or Giddiness

This is a condition when a person loses control his body movements, fails to balance himself, has a feeling that all objects around him are moving in a archie form, or he will fall to the ground if he attempts to move. He may be having nausea which, in many cases, is a forerunner of vertigo.


Causes:


Disorders of the digestion, and gas formation.
Diseases of the ears, when fluid balance in the ear(s) is disturbed (Labyrinth Vertigo).
Impaired eye-sight.
Impaired functioning of nervous system.
Frequent and severe attacks of hemicranias (Migraine).
When vital fluid fails to reach the brain due to poor circulation of blood.
Sexual incompetence and/or other sex-related problems.
Repeated attacks of epilepsy.
Tumour in the brain.
Lack of sleep and utter fatigue.


Ayurvedic Remedies


If vertigo occurs whether inside/outside home, the patient should not move alone, especially while ascending and descending stairs, and seek help/support of someone else. Following medicines may be tried, either alone or in combination with other two medicines.


Duralabha Quath - 50 ml should be taken with ghee twice daily.


Suvama Sootashekhar Ras (50-60mg) to be taken twice daily, with juice/decoction of Amla.


Mix 10 ml each of Ashwagandharishta and Saraswatarishta, either alone or mixing it with equal quantity (20mI) of water, twice daily.


If vertigo occurs due to insomnia, only Ashwagandharishta (10ml) or its powder (½ to TSP) with water, will serve the purpose.


Avoid use of tobacco, alcohol, narcotic drugs.


Take simple, light, bland, spice-free diet.


Avoid driving, operating a machinery, out side movements.


If constipation is there, take Amaltas (6 gms) with decoction of Harad (Haritaki) at night, before you get on to sleep.

Gastritis - Ayurvedic And Herbal Treatment

What is a Gastritis ?

Gastritis means inflammation of mucus lining of the stomach. It means that white blood cells move into the wall of the stomach as a response to some type of injury. Gastritis is a very troublesome disease and can give rise to many life threatening problems, if it is not treated in time.
Let me tell you - do not confuse that if gastritis is there then ulcer or cancer is also there. If a person does excessive smoking then he may get Chronic gastritis.

What are the symptoms of gastritis ?

Gastritis is not just one disease but it is a group of conditions, in which there is a inflammation of the lining of your stomach. Mostly, this inflammation is a result of infection from the same bacteria which causes all other stomach ulcers. Yet there are other factors causing gastritis - including traumatic injury and regular use of certain drugs or anti-inflammatory medicines.
The symptoms of gastritis depend on how acute it is and how long it has been there. In acute phase there may be pain or gnawing (constant chewing) in the upper abdomen while in chronic phase, there may be slight pain.
Some of the main symptoms of gastritis are listed below:
Abdominal pain.
Nausea.
Burning feeling in stomach.
Vomiting.
Diarrhea.
Feeling of fullness.
Fever.
Loss of appetite.
Belching.
Weakness.
Some Rare Symptoms may be:
Gastrointestinal bleeding.
Sometimes blood may come in vomit.
Sometimes blood is also encountered in stool.
Black stool.
If you see any of the above rare symptom then you must see a doctor.

What are the causes of gastritis ?

Gastritis may be caused by many factors, including infection, injury, and disorders of the immune system.

Some of the main causes of gastritis are listed below:

The main cause of gastritis is from the presence of a bacterium called Helicobacter Pylori , which is the same bug that causes peptic ulcers.
Another main cause for gastritis is irregular or excessive eating - as it is a very common habit of people that they do overeating, eating wrong food combinations or improperly cooked foods, eating lot of spicy food.
Bacterial or viral infection (infection by a virus is contagious).
Use of drugs such as Aspirin, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, cortisone.
Worry, anxiety, grief, and prolonged tension.
Excessive intake of alcohol may lead to gastritis.
Strong acids, and caustic substances are also a cause for gastritis.
Sometimes gastritis develops after major surgery, traumatic injury, burns. Gatritis can also be caused as a result of certain diseases and infections, like:
Anemia.
Pernicious anemia.
Autoimmune digestive disorders.
Gout.
Chronic bile reflux can cause gastritis as well.
Scherichia coli infection.
Burns.
Influenza.
Toxins of uraemia.
Food poisoning.
Peptic ulcer disease.
Crohn's disease.

Ayurvedic Treatment for Gastritis

In case of gastritis,you may take the following treatments :
One or two TSP of Sukumara Ghrita may mix with a cup of milk.
1 gm of dhatri lauha may give with juice of Amalaki,
You may take TSPs of a vipathikar Churna with waterat nigh daily.

Some Herbs Helpful for treatment of Gastritis

Chamomile.
English mallow.
Ginger (Zingiber officinale).
Meadowsweet (leaves and flowers).
Amla (Indian Goosbery).
Slippery Elm - Before meals, take up to 5 grams of powdered bark in capsules or mixed with water.
Licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra).