| One of the most common questions I hear during a | | | | Tip 2 |
| phone consultation is, "How can I relieve this stomach | | | | Follow an Ayurvedic diet specific to your dosha. It will |
| pain and indigestion, once and for all"? | | | | correct many imbalances, soothe your insides, and |
| You've been to the doctor and had a full work up of | | | | put out the fire. |
| tests. The doctor writes you a prescription for "the | | | | Tip 3 |
| little purple pill" or something along those lines. Problem | | | | Along with a healing diet plan, herbs like Triphala or |
| solved, Right? Wrong! The symptoms seem better | | | | Hingvastak can be taken . They help soothe and |
| for a little while and then the pain and discomfort | | | | cleanse in a very easy and gentle manner. |
| return. | | | | Tip 4 |
| Healing Your Gut | | | | ~Essential oils can be added to your water to assist |
| In Ayurveda, you have your own body/mind type | | | | with healing your GI tract, and have the added |
| called a "dosha". You are a specific combination of | | | | benefit of being high in antioxidants. The antioxidants |
| Vata, Pitta, and Kapha, in varying order and | | | | can prevent polyps and other problems down the |
| predominance. Vata is responsible for the downward | | | | road. I recommend Digize from Young Living. This |
| motion of your digestive tract. Pitta is responsible for | | | | blend naturally aides digestion and repairs damage. |
| your "fire", which includes the digestive fires. | | | | Peppermint oil quickly relieves heartburn and reflux, |
| These can be easily corrected when you use food as | | | | with out shutting of the enzymes your body needs |
| medicine. Ayurveda uses common spices and herbs | | | | to digest your food. |
| as it's first defense to correct slight imbalances. If | | | | In western medicine many of the medications that |
| your problem is more deeply rooted, for a longer | | | | are prescribed to help the problem can actually make |
| period of time, herbs and a healing "soup" called | | | | it worse. They "shut off " the acid and enzymes that |
| Kichadi are recommended. | | | | your body needs to digest food. |
| 4 Tips to Heal Your Stomach | | | | Consider natural alternatives that correct the problem |
| Tip 1 | | | | at its root and source. |
| Listen to your body first off. Correct the problem | | | | Following these simple steps can start your path to |
| rather than pushing on through it with medicine. | | | | natural self healing and permanent relief. |