Indigestion, a common symptom of all the age groups occurs by eating the food faster, or eating junk food, or too much of fatty foods, or eating at irregular timings, eating too early after the previous meal, too much of smoking, any emotional stress, staying up late, or consuming too many medicines, too much of coffee or tea, or alcohol, and so on.
You may feel heaviness or uneasiness in stomach, or stomach ache, diarrhea, vomiting, constipation, acidity, weakness, headache, appetite loss, and so on. Indigestion even causes heartburns, uncontrollable burping or belching, bitter taste in the mouth, or bloating. Antacids can relieve you of indigestion; however, natural way of relieving indigestion is highly recommended. Natural way is not only very effective but also less expensive. Moreover, you would find all the ingredients needed for the treatment in the kitchen or in your garden itself.
Few highly recommended remedies are :-
- Fasting completely for a day is a very good method.
- Living on fruit, fruit juices, and boiled vegetables completely for a week also improves the digestive system.
- Drinking the water boiled with two pinches of asafetida and two teaspoons of ghee. This is also effective.
- You can improve digestion by eating a half teaspoon of aniseed.
- You can drink buttermilk after meals to improve digestion.
- Drink lots of water in the empty stomach.
- Walk for half an hour daily.
- Eat carbohydrates and fat content less.
- To relieve indigestion immediately, mix baking soda with water and drink.
- Avoid tight fitting clothes.
People, who work at odd timing, should make sure that they do not leave their regular food habits like having breakfast, lunch, and dinner. General complaint from people working in the night shift is that they are unable to get to eat their lunch or breakfast, which is important; however, researchers recommend that neither of it should be skipped as they form the important meal for proper working of digestive system.