WHAT IS SOLUTION FOR ULCER (COLITIS)

 

                       COLITIS (ULCER)

                                    COLITIS IS A GENERAL TERM INDICATING AN INFLAMMATORY CONDITION OF THE LARGE BOWEL. IN INDIA, THE TERM IS OFTEN USED TO INDICATE THE MUSCUS AND DIARRHOEA WHICH OCCURS WITH CHRONIC AMOEBIC DYSENTERY, WHILE IN THE AFFLENT COUNTRIES IT REFERS TO THE CHRONIC, PSYCHOSOMATIC DISEASE OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS.

                  SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS

                         THE MAIN SYMPTOMS OF COLITIS ARE DIARRHOEA (FREQUENT LOOSE OR WATERY MOTIONS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY MUCOUS DISCHARGE), ABDOMINAL PAIN, TENDERNESS AND FOUL ODOUR. IN MORE SEVERE CASES, PASSAGE OF BLOOD AND PUS ARE ADDITIONAL SYMPTOMS.

                    THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE DISEASE IS ONE OF ALTERNATING ATTACK AND REMISSION WHICH OFTEN EXTENDS BACK FOR MANY YEARS. DURING ACUTE ATTACKS THE PATIENT LOSES WEIGHT AND BECOMES WEAK AND ANAEMIC.

THE CAUSE OF COLITIS

RECENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT STRESS AND STRAIN ARE THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS IN CAUSING AND AGGRAVATING THE DISEASE. ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS, PERSONAL STRESS AND STRESS RESULTING FROM NATURAL CALAMITIES ARE IMPORTANT INITIATING FACTORS. FOR THIS REASON, THE PSYCHOSOMATIC COMPONENT OF THE DISEASE MUST BE CONSIDERED IN UNDERTAKING ITS TREATMENT. A MILD, TEMPORARY FORM OF COLITIS CAN BE RECOGNIZED IN "STUDENTS DIARRHOEA" WHICH AFFLICTS MANY ANXIOUS COLLEGE STUDENTS IN THE WEEKS BEFORE MAJOR EXAMINATIONS, OFTEN FORCING THEM TO TAKE RECOURSE TO THE USE OF MILD TRANQUILIZERS TO SEE THEM THROUGH THIS TENSE PERIOD.

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT

MEDICAL SCIENCE HAS YET MADE LITTLE PROGRESS IN UNDERSTANDING AND ISOLATING THE CAUSE OF COLITIS, AND PRESENT MANAGEMENT OF THE CONDITION REMAINS UNSATISFACTORY. THE PHYSICIAN IS FAR MORE ABLE TO CONTROL THE DISEASE THAN TO CURE IT. THE CONTROL OF DIARRHOEA VIA  ANTIBIOTICS, INTESTINAL DISINFECTANTS AND DRUGSTO SLOW DOWN THE INTRINSIC NERVOUS ACTIVITY OF THE BOWEL HAVE BEEN THE CHIEF MEDICINES USED SO FAR IN TREATMENT.

DIGESTIVE POWER

ACCORDING TO YOGIC SCIENCE, COLITIS IS A SYNDROME WHICH DEVELOPS WHEN THE DIGESTIVE POWER, AGNI, BECOMES IMABALANCED. AS A RESULT, DISEASE PRODUCING MICRO-ORGANISMS CAN GROW AND THE CHEMICAL AND MUSCULAR PROCESSESS DETERIORATE, POORLY DIGESTED WASTES ACCUMULATE IN THE INTESTINE AND ARE PASSED IN THE STOOLS. THESE MICRO-ORGANISMS AND WASTES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FOUR ODOUR. YOGIC MANAGEMENT AIMS AT ENHANCING THE DIGESTIVE POWER SO THAT FORMATION OF THE OFFENSIVE UNDIGESTED WASTES WILL BE REDUCED AND GOOD HEALTH WILL SUPERVENE.

YOGIC MANAGEMENT

 

THIS PROGRAM IS RECOMMENDED FOR THESE SUFFERING FROM DYNSENTERY, ULCERATIVE COLITIS, MUCOUS COLITIS, IRRITABLE COLON SYNDROME AND NERVOUS DIARRHOEA. IT CAN BE ADOPTED TO CAPACITY, AFTER THE ACUTE PHASE SUBSIDES.

1. ASANA : COMMENSE WITH THE PAWANMUKTASANA SERIES PARTS 1 AND 2, THEN THE SHAKTI BANDHA SERIES. BEGIN THE VAJRASANA SERIES OF ASANAS, THEN SLOWLY PROGRESS TO BHUJANGASANA, DHANURASANA, SHALABHASANA, PASCHIMOTTANASANA, SARVANGASANA, HALASANA, MATSYASANA, CHAKRASANA, ARDHMATSYENDRASANA, MAYURASANA, PADMASANA, SHAVASANA, SIRSHASANA.
2. PRANAYAMA : SHEETALI, SHEETKARI, NADI SHODHANA AND UJJAYI.
3.  MUDRA AND BANDHA : VIPAREETA KARANI MUDRA, PASHINEE MUDRA, YOGA MUDRA, ASHWINI MUDRA, MOOLA BANDHA.
4.  SHATKARMA : LAGHOO SHANKHAPRAKSHALANA, KUNJAL AND NETI.
5. RELAXATION : YOGA NIDRA SHOULD BE PRACTISED DAILY AND ABDOMINAL BREATH AWARENESS IN SHAVASANA CAN BE DONE WHENEVER THERE IS INSUFFICIENT TIME FOR YOGA NIDRA.
6.  MEDITATION : ANTAR MOUNA HAS A PROMINENT ROLE IN THERAPY, ENABLING THE PATIENT TO RECOGNIZE AND COUNTERACT THE SUBCONSIOUS PSYCHIC FACTORS WHICH ARE PLAING SUCH A MAJOR  ROLE IN ATTACKS OF COLITIS.

DIET RECOMMENDATION

IN TREATING ULCERATIVE COLITIS, A SPECIAL DIET WHICH PROVIDES REST FOR THE ULCERATED COLON IN REQUIRED. DURING THE PERIOD OF YOGIC THERAPY, THE DIGESTIVE POWER BUILDS UP MOST RAPIDLY IF THE NORMAL DIGESTIVE PROCESSESS ARE MINIMALLY ACTIVATED. THIS APPLIES TO ALL FORMS OF COLITIS. THIS IS PROVIDED FOR BY RESTRICTING THE INTAKE OF NORMAL FOODS, SALT AND WATER. IN THEIR PLACE TAKE MILK.

MILK IS AN IDEAL REPLACEMENT FOR THE NORMAL DIET, WHICH SHOULD BE DISCONTINUED  DURING THE THERAPY PERIOD. MILK IS A COMPETE FOOD WHICH SUPPLIES ALL ESSENTIAL DIETARY ELEMENTS, WHILE LEAVING MINIMAL WASTE RESIDUE. IN RECOVERY FROM COLITIS, THE COLON SHOULD REMAIN FREE FROM IRRITATIONAND THEREFORE MILK IS THE IDEAL FOOD AS IT LEAVES THE ULCERED COLONIC WALL TO HEAL ITSELF IN PEACE.

SIMPLE KHICHADI, (RICE, MUNG DAL AND VEGETABLES COOKED TOGETHER) OR PORRIDGE, PLACE MINIMAL DEMANDS UPON DIGESTIVE ENERGY AND CAN BE TAKEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MILK DIET, THOUGH MILK SHOULD BE TAKEN ONE OR TWO HOURSE BEFORE OR AFTER THESE LIGHT AND EASILY DIGESTED FOODS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MIX WELL WITH OTHER FOODS, EVEN IN NORMAL SITUAIONS.

IN CASES OF DYSENTERY , TAKE 250 GRAMS OF CURD, TWO TEASPOONS OF SUGAR AND THREE GLASSES OF COLD WATER. STIR THE MIXTURE AND THEN STRAIN THE LIQUID THROUGH A CLEAN PIECE OF CLOTH INTO A CLEAN VESSEL. TO THE SAME MIXTURE ADD TWO OR THREE GLASSESS OF WATER AND FOLLOW THE SAME STRAINING PROCESS. IT SHOULD BE TAKEN AS FREQUENTLY AS POSSIBLE. NO FOOD OR ANY OTHER DRINK (INCLUDING WATER ) SHOULD BE TAKEN UNTIL THE DYSENTERY HAS FINISHED. THEN GRADULLY ADOPT THE DAILY YOGA PROGRAM OUTLINED.