Causes & Prevention and Home remedy of Diarrhea (Diarrhoea) & Dysentery. ORS

Diarrhea can be caused by infection, antibiotics, or teething in children. In diarrhea or dysentery, you have loose motions frequently. In acute case, your stool becomes very watery and quite frequently. If you loose too much water, you may suffer by dehydration. Diarrhea kills more children (about 1.9 million a year) than malaria, AIDS and TB combined. In fact, diarrhea is the second leading cause of death in children under 5 years of age.

To prevent dehydration, you should drink lots of water with some salt and sugar added. The symptoms of dehydration are dry mouth, sunken soft spot, lethargic, or frequent watery stools. Babies may in addition cry without tears, or do not produce urine for eight hours. These symptoms should be taken seriously for both the adults and children. A large number of children die due to dehydration each year.

Oral rehydration solution (ORS) works miracle in dehydration, if given quickly and gradually to the patient. ORS can be made from 1 teaspoon of salt and 8 teaspoons of sugar dissolved in a liter of water. Dr Dilip Mahalanabis who participated in the oral rehydration experiment at Johns Hopkins Center in Calcutta in 1971, India for treating the refugees from Bangladesh, could save thousands of lives of children and adults.

Foods to be avoided during diarrhea or dysentery:

Fruit juices, apricots, peas, pears, peaches, plums, prunes, etc..

Foods to be eaten during diarrhea or dysentery:

Yogurt (Yoghurt, Curd), buttermilk, mint, apple, pomegranate, papaya, banana, carrot, potato, etc. Children can also be given these foods.

Diarrhea can be treated by adding yogurt to the diet. Yogurt contains Lactobacillus Acidophilus (or L Acidophilus), which is a good bacteria that fights bad bacteria.

1. Drink lots of water (mix a pinch of salt and sugar or some electrolyte available without prescription) to prevent dehydration. Make ORS as mentioned above and drink it gradually. This alone will cure you.
2. This cure has worked wonders for many patients. Boil half cup water and add 3-4 drops of ghee (clarified water) and stir. Let the water cool down to lukewarm temperature and drink this water. It should stop loose motion definitely. Repeat it the next day morning if you are not cured. Do not drink it repeatedly, otherwise you may develop constipation.
3. Drink 3-4 times half a cup of water with a few drops of Pudin Hara or Amritdhara(mint essence or peppermint) added.
4. Drink a mixture of 1 tsp mint juice, 1/2 tsp ginger juice, and 1 tsp honey.
5. Grind a lemon along with seeds and rind to a paste. Add some salt. Take 1 tsp of this paste 2-3 times.
6. Drink 1/2 tsp of dry ginger (saunth powder in 1 cup buttermilk (chhachh) 3 - 4 times a day.
7. Chew a few pieces of the inner lining of pomegranate with salt, and/or drink pomegranate juice.
8. Mix 1 Tbsp poppy seeds, 1 tsp edible gum, 1 tsp cardamom powder, 1/2 tsp nutmeg (jaiphal) powder, and2 tbs sugar, and grind to a powder. Take this powder every 2 hours.
9. Mix 1/2 tsp lemon juice, 1/2 tsp ginger juice, and 1/4 tsp pepper powder and drink it.
10. Mix 5-6 chopped basil (tulsi) leaves, 1/4 tsp sea salt, some black pepper in 3 Tbsp of curd, and eat it. repeat this 4 times a day for one week for complete reconditioning of stomach.
11. Boil some curry leaves or curry patta and bark, stalk and flowers of the curry plant and drink to get relief for stomach discomfort. Eat some fresh curry leaves to get relief in diarrhea.
12. Chebulic myrobalan (Haritaki, Harida, Harar, Chebulic myroblan, Black myroblan, Harada) has been used in India for the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, constipation, heart-burn, piles, hemorrhoids, dyspepsia, and liver disorders.
13. Roast 1/2 tsp cumin (jeera) seeds and 1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds (dana methi). Mix and powder it, add to 4 tsp of yogurt (curd). Take thrice a day to get relief.
    
    
14. Grate one raw papaya. Add 3 cups water, boil for 10 minutes,, strain and finish the water in one day.

    Home Remedy for Infant Diarrhea
    

15. Apply ginger juice around the navel area of a child.
16. Grate one raw papaya. Add 3 cups water, boil for 10 minutes,, strain. Give 2 tsp to a child 4 times a day.
17. Stew 1 apple with 2 pinches of nutmeg powder and 1 tsp sugar. Give your child to eat it.