Flatulence or burp is the accumulation of gas in the esophagus, stomach, and intestines. The commonly called fart or having gas occurs when there is excessive gas build up in the digestive system. The excess gas comes out through your mouth (burping) or through your anus (flatulence).
Common Symptoms:
- Indigestion
- Constipation
- Burping
- Flatulence or wind passing
- Bloating
- Belly pain
- Acid Reflux
Common Causes:
- Food Fermentation in the intestine
- Intestinal Bacteria
- Intestinal Disorders
- Lactose Intolerance
- Inability of our body to breakdown milk or diary products
- Intestinal infection caused by parasites
Home Remedies:
- Concentrated Ginger,Lemon and honey juice mix
- Consume raw apple cider vinegar with mother (unpasteurised). Always dilute the vinegar (a teaspoon) with filtered water (1 glass) before consumption.
- Use raw apple cider vinegar to marinate raw vegetable salads
- Beans and lentils cooked with garlic reduces gas
- Fresh Lemon juice over Beans and lentils dishes reduce gas
Food to control if you have excessive gas issues:
- Cabbage,cauliflower, onions, beans, Brussels sprouts, artichokes, broccoli and leeks
- Beans and lentils
- Oats
- Wheat cereals
- Processed dairy products
- Carbonated drinks
Natural food Supplements:
- Acidophilus
- Vitamin B Complex
Vitamin B Complex rich food:
- Potato, with skin, cooked
- Carrot juice
- Balsam-pear/bitter gourd, bitter melon, cooked
- Durian
- Prune juice
- Avocado
- Cereal
- Legumes (dried beans, peas and lentils)
- Chickpeas/garbanzo beans, cooked
- Soybeans, mature, cooked
- Beans, pinto, cooked
- Lentils, cooked
- Sunflower seeds, without shell
NOTE: Natural Remedies are NOT a substitute for proper doctor’s diagnosis or medication. It may or may not have medicinal properties that treat or cure the disease or ailment in question.