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DIVERTICULITIS/DIVERTICULOSIS A common cause of
stomach pain, mainly in people over 50. Small pouches or sacs
develop in the bowel, known as Diverticula, where muscle has
weakened. Symptoms are:
- Spasms in the diverticula area of the intestine
- Bloating
- Pain in the lower abdomen
- Alternating
constipation and diarrhoea status
- Infected pouches due to debris from the gut filling them.
LIFESTYLE ATTENTION
- A major change of diet, lifestyle habits, and toilet habits is
needed immediately - without this, help is a long-way off
- Diet to be modelled on complex carbohydrates, fibres, vegetable
proteins, wholefoods, and regular eating patterns. Fats, animal
protein, refined foods, sugars, bread (all), de-natured foods,
cakes, cookies, pastries, sweets, fast foods, fried foods, frozen
foods, overcooked foods, and wrong food combining are out.
- Lifestyle habits such as smoking, alcohol intake, coffee/tea
intake, cooldrink intake, late nights, insufficient sleep are all to
be challenged and normalised
- Toilet habits such as holding back because of habit or laziness,
and being unaware of the need to achieve elimination every 18-20
hours after a meal, must be brought into focus. Also in the case of
males the habit of sitting-down on the toilet seat to urinate (not
standing up) should be trained in. This then motivates increased
rectal elimination, compared to previous irregular bowel movements.
- Avoid eating pips and seeds - these lodge in the diverticula and
add extra unwanted weight.
HOMOEOPATHIC
Register with a known professionally qualified practitioner who can
treat and continue to oversee this condition for your individual
needs. TISSUE SALTS
- Ferrum Phos - piles, prolapses, rectal inflammation
- Kali Mur - constipation with light-coloured stools (i.e. want of
bile)
- Kali Phos - constipation due to nervous or mental strains
- Nat Mur - constipation due to lack of intestinal moisture
- Calc. Fluor - inability of muscles to expel faeces
- Nat Sulph. - with bilious symptoms - stools knotty and difficult
to
expel
HERBALS
- Raw Garlic
- Slippery Elm (3 x daily)
- Liquorice Powder
- Aloe Vera Powder/Gel
- Psyllium Powder/seeds
AROMATHERAPY
Register with a qualified therapist for a series of treatments.
Afterwards ask the therapist's advice for "At Home" follow up.
SPECIAL FOODS
- Soak in apple juice (overnight) Alfalfa seeds, flaxseeds, Psyllium
seeds and raisins. Then take one tablespoon 3 x daily.
- On rising - blend half-glass fresh carrot juice, 1 x tablespoon
whey powder, 1 x teaspoon fenugreek powder, 1 x teaspoon Psyllium
powder, 2 x teaspoon slippery elm, 1 x teaspoon spirulina (or
similar) powder with a further 25% of clean water - drink all
- Make at least one meal a day a green salad using only half olive
oil plus half flaxseed oil, with 2 x teaspoon walnut oil (optional)
and squeeze of lemon, for dressing.
- Eat daily "live" unpasturised, uncoloured, unflavoured, raw
yoghurt.
- Cook with ginger, apple cider vinegar and garlic.
- Concentrate on adding fruit such as pears, melon, paw paw and
apples to your diet. Always eat fruit separately from other foods.
SPECIAL EXERCISE
Get your instructor to map out a special and specific regime for
your condition Exercise at least 20 minutes 3 x weekly. OTHER
CONSIDERATIONS
Bowel Retraining - Never repress the urge to eliminate; drink 6
glasses of "pure" water daily; stop using laxatives and enemas once
daily bowel activity has been established.
Ayurvedic Counselling - A highly recommended adjunct to securing
effective overall treatment with the other actions discussed here
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