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The ultimate stomach cure Sanjay Acharya

The best all-round remedy of all is ginger tea. Cut up pieces of fresh ginger and boil them for around twenty minutes. You can add some honey if you like. Ginger will remedy both diarrhea and constipation. It resolves stomach cramps and helps digest heavy, oily food.

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If you have stomach cramps you may be suffering from worms. Eat a few cloves of raw garlic with some bread or rice a few times a day and most cases will be resolved. Don’t eat sugar or dairy food in the meantime as many parasites feed on those.

If you’ve been eating too much then miss a couple of meals and give your system a chance to catch up. And when you do eat take light, warming dishes like soup and vegetable stews.

Massage your stomach. It’s the centre of all your energy from a Chinese perspective and you can achieve a good deal of relief by working the muscles with your fingers. It’s also an excellent way to distress.

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If you get heartburn then there’s an excellent stretch that resolves it if you’re flexible enough. Kneel down and very gently lean backwards away from your knees until your head is close to the ground. Breathe as deeply as you can and support yourself with your elbows.

Don’t take Al ka-Seltzer. If you have indigestion it’s because you don’t eat properly. Don’t ignore the cause of your suffering.

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