How to treat ulcerative colitis through Ayurveda? - Dr. Mini Nair

Jul 31, 2019

Ulcerative colitis is the ulcer formation in the large intestine and it is the   result of long  standing inflammation of  the  colons.  The  symptoms of  this condition is that there will be anorectal bleeding, pain in the  abdomen  and  altered  bowel movements  either diarrhea or constipation, it  affects  in the age of  20 to 50  genetic  is  found to play an  important role it  runs in families, there is  also an autoimmune  type of Ulcerative colitis.   It can also be a result of  long standing mental disorder or stress, insomnia or  anxiety disorders. The management of Ulcerative colitis can be done through  Ayurveda in the initial stages. It is  related to rakta pitta , grahani or raktadhisara, where the  symptoms are of the similar  types, to control these  conditions, the   basically we need to concentrate  on our  diet, lifestyle and on the medicinal part of it.  Diet plays  an important part of Ulcerative colitis.  It is a result of  a long standing inflammation of the bowel. We need to avoid all kind of food  that creates  irritation or inflammation within  the gut, spicy food, combination food, non vegetarian food, alcohol and  smoking is a complete  no  when it comes to treatments of  Ulcerative colitis. Eating food in a hurry or eating food when really not hungry can lead to these   conditions.  Taking medications to clear bowel in a long term can result in creating lot of irritation or ulceration in the gut. Avoid all dairy food products and go in for bland food. The management should start in the initial signs and symptoms itself. Treatment is we need to modify your diet, lifestyle and then w e need to look into management  with medications too.  When it comes to diet, avoid sour or spicy food, even if it is a vegetarian good, abstain from  leaving  long gaps  in between your meals and take adequate rest because  sleep  helps in healing body tissue.  Smoking and alcohol is a total no in treating this. in dairy products we have seen only ghee and  butter milk is suitable, the rest of the dairy products have to be avoided.  Well cooked vegetables have to be given. Avoid raw vegetables in cases of   Ulcerative colitis.  Chew your food  thoroughly before you can swallow  it. Semi digested food helps in clearing the gut. When lifestyle changes are done and incorporation of yoga  and meditation. There is a holistic  approach to cure this.  In Ayurveda this  is clinically correlated as rakta pitta , grahani or raktadhisara. Here the dosha is “pitta”.  All medications that can pacify the pitta dosha  has  to be given  like medicated  ghee, changeryadi ghritam. Indukanta ghritam is advised in Ulcerative colitis.  Chornams like dadimashtaka choornam, musta moola choornam, dilva choornam is all given  for Ulcerative colitis.  Pills  like vilwadi pills, chiruvilwadi kashayam, drakshadi kashayam, kaitaryadi kashayam.. All these are found useful in treating Ulcerative colitis. There are treatments like vasti, the  piccha vasti, dumra kashaya vasti is proved very effective in treating Ulcerative colitis.