RECTUM AND ANUS PROBLEMS
HAEMORRHOIDS (PILES)
Hemorrhoids are varicose veins of the anus, which lie close to the anal orifice, just under the mucous lining. They develop due to the increased pressure while straining the anal sphincter. The veins in the anus become swollen/twisted and thin-walled and could be ruptured by the pressure of faeces. One of the symptoms is blood and/or mucous in the faeces. Bowel movements are uncomfortable and painful.
External or protruding hemorrhoids could itch and also be excruciatingly painful. The pain can last for hours after every stool.
Sometimes, the hemorrhoids protrude after stool and make Movements difficult. Hemorrhoids are due to sluggish circulation and lack of exercise. There is a constant tendency to accumulate toxins in the system; hence constipation is usually a major aspect of the person’s constitution. The cures given above are basic.
LIVER AND THE GALL BLADDER
LIVER
The liver is the largest single organ in the body, and one of the most important too. It has a profound effect on almost every activity of our body. Apart from producing a digestive juice it processes and stores nutrients, and releases them into the bloodstream for the use of body cells.
HYPERBILIOUSNESS (BILIOUSNESS)
This results from excessive bile in the stomach and duodenum, which generates great heat. The symptoms are commonly a frontal headache, which may come and go, usually better with sleep. In stronger attacks the headache intensifies and nausea comes on which also keeps intensifying until the person vomits, after which he feels much better. Hyper biliousness could result from improper food (too oily, spicy, stale, or poisonous). It could also occur when the liver malfunctions due to hepatitis, cirrhosis or any other digestive disorders that affect the liver too, as well as excessive mental or emotional tension.
JAUNDICE
Jaundice is not a disorder but a symptom of a disorder. Diseases of the liver or gallbladder like hepatitis, cirrhosis, tumors, and obstruction by gallstones could produce jaundice. Jaundice can also result from excessive drug intake and blood ransfusion. The major characteristics of jaundice are yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes or / and vomiting attacks.
Urine also becomes dark in color. Avoid completely, all non-vegetarian preparations, and even heavy vegetarian ones.
Avoid cakes, pastries, chocolates, ice creams and synthetic/ aerated drinks. Avoid alcohol of any sort.
HEPATITIS
The liver becomes likely to be inflamed only when it is weak through constant stress and irregular habits. It is rarely that we are born with a weak liver. Hepatitis could be an uncomplicated inflammation, or accompanied with infection. Persons who are affected by tropical fevers such as malaria, filarial, typhoid, kala-azar etc. and chronic amoebas, suffer from inflammatory situation of the liver. Hepatitis may also be accompanied and affected by other problems of the digestive tract, like ileitis, colitis and amoebas.
The visible effects of the inflammation could be acute or chronic. The diet in acute hepatitis is similar to that mentioned for jaundice. In chronic hepatitis it would be advisable to avoid non-vegetarian food, deep fried food, pastries, chocolates and ice-creams for the patient to greatly benefit from a bland diet.
ANAEMIA
Anemia is a deficiency of red blood cells, or of Hemoglobin which is carried in red blood cells. There are several reasons why this could occur. There could be a fault in the production of hemoglobin, or of the red blood cells, or the rate of destruction of the red blood cells may be usually high, or there could be a decrease in the quantity of blood itself due to hemorrhage.
Anemia could be a temporary condition in those who suffer heavy bleeding during menstruation. It is also very common among pregnant women, and more so in the later stages of pregnancy.
GALLSTONES
Gallstones are crystals of bile sediment, very concentrated in cholesterol, which form in the gall bladder over a period of time. Highly concentrated bile has sediments which drop to the bottom of the gallbladder as tiny crystals. Over a period of time these accumulate and stick together becoming larger and larger. They normally adhere to the bottom of the gallbladder, but from time to time they could detach them and move into the bile duct and get stuck, blocking the passage of bile and causing pain.
One of the symptoms of blockage by a gallstone is gall-colic, which is an intense pain in the upper right hand side of the abdomen, or sometimes between the shoulder blades. The pain increases over a few hours and peaks, and then fades, if the stone falls back or passes into the duodenum. This is accompanied by nausea and vomiting due to the sudden rush of bile. It can also be accompanied by fever. The cures given above are basic
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