Bloating is the sensation of fullness, tightness, or swelling in the abdomen, often accompanied by gas and discomfort. Bloating can occur due to the accumulation of gas or disruptions in the digestive system.
In this blog, we will talk about bloating and homeopathy.
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#1 - Why do we get bloated?
There are many reasons…
Here are some examples below
⚠️Lack of exercise
⚠️Dehydration
⚠️Excess salt intake
⚠️Lack of fibre in the diet
⚠️Eating fried and spicy food
⚠️Carbonate drinks
⚠️Eating too fast
⚠️Dairy products
⚠️Overeating
⚠️Stress
⚠️Hormones
Bloating is the feeling of fullness, tightness, or swelling in the abdomen, often accompanied by gas and discomfort. There are several reasons why bloating occurs, typically due to the buildup of gas or disturbances in the digestive system. Here are some common causes:
1. Gas Accumulation
Swallowed Air: Eating or drinking too quickly, chewing gum, or drinking carbonated beverages can cause you to swallow excess air, which gets trapped in the digestive system.
Digestive Gases: When bacteria in the gut break down certain undigested foods, like fibre, carbohydrates, or sugars, they produce gas as a byproduct. This can cause bloating and flatulence.
2. Food Sensitivities or Intolerances
Lactose Intolerance: People who are lactose intolerant lack the enzyme lactase, which is needed to digest lactose (a sugar found in dairy). This can lead to gas, bloating, and diarrhoea.
Gluten Sensitivity: Those with gluten intolerance or celiac disease can experience bloating when consuming foods with gluten.
FODMAPs: Some people are sensitive to certain carbohydrates called FODMAPs (found in beans, onions, garlic, and certain fruits), which can ferment in the intestines and cause bloating.
3. Constipation
When stools build up in the colon, they can cause a sensation of fullness and bloating. This is often due to dehydration, low fibre intake, or lack of physical activity.
4. Overeating
Eating large meals, especially rich in fatty or highly processed foods, can slow digestion and lead to bloating. Fatty foods take longer to digest, and overeating can stretch the stomach, contributing to the feeling of fullness.
5. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
IBS is a common condition that affects the large intestine and can lead to bloating, along with symptoms like abdominal pain, diarrhoea, or constipation. The exact cause of IBS is unclear, but it involves an increased sensitivity of the gut.
6. Hormonal Changes
Many women experience bloating during their menstrual cycle due to hormonal fluctuations, particularly an increase in progesterone. This hormone can slow digestion and cause water retention.
7. Gut Microbiome Imbalance
A disruption in the balance of good and bad bacteria in the gut (dysbiosis) can lead to increased gas production and bloating. This can result from antibiotics, diet, or other health conditions.
8. Fluid Retention
Conditions like liver or kidney disease, heart failure, or premenstrual syndrome (PMS) can cause the body to retain water, leading to a bloated appearance in the abdomen.
9. Stress and Anxiety
Emotional stress can affect digestion by slowing it down or speeding it up, leading to bloating and digestive discomfort. The brain-gut connection plays a role in how emotions can directly impact the gastrointestinal system.
#2 - Prevention and relief
Eat Slowly: Avoid gulping down food to reduce swallowed air.
Limit Carbonated Beverages: These can increase the amount of gas in the digestive system.
Stay Hydrated: Drinking water helps digestion and prevents constipation.
Eat Fiber-Rich Foods: This promotes regular bowel movements but introduce fiber slowly to avoid excessive gas production.
Exercise Regularly: Physical activity can help move gas through the digestive tract and prevent constipation.
Identify Trigger Foods: Keeping a food diary may help identify foods that cause bloating.
Manage Stress: Techniques like deep breathing, meditation, or yoga can help reduce stress-induced bloating.
If bloating is persistent, painful, or accompanied by other symptoms like weight loss or blood in the stool, it may indicate a more serious underlying condition and should be evaluated by a healthcare professional.
#3 - Commonly used remedies for bloating
You can use homeopathy for self-prescribing to alleviate bloating by stimulating your natural healing abilities. However, there are a lot of remedies for bloating. That's why so difficult to use remedies for bloating for self-prescribing.
The following are commonly used remedies for temporary bloating.
Carbo Veg
The upper part of the abdomen is significantly swollen, particularly worsening at night and when lying down, but improving when passing gas. Flatulent colic causes the individual to double over in pain. Regular burping alleviates discomfort in both the stomach and the patient overall. There is a desire for sugary and salty foods, while rich or fatty foods are disliked or cause indigestion.
China off.
Feeling bloated, distended, and flatulent without finding relief from burping or passing gas. Better from motion.
Frequent rumbling, eructation and flatus. Experiencing cramping abdominal pains that are alleviated by bending over but worsened by cold temperatures.
Craving sweets, salt spicy foods.
A sensation of heat in the abdomen as if hot water is flowing through.
Intestinal fermentation after consuming fruits.
Lycopodium
Abdominal distension. Fermentation in intestines like yeast. much noisy flatulence.
Excessive flatulence with loud noises. Soon after meals, the belly becomes swollen and distended. Improved by burping and passing gas, aggravated by eating even a small quantity of food.
Craving sweets, alcohol, warm drinks. Aversion to cold drinks or food.
Nux Vomica
In the morning, there are loud rumbling and gurgling sounds in the abdomen. Trapped gas. Bloating with spasmodic abdominal pain. Pain with upward pressure, leading to difficulty breathing and urge to have a bowel movement. Abdominal walls feel tender and bruised.
Desire for spicy, fatty foods, alcohol, coffee, tobacco, or any stimulant.
Arg Nit
Rumbling and gurgling. Flatulence causes distention and bursting of the abdomen. Loud, explosive belchings discharged upwards and downwards. The colic is accompanied by significant gas and bloating. Cutting pain with loud rumbling. The individual may experience anticipation, apprehension, and fear.
Asafoetida
Hysterical flatulence. The abdomen is bloated with gas, but no flatulence is released despite frequent belching.
Unproductive belching. Unsuccessful attempts to pass gas or burp. Offensive belching. Tightness in the throat or chest.
Flatus are passing upwards, non downwards. Flatulent colic with abdominal pulsations.
Gelsemium
Abdominal rumbling accompanied by the passing of gas both above and below. Gnawing pain in the transverse colon. Sudden spasmodic pain in the upper abdomen. Soreness in abdominal walls.
Raphanus Sativa
A feeling of trapped gas, particularly in the upper left part of the abdomen.
Distended. Tympanitis, no flatus emitted downward. Cramping around the navel.
A feeling of trapped gas, particularly in the upper left part of the abdomen.
These remedies are for temporary bloating. In the case of chronic symptoms, there may be a deep relationship between lifestyle and emotions.
#4 - Additional useful items
These items are available in UK health shops and pharmacies and are helpful products to know about.
Optibac One Week Flat
Beneficial bacteria ideal for individuals experiencing bloating
An easily digestible probiotic supplement designed to support the existing gut flora.
Yarrow Complex Oral Drops (A.Vogel)
Bitter herbs encourage the body to naturally correct the production of digestive enzymes. This tincture helps with bloating, flatulence or pain in the gut.
Digestisan Oral Drops (A.Vogel)
This product is good for abdominal fullness, belching and flatulence.
Silicolgel
Silicolgel creates a protective and calming layer on the stomach and intestinal lining. Due to the adsorptive and binding qualities of colloidal silicic acid, it physically attracts and adsorbs irritants, toxins and pathogens.
In my previous blog, ``Causes of Disease,'' I write about the relationship between symptoms and emotions.
If you have tried these remedies and still experience recurring constipation, it is recommended that you consult a homeopath.
#5 - Conclusions …
However, if the symptoms return more often or occur constantly, it is better to look into the bigger picture.
Why are you under the stress?
Why do you eat so fast?
Why are you craving salt?
Do you have any hormonal changes? and more….
The homeopath focuses on both symptoms and the underlying cause of the problem, employing a range of healing methods tailored to each individual. However, you have chronic constipation with if you suspect that you have a major illness such as colon cancer or Crohn's disease, if your symptoms persist or if you think something is wrong, please consult your doctor immediately.
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What is acute and chronic prescribing? You can read this blog.
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Reference :
Murphy. R.(2006) Nature's Materia Medica. Third edition. Lotus Health Institute. Virginia. USA
Morrison. R. (1993) Desktop Guide To Keynotes and Confirmatory Symptoms. Hahnemann Clinic Publishing. California. USA.
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