Guest guest Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 hi, to the person who asked about indigestion.. well i have often experienced bad indigestion as i grew older and also have really low stomach acid. I was really uncomfortable and put off eating, so I took to reading as much as I could online from various ayuvedic sites and tried various things from fasting on lemon juice once a week etc... BUT the best thing that worked from me was this;..first of all, never eat between the 3 meals; i mean never, and for a few days I made the local asian 'chuk' which is basically steamed rice then bolied slowly for along time,they add a litle salt and seaweed but you can leave that out!..its incredibly bland but that for your 3 meals over a couple of days will set you straight! THE most helpful advice i got though, for curing that horrible indigestion was Barley tea, .... i assumed they werent talking about the packeted stuff on your local supermarket shelf and went to the local market to find fresh roasted dry barley, loose. 1 cup barley to 3 cups water, boil it down to 2 cups, and drink 3 times a day between meals. This barley tea really worked wonders, got my appetite going and really helped the pain of indigestion... Anyway if you have access to these ingredients, you might want to give it try... K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2004 Report Share Posted February 23, 2004 > Message: 4 > Mon, 23 Feb 2004 06:07:06 +0000 (GMT) > katie baillie <nzredshoes > Re: Indigestion > > THE most helpful advice i got though, for curing that horrible > indigestion was Barley tea, .... i assumed they werent talking about > the packeted stuff on your local supermarket shelf and went to the > local market to find fresh roasted dry barley, loose. 1 cup barley to > 3 cups water, boil it down to 2 cups, and drink 3 times a day between > meals. This barley tea really worked wonders, got my appetite going > and really helped the pain of indigestion... Hi Katie roasted barley is used extensively all over the world in traditional healing systems for its myriad benefits specifically, it is a cooling remedy that unblocks the liver, and as a result cleanses the skin we often use roasted barley, along with roasted chicory and dandelion root as a liver restorative and alterative, taken as kind of coffee in many places similar preparations can be found as the various coffee substitutes, but it is of course better to get a quality source in chinese medicine they use barley sprouts to treat food stagnation, particularly associated with starchy foods (i.e. a high carb diet can be hard on the liver) if taken long term however roasted barley may increase vata and can injure the kidneys, because of its inherent coldness thus it is best taken with a little ginger Caldecott phyto http://www.wrc.net/phyto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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