Home Remedies For Tummy Troubles

Stomach ailments such as constipation, gas or diarrhea can cause a lot of discomfort and throw life out of gear. The pain, the bloating, the constant visits to the loo or the inability to eat anything ruins our entire day until the problem subsides.

Allopathy and homeopathy have cures for these ailments, but, at times, when we have no access to either, it’s best to turn to home remedies. These are natural, do not have any side effects and the ingredients are   easily available in our kitchen cabinets.

Sharing today, home remedies for tummy troubles that are easy to prepare and safe to administer.

Home Remedies For Tummy Troubles

Sweet, ginger drops for diarrhea:

These ginger drops are small in size, sweet to taste and easy to prepare. They give instant relief from diarrhea and its resulting stomachache. They can be prepared using the below measurements and stored in an airtight jar in the refrigerator.

Diarrhea, or loose motions, is a result of an infection caused on drinking unclean water, or eating food that our stomach does not agree with. Consuming these ginger drops every half an hour when suffering from severe loose motions, gives quick relief and zero side effects.

Ingredients:

Dried ginger powder – 2 tablespoons

Grated jaggery – 1 tablespoon

Ghee – 2 teaspoons or as needed

Poppy seeds – Half spoon

Method:

Mix together the dried ginger powder (available at your local retail store/supermarket), grated jaggery, poppy seeds and ghee in a clean bowl. Use as much ghee it takes to bind together the dried ingredients into tiny, pea-sized balls.

This mixture will give you approximately 6 – 7 balls, which you may consume until you find relief from the watery stools.

Arrowroot Porridge

Arrowroot powder is a starch that’s used to thicken soups in place of cornstarch. It’s used to prepare porridge, or kheer, to curb diarrhea, too.

Ingredients:

Arrowroot powder – 2 tablespoons

Water – 2 cups

Sugar – 1 teaspoon

Method:

Boil 2 cups of water and add the arrowroot powder to it. Add sugar to taste and cook it on low flame until it thickens. Switch off the burner and allow the porridge to cool. Children love the taste of the porridge much more than the bitter allopathic syrups. Arrowroot powder is available at retail stores or supermarkets, and the porridge is easy and quick to prepare.

Asafoetida for instant relief from gas or stomach ache

Asafoetida has anti-inflammatory, anti-flatulence and laxative properties that help fight gas, bloating and stomachache.  These stomach ailments are often caused due to certain foods we eat, or heavy meals.

Mix asafoetida powder with warm water or warm milk to make a fine paste.

Massage the navel with this paste. It’s especially effective in the case of children who do not drink warm water or buttermilk with asafoetida.

Adding a pinch of asafoetida powder to buttermilk along with some black salt and drinking this after dinner also gives relief from gas and eases digestion and constipation.

Sol Kadhi

Sol kadhi is a common digestive drink prepared in the coastal regions of Maharashtra. It helps in digestion, fights acidity and also acts as a coolant during the hot summer.

Ingredients:

Kokum – 2 to 3

Fresh, grated coconut – 1

Warm water – 1 cup

Green chillies – 1 or 2

Garlic – 2 cloves

Salt to taste

Coriander for garnishing

Method:

Soak the kokum in warm water for a couple of hours.

Grind the grated coconut with some warm water and squeeze out the milk, thoroughly.

Grind green chillies and garlic and add the paste to the coconut milk. Or, grind all the three (coconut, green chillies and garlic) together.

Mash the soaked kokum and add only the juice to the coconut milk.

Mix well.

Add salt to taste and garnish with coriander.

Serve chilled.

This, too, can be prepared at home, with ingredients that are easily available.

These home remedies for stomach ailments taste great, too, and don’t seem like “medicines”, which makes it easy to feed little kids!

Our grandmothers knew every kitchen ingredient perfectly and hence these home remedies that have been passed down from generations can be trusted, blindly. These make for the perfect medication in the absence of modern treatments.