Essay On Digestive Effect

What is Digestive Effect?
Nature’s healing properties, found in plants, herbs, roots, and flowers have been known in India for several millennia. Through oral traditions these are passed on from generation to generation and used almost routinely. Even six decades back, aspirin was taken rarely, if one went to the doctor for sour throat or cold the doctor would suggest to the patient to gargle and sometimes drink licorice, cinnamon syrup (karha). One rarely made that trip. Buying pills was unheard off. A visit to the dentist was avoided; for tooth-ache, mothers would give cloves (long) to chew. Mouth fresheners were and still are mint, oregano leaves or a combination of fennel seeds, anise seeds, green cardamom and bits of beetle nuts. Tender

All winter, thick syrup of neem leaves and a few other anti-fungal herbs were combined. The concoction being bitter was hard to swallow but it did have long term effect in summer. The bug bites, prickly heat, water born minor ailments could be avoided by this one bitter syrup
Digestive effect of certain plants and fruits is cooling and of many others, it is heating.
Knowing the digestive effect helps us determine what type of herbs should be used for mild but occasional ailments such as cold, sore throat, nausea, gas and bloating. Very often, mental unrest, anxiety and stress affect digestion and appetite. It is known as nervous digestion. Yogurt and certain herbs help settle the stomach. A few examples of herbs that have multiple benefit are given here:
Fresh ginger has soothing effect if one has nausea, bloating, gas, lack of appetite. Ginger tea reduce the discomfort of sore throat, cold and swelling of throat. Unlike drugs which are chemicals, herbs have least undesirable side effects. anti-nauseate, anti-ulcer, antioxidant, and anti-motion sickness and gastric secretory and anti-secretory, qualities. Eaten before meals, it kicks appetite and stimulates