How to treat bloating at home

Bloating is familiar to almost everyone. In some, it passes quickly and imperceptibly. Others cause a lot of inconvenience, and often severe pain. Most people drink carminatives at the first sign. After a while, the situation repeats, and so on ad infinitum.

How to cure bloating? First you need to establish the cause, and only then proceed with its elimination. Consider the most common ones without going deep into the jungle of medical terms. If none of the paragraphs of the article suits you, then immediately contact your gastroenterologist to recognize a serious illness in time.

Don't talk

Since childhood, the famous phrase about deafness and dumbness during eating is very relevant in the situation with flatulence. When a person talks while eating, he himself does not notice how much air enters the stomach. Part of it then comes out with a burp, and the other part enters the intestines. It does not remain in a gaseous state, but mixes with gastric juice and turns into a viscous foam. This greatly complicates the discharge of gases in a natural way.

Tip. Stop talking about food, pay more attention not to gossip, but directly to the meal itself.

Follow the diet

Certain food products contribute to gas and bloating. Here is a list that can cause discomfort:

• Cruciferous. Cabbage, radish, radish, daikon.
• Freshly baked brown bread.
• Legumes Beans, peas, beans.
• Sweet sweet pastries.
• Garlic.
• Milk.
• Beer, kvass.

All this food, when consumed in large quantities, begins to ferment in the intestines or release gas on its own. By excluding these foods from your diet, you can alleviate your condition. Or at least limit yourself to a small amount per day.

Tip. If you still could not resist and burst from the soul of "gas-forming agents", then help your intestines - drink any adsorbent. He absorbs all the "charms". Just do not abuse it too often, because it absorbs the beneficial intestinal microflora.

Eliminate dysbiosis

Prem of certain medicines can cause bloating. Antibiotics are especially guilty of this. They disrupt the normal functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, which in turn leads to increased gas formation.

Tip. Restore the balance of intestinal bacteria only after the end of the course of medication. Otherwise, fresh bacterial crops will be safely killed at the root.

Maybe this is a violation of enzyme metabolism

A striking example is infant colic. In kids, the enzyme system still does not work very harmoniously, so they often suffer from bloating. In adults, such disturbances are often caused by irregular diet.

Tip. Try to eat more often, but in small portions. Snack nuts, fruits, instead of fast food.

How to help with bloating

It is unlikely to be able to independently cure bloating. But to help alleviate the condition and reduce gas formation is quite possible. And it is not necessary to take endlessly medicinal antifoam agents. Always at hand most folk remedies.

Dill
The most famous and effective remedy. For its preparation take 1 tbsp. l seeds, rub well in a mortar. Then pour boiling water, 1 liter, and wrap. You can do it all in a thermos. An hour later the product is ready. It should be taken 50 ml before meals three times a day.

The tool is convenient in that it can be cooked immediately in a large portion. It is perfectly stored in the refrigerator, only before reception it will be necessary to warm up a little. Another plus - this infusion can be given even to small children, only a serving is reduced to a teaspoon.

If there are no seeds, then you can take fresh or dried herbs. Then you need 2 tbsp. l finely chopped raw materials.

Chamomile and caraway seeds
Take 1 tbsp. l raw materials and pour a liter of boiling water. After 10 minutes, you can already drink. To improve the taste, honey or a leaf of fresh mint is sometimes added. Drink half a glass three times a day, regardless of meals.

All the necessary components are sold in any pharmacy and there are mere pennies, and the effect is fast and very good.

Tummy massage
It helps to get rid of excess gas. Only this is not a direct massage, but wide strokes of the abdomen in a clockwise direction. The position of the body should be straight: lying on your back or standing, fully bent. The duration of the procedure is at least 20 minutes.

Even better if you can get on all fours and lower your head low. Such a pose of the "gun" from the side seems ridiculous. But, when the stomach hurts hellishly from the accumulated gases, there is no laughing matter.

A similar effect has an increase in physical activity. For example, brisk walking for about half an hour, or walking up and down stairs.

Water
Normal clean water drunk in a volume of at least a liter immediately. It passes quickly into the intestines and liquefies the viscous mucus of the foam. Gases are released and released naturally or absorbed by the intestinal walls. Instead of water, you can drink slightly brewed mint tea. Only at least a liter. A lower dosage will not have the desired effect.

Let it not work immediately and in one gulp. But for at least an hour to drink a liter of liquid is quite real.

Refusal of night food
Try not to dine after 20.00. At night, the intestines sleep, like the whole body. It has no daily activity, so the food stagnates inside instead of moving. It turns out not digestion, but fermentation.

If you can’t eat dinner earlier, then at least eat neutral foods. Instead of yeast bread - crackers, replace meat with cheese, sweet fruits with a small handful of nuts. Just do not right now about a glass of kefir. People who come home from the day shift after 20.00 are unlikely to be full of such a dinner. And to eat normally in the evening at work sometimes simply is not possible.

Porridge
The banal use of cereals for breakfast at times reduces gas formation and virtually eliminates bloating. Only they must not be cooked, namely brew. And not milk or kefir, but pure water.

No time to cook in the morning? Cook in the evening. The right amount of spoons of washed cereals was poured into a thermos, poured with boiling water. In the morning we woke up, the porridge was ready. No thermos - take a ceramic plate and just wrap it warmly.

Just do not add sugar. Better salt. With a slice of cucumber, cheese or a slice of chicken (fish) meat, salty porridge goes with a bang. Whole grain cereals are preferred. If this is not possible, then cereals in the form of flakes are brewed with boiling water in general for 10 minutes. Just have time to wake up and do morning hygiene.

Before dismissively waving, try this tip. The result will pleasantly surprise you.

Walnuts
Finely crushed and boiled in ordinary milk help well with bloating. For 1 liter of fluid, take 1 tbsp. without top ground kernels. Simmer for only 12 minutes. Before each meal, take the resulting gruel for 2 tbsp. l

The course should last no more than a week. With prolonged use, the drug can cause constipation. But, as a rule, these 7 days are more than enough to normalize gas formation in the intestine.

Some tips

1. Smoking and frequent chewing of chewing gum can also cause bloating.If you can’t get rid of these habits, then at least try to control the process and not swallow air.
2. Watch your speech. Many people do not notice how they talk excitedly. Is it hard to understand? Record yourself on the recorder, then listen carefully. Characteristic sobs are always clearly distinguishable. Just do not read the news as an announcer. Speak as you are used to doing it in the usual manner. Sometimes you can swallow so much air during a regular conversation!
3. Chew thoroughly. Large pieces of food are not digested properly, but remain dead in the intestines, then begin to ferment. Hence the gas formation, abdominal pain.

How to cure bloating? Alone - no way. This can only be done by a specialist. All the methods described are suitable for temporary relief of the condition, but do not eliminate the cause. Seek timely advice and do not hesitate to tell the doctor the details, they have not heard that. Be healthy and take care of yourself.

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