Acute gastritis

It is commonly known as turmeric. It is a house hold remedy in India and has been used in Indian System of Medicine since centuries to aid digestion and liver function, relieve arthritis, pain, and regulate menstruation. Turmeric has also been applied directly to the skin for eczema and wound healing. Other indications include heartburn, stomach ulcers, and gallstones and recent researches revealed it to be useful to prevent and treat cancer. It was introduced and proved by Arya, Balachandran and Augustine. The homoeopathic mother tincture is prepared from rhizome. An extended proving was recently done by Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy(1)

Gastritis is acute or chronic inflammation of the stomach and is most often diffuse, mostly caused by Helicobacter pylori and bile reflux. It is the commonest disorder encountered in the clinical practice. Change in dietary habits – like having irregular meals, fast foods, addictions like smoking and alcohol also play major role. Although not life threatening as other major illness, the symptoms can be distressing and can cause discomfort to enjoy normal life and drain the mental and physical energy. If gastritis is not treated earlier the complications are grave like peptic ulcer, pyloric stenosis and subsequent perforation. Homoeopathy plays a major role in treating gastritis. Homeopathy is very effective in managing all the acute as well as chronic expressions of gastritis; it also plays an important role in prevention of relapse of the condition.