Presence of wind in the stomach and intestines causes much inconvenience and discomfort. The formation of gas in the stomach is mainly due to defective digestion.
The waste matter goes on accumulating and putrefying in the intestines leading to the formation of wind. There are rumbling noises in the stomach.
It means inflammation of the colon (large intestine). As you know, waste material rejected by the small intestines, is passed on to the large intestine, the colon.
It is when the colon is quite filled up, that one receives an urge for the motion to relieve himself by defecating. The walls of the colon are protected from inside by a lining of the mucous membrane.
In addition to what has been advised for diseases of the abdomen, some general directions are given below in the matter of eating etiquette of good health. They are:
1. Never drink during the meals. Period for taking water should be half-an-hour before or 2 or 3 hours after the taking of one’s meals. You do not feel the urge for water during the meals as long as it is well-munched and not gulped.
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Liver is one of the most important organs of the human body. Its main functions are three—to provide bile, to store glycogen (or animal starch), and to excrete waste products.
Liver secrets biles (salts and pigments). The bile helps in making the food alkaline, necessary for the proper enzyme action and the emulsification of fats, so as to get assimilated and absorbed in the body.
Diabetes is of two kinds—diabetes insipidus and diabetes mellitus. In the former, the patient passes great quantities of urine, which is almost colourless. The latter one is the common form of diabetes. In this kind of diabetes, sugar is present in the urine.
Next to liver, kidneys are also of great significance to the maintenance of bodily health. The main and important function of the kidneys is to remove or eliminate a greater part of refuse and waste matter that piles up in the system during the bodily activities.
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The constitution of heart is that it supplies blood to all parts of the body and of that purpose it works constantly like a pump at mechanical rate of about 70 times in a minute, except with increased rate during exertion, exercise and mental tension.
Piles is not a disease, but a serious condition or symptom of acute constipation and also a disorder of the digestive system. As the vein in the region of the anus becomes varicose (loose or dilated), a condition like that of pile or haemorrhoids is born.
A word on soybean and its benefits for a heart patient would be necessary here. Recent studies in U.S. and Britain, on the effects of soybean on cholesterol levels have led to a startling discovery that the addition of soybean to a person’s diet reduces cholesterol levels, irrespective of his other heating habits.
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An attack of asthma is a painful experience. It is a nervous condition affecting the breathing of the sufferer. In this disease, the breathing passages of the air, or the bronchial tubes are affected with catarrhal development (phlegm) in them, which blocks the passage.