A HERBAL APPROACH TO MANAGE DIARRHOEA
Dr. Brahm Dutt Sharma*, Dr. Durgesh Nandini Sharma, Dr. Puneet Kumar Garg, Dr. Nitesh Vyas and Neelam Motwani
ABSTRACT
Diarrhea is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the
developing countries. Despite there is improvement in public health,
the incidence of intestinal infection is continues to be an important
clinical problem. Fluid electrolyte replacement, mainly oral
rehydration therapy is the main stay for the management of diarrhea
and antimicrobial agents for infective diarrhea are used worldwide.
According to Ayurveda diarrhea occurs when the digestive fire is
weakened, absorption and assimilation get slow and the movement of
food through the digestive system is accelerated causing liquidly
stools. We present here management of diarrhea with the help of
Ayurvedic medicine.
Keywords: Diarrhea, Atisara, Agni, Anti-microbial herbal drugs.
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