Yoga For Helicobacter Pylori Infection
What is Helicobacter Pylori ?
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) is a type of bacteria that affects the stomach and the duodenum and causes ulcers. These germs can enter your body and live in your digestive tract. For some people the infection can lead to stomach cancer
Symptoms of Having H.Pylori Infection
- Burning pain in the abdomen
- Pain in the Stomach due to long intervals between meals
- Vomiting feeling
- Not feeling like eating
- Stomach
- Frequent burping
- Bloating
- Weight loss
Causes
A person can get H.Pylori or the imbalance in the H. Pylori population can be
- Through contact of saliva or other bodily fluids
- Contaminated food or water
- Too much outside food
- Alcohol consumption
But even after the above conditions 50-75 % of the world’s population already has H.pylori bacteria, it doesn’t cause illness.
Infact do you know that their are 39 trillion microbial cells incuding bacteria, viruses and fungi that live on and in us!
This is because our human body is a microbiome, these various microbes help the human body to keep healthy.
For example H.Pylori too helps in controling GERD and with Asthma. So basically it is all about keeping a healthy balance in our gut, with the help of Yoga and healthy eating.
Yogic Point of View
We will be discussing what Yogic practices and natural remedies can help with the above
According to Yoga and Ayurveda, acclumulation of toxins ( ama ) in the body decreases the immunity and hence bacterial infections increase.
Stress can also cause gastric problems and weakening of immunity thus leading to the above problems. So mindfulness practices and pranayams can help
I have also made Youtube videos on this topic, you can watch the videos below
Below are Three Yogic Practices which can help with the condition
- Supta Pawanmuktasana
Breathing in raise the right leg, breathing out press the leg to the stomach as shown in the picture.
Repeat the same with the left leg and then both the legs together.
You can stay in each posture for 5 seconds initially and then with practice upto half – one minute.
If you are staying for long durations the you can just do 1-2 rounds ( right + left + both legs = 1 round )
You can watch the videos for more clarity
- Makarasana
Lie down on the stomach, now raise the upper body and support it with the help of the hands, just the way you might you might read a book lying on the tummy.
Take long deep breaths. Stay in this posture for around 10 breaths to 2 mins depending on how you feel.
- Nadi Shodhan Pranayama
Close the right nostril with the right hand thumb and breath in from the left. After taking a full breath release the thumb, close the left nostril with the right ring finger and breath out from the right nostril. Now breath in through the right nostril, close the right nostril with the help of the thumb, lift the ring finger and breath out through the left nostril.
This is one round.
Practice upto 10 rounds initially.
Please watch the above videos for more clarity
Foods to avoid for H Pylori Infection
- Non Vegetarian Food
- Heavy Spicy Food
- Too much sweets
Indian Foods for H Pylori infection
- Breakfast – One can have light healthy foods like idlis, upma, poha
- Lunch – Dal Chawal Sabji / Curd Rice / Lemon Rice
- Dinner – Same as lunch, or one can have simple Roti, Sabji and Dal
Please take the meals on time, Breakfast ( around 8:30 am ), Lunch ( around 2 pm ), Dinner ( between 6:30-max 8 pm )
Using raw or powdered Turmeric can be helpful with the condition.
So do follow the above and feel free to connect with me if you have any doubts.
Namaste 🙂
Rohit Chopra
References
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4291894/
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/317027#foods-to-eat
https://yoga.ayush.gov.in/blog?q=70
