A NATURAL REMEDY FOR

SERIOUS ACID REFLUX

 (© 21 May, 2012: Dr.V.M.Palaniappan, Ph.D.)

Many people suffer from Acid Reflux.

If you have not suffered so far, you may not know what it can do the sufferer.

The following two form major problems:

(1)  Inability to eat food

(2)  Chest burn (simulates heart pain)

The above happen because of the inflammation of the upper part of the food canal called the gullet or oesophagus.

Do you know what causes the Acid Reflux?

The acid that secretes in the stomach flows back into the oesophagus, and that gives inflammation to the gullet.

Why should this acid flow back?

What induces excessive secretion of the acid in the stomach area?

The medical fraternity does not seem to know the exact reason for this problem.

However, several alternative medicines appear to have meaningful explanations for the phenomenon.

In fact, while there is no cure in modern medicine, the alternative medical people seem to have remedial measures for that.

The Acupucturists have definite approach to solving the problem, within a month or so.

Let me explain here the experience I have had in this regard, along with my findings and a solution for the problem.

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Since mid-2005, I have been working with my computer for about  16 hours daily - seven days a week, for several years, without any break.

You may wonder what kind of work I was involved that kept me occupied for such long periods.

I have been ‘writing’ (of course, using the computer) the following books: 

1. The Human Diseases
2. The True Causes of All Diseases
3. Cancer: Causes, Cure and Prevention, and
4. Diabetes: Causes, Cure and Prevention.

Those who read these books would know the existence of continuity, from one topic to another, without any abrupt disruption.

Such a writing would become possible only if the writer keeps writing non-stop.

To do that, you have to develop a passion for doing it.

I had all the above, and that was not by force, but of a natural desire - a passion to write them.

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Now, if I am to work for 16 hours at a stretch, I must have developed fatigue in the first place.

This I did not get.

That was so because I have been eating small meals several times during these long hours of work.

I must have had back ache sitting for such prolonged periods.

No! I did not get any at all. 

This was so because I have been doing BODY TOWEL MASSAGE daily for about 5 minutes, before taking my morning showers.

I must have had eye strain and headaches, because of seeing the monitor for such long duration.

No! I did not get both. 

Until this day, I have not been wearing any spectacles, and have not been getting headaches.

(The pad of Panadal I bought and kept in my First Aid Box is still there, getting expired of its validity date.)

The Eye Massage I do daily for 30 seconds while taking the showers, and the Breathing Exercise I do for about three minutes while offering my prayers after the shower daily take care of both the above problems.

Inadequate sleep: Somehow, may be because of my strong desire to complete each of those books, never gave me any problem related to inadequate sleep. 

My eyes never droop on their own, for want of sleep.

All these must had only little influence over the SEVERE ACID REFLUX I developed in 2011.

What else could have given me this problem?

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Let me explain my sufferings that were related to the Acid Reflux:

I recently suffered a MAJOR accident during the course of my RESEARCH work. 

This, I will explain in greater details with a Video presentation, at a later date.

As a result of the accident, I had to undergo TWO major surgeries in Selayang Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, between August and November, 2011.

(This is an excellent Government hospital in Kuala Lumpur, with ISO certification - absolutely marvelous establishment, which I can boldly say, is better than many of the private hospitals in - in EVERY respect!)

I was bedridden in the Hospital Ward for about 3½ months!

That is why I left our BLOG totally abandoned for about six months, until I resumed recently.

It was at this time I developed the ACID REFLUX, in  a very severe form!

I could not eat any food at all!

As a result of this, I lost 15 kg of my body weight.

I was 63kg +/- 1 kg, for 39 years, from 1970.

When my wife left me, I lost 3 kg, and was so for 3 years.

After the ACID REFLUX, for want of eating adequate food, I came down to 45 kg., became very weak, and started looking as though I had only skin and bone!

I looked as though I was victim of Anorexia nervosa (i.e., starving) problem.

With doctors’ help, I tried different kinds of latest medications available in the market - I mean in the hospital.

Nothing worked! 

I mean, everything worked for couple weeks, and then they started giving me serious side effects.

This was when I analysed my lifestyle in intense detail, and I found the reasons for the development of this Acid Reflux.

Before explaining the details, let me tell you what I did next.

I went to an Acupuncture Specialist in Kuala Lumpur.

The Acupuncture specialist is addressed as “Master” (and not a ‘doctor’).

He pricked pins on my scalp, at the back of my palms, and in a few locations closer to my ankle.

I had to go thrice a week for such a treatment. 

According to the Master, I had to undergo this treatment at least for next three months for a cure.

Since I have already traced the causative risk factors, I changed my lifestyle, and that helped me to find a cure in just 27 days!

Now, I am totally trouble-free, when it comes to the ‘perennial’ problem of acid reflux.

If only I knew the risk factors much earlier - in 2005, I would not have developed the Acid Reflux in the first place.

Let me explain here such contributive factors for the benefit of millions of people who have been suffering because of this Acid Reflux throughout their life.

Those who are healthy NOW, by knowing the details, can certainly avoid becoming a victim of this disease in future.

The mistakes are simple, but can be much damaging in the long run.

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The following are the TWO major causes for the problem:

1. LATE NIGHT EATING HABIT.

My eating habit consisted of breakfast at 9.30 a.m.

Lunch at 2.00 p.m.

High tea at 6.00 p.m.

Dinner at 10.00 p.m.

Heavy supper at 1.00 a.m. - and this was just BEFORE going to bed.

           
Why should late-night eating give rise to ACID REFLUX?

           

Our intestines keep working (i.e., the peristalsis action) during day time, and they gradually decline when sun sets. 

It stops working with effect from about 10.00 p.m. or so, and a total stand-still by mid-night.      

This means, the food that is eaten AFTER 7.00 or 8.00 p.m., gets STAGNATED in various locations along the intestinal tract.

           

It stays so until about 5.30 a.m. or so in the next morning.

The cells in the lining of the intestine, called Adenomatous cells, ABSORB the water soluble, readily absorbable substances from the stagnated partially-digested food.

Mostly CALCIUM mineral (along with a few more, but in minor quantities) gets absorbed readily.

(Such calcium, on accumulation for a few years, gives rise to CANCER in some of the organs related to the intestinal tract. 

This is not our concern here. Therefore, let me move on to information related to Acid Refulx)

When the food gets stagnated at the stomach, THE ACID THAT IS SECRETED IN THE STOMACH ITSELF, gets mixed with the food, since the food stops moving down after past-midnight.

At this, we lie down flat on bed.

The sleeping horizontal position will not be helpful in sending the food even by the EARTH’S GRAVITATION PULL.

As a result, the acid gets pushed upwards into the oesophagus, and this is called REFLUX.

The repeated irritations caused by the acid give rise to the inflammation there, resulting in the narrowing of the gullet tube, thus closing the food passage.

2. CONSUMPTION OF EXCESSIVE OIL                             

I had to cook my own food.    

I liked fried food.                                                             

It is easier to fry food than to cook following other laborious procedures.

Oil-fried food keeps for several days in the fridge than the rest.

ABOVE ALL, I WANTED TO PROVE TO PEOPLE THAT CONSUMING EXCESSIVE OIL WILL NOT GIVE RISE TO LDL (bad cholesterol) CHOLESTEROL EXCESS.

For all these reasons, I have been consuming fried food ALL the time - day and night!

Such excessive oil consumption appears to be ANOTHER important causative factor for the development of ACID REFLUX.

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I have been suffering from this Acid Refulx to a lesser degree during the past several years.

However, the problem became SEVERE because of the continuously bed-ridden state in the WARD, during the period of SURGERY.

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So, the moral of the above event is:

1. Do not eat late-night. (It would be better to FINISH eating solid food before 8.00 p.m. the latest. It would be better to finish eating by 7.30, if possible.)
2. AVOID eating OILY food AFTER 7.30 or 8.00 p.m.
3. If you are hungry (you are bound to be!) while keeping awake late-evenings, you can drink hot beverages or easily-digestible carbohydrates (e.g. rice-based, steam-cooked or boiled items), and not proteins and fats.
4. Go to bed at 10.00 p.m., if possible, and never keep awake after 12.00 mid-night! (10.30 p.m. should still be alright. Going to bed at 11.00 p.m. can also be excusable occasionally - but not as a regular habit.)

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EMERGENCY HELP:
*     DO NOT CONSUME ANY OILY food, including butter, animal fat, margarine, etc. FOR FIRST ONE WEEK! (Eat only boiled or steam-cooked food, salt added). (If cooking chicken, meat, etc., boil them in water, decant the floating oil, cook rest of the meat, and eat. Anyway, this can be done   ONLY after ONE WEEK.)

* CAN DRINK TWICE OR THRICE FOR ONE DAY A GLASS OF BEETROOT JUICE, added with salt, without oil, at each occasion (by grinding beetroot, after peeling off the skin). Better to drink it hot. (Do not add pepper, etc.)

* EAT SEA COCONUT FRUIT (because, it is very highly alkaline): @ one piece before breakfast and one after. Repeat likewise for lunch and dinner. DO SO FOR JUST THREE DAYS.

* FINISH YOUR DINNER BEFORE 7.00 P.M. FOR SURE.
            (To help get sleep, as supper, drink porridge. This can be prepared by 'grinding' cooked rice + salt) + with water).

* FOR NEXT 3 DAYS ONLY: Drink ALKALINE WATER all the time.  (WARNING: Do NOT continue drinking alkaline water all the time. If you do, you will almost certainly develop lump, cyst, fibroid, polycystic ovary, etc. OR PROSTATE ENLARGEMENT, due to the accumulation of excessive calcium! Further, you can also develop OBESITY, MORBID OBESITY (i.e., disease-causing obesity), etc. See my books: The True Causes of All Diseases, Cancer: Causes, Cure and Prvention, etc.)

* AVOID CONSUMING ANYTHING THAT IS SOUR OR ACIDIC!  ABSOLUTELY NO SOFT DRINKS, OR FOODS WITH PRESERVATIVES for next one week. (No oranges, lemons, tamarind, vinegar, etc.)

*         DO NOT SLEEP IMMEDIATELY AFTER EATING STOMACH FULL.

*        WHILE SLEEPING, SLEEP ON YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE, FOR THE POSITIONING OF THE STOMACH IS SUCH THAT IT HELPS THE REFLUX IF YOU SLEEP ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE.

*       MUST REST YOUR HEAD OVER A RAISED PILLOW. SLEEPING WITHOUT A PILLOW, OR USING A LOW-LEAVEL PILLOW ENCOURAGES BACK FLOW OF THE STOMACH CONTENTS (BASED ON EARTH'S GRAVITATIONAL PULL).

*      AVOID EATING HIGH PROTEIN FOOD (ESPECIALLY THAT OF ANIMAL ORIGIN - ALL MEAT ITEMS, SUCH AS MUTTON/LAMB, CHICKEN, BEEF, PORK, SEA FOOD, ETC. This is so because, during protein digestion, Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) is released. That will combine with water within the body to form Sulphuric Acid. This may not be good, especially while suffering from Acid Reflux. 

*      In all, easily digestible carbohydrate diet would be better for dinner time - as said earlier, dinner must be eaten before, say 8.00 p.m. the most.

*     Avoid wearing TIGHT CLOTHES (belt, pressing underclothes, skirt, etc.) as they would increase the ACID REFLUX problem during DAYTIME.

All the above would most probably cure your Acid Reflux, provided you strictly follow all the suggestions.

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If you can seriously observe all the above, your health, in several respects, will be very good.

The Malaysian Chinese people eat their food at 6.30 or 7.00 p.m., which is very good. 

However, some people tend to eat very heavy (i.e., high density food: e.g., meat items) and oily food much later in the nights, these days - which may not be that good when it comes to health management.  

So, it would be better if they can change to good eating and sleeping habits.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON EATING HABITS TO FOLLOW, you may want to read my book OBESITY: CAUSES, CURE AND PREVENTION, published in 1998.

(NOTE: Indemnification: The above information is meant to be used only as a guidance. To practise it, as per Law, you must consult a Western Medical Practitioner. I cannot be blamed for any mishap. Also, please read the Disclaimer I have put up at the top of this Blog. Thanks.)

OK, friends, bye for now,
Dr. Palani.