Piles

Aggravated Vata Leading to Piles

Watch what Ayurveda Says about Piles
Piles is a common painful problem which has been compared to 'an enemy' in Ayurveda, hence the name Arsh. The disease manifests in two forms - dry or bleeding piles. Our research data shows that most patients do not take necessary action on their piles at the initial stage. Inadequate measures such as home remedies or taking laxatives does not address the core problem and over time this becomes a fully-fledged problem. Ignoring Piles and for the lack of proper treatment, this can lead to a host of other health problems

Proper diet and lifestyle decisions help in balancing your blood sugar and result of treatment show quickly. It also prevents or decrease the risk of complications. Read diet & lifestyle recommendations and discover simple home remedies.

Diet & Lifestyle
• Avoid the intake of heavy, dry, cool, and stale foods.
• Avoid refined foods like jams, pastries, packaged, and canned foods.
• Also avoid tea, coffee, aerated drinks, and alcoholic beverages.
• Avoid pickles, potatoes, and root vegetables except radish and carrot.
• Avoid excessive fasting, overeating, eating during indigestion, and eating incompatible food.
• Eat more fruits including oranges, figs, strawberries, kiwis, bananas, pears, papayas, apples, grapes, and mangoes.
• Increase daily liquid consumption in the form of water, soup, juice, milk, buttermilk, etc.

Home Remedies
• Apply sesame oil on external dry piles followed by warm fomentation (warm moist compresses or sitting in warm water). The easiest method is to sit in a tub with the buttocks submerged in warm water.
• Make an ointment by mixing an equal amount of powdered long pepper and turmeric with milk (preferably cow's milk). Apply this on the piles externall
• Eat 4 figs twice a day, in the morning and evening. Saturate 4 figs in water for the whole night; eat these in the morning. Remember not to drink water prior to eating the figs. Saturate another 4 figs in the morning to be eaten in the evening. Do this every day for 4 weeks.