Food Poisoning

Food poisoning is an illness that is caused by foodborne illness. It may result due to eating contaminated food & drinking infected water that is caused due to harmful viruses, bacteria, or parasites. These bacteria’s, viruses, or parasites when enter the body creates toxin in the body that results in food poisoning. At home contamination of the food also take place due to incorrectly handled or cooked food.

What are the signs & symptoms of food poisoning?

The signs & symptoms of food poisoning that are commonly seen in a person dealing with food poisoning are:

• Vomiting
• Nausea
• Sometimes watery or bloody diarrhea
• Abdominal pain
• Abdominal cramps
• Fever
• Dizziness
• Severe weakness
• Dry mouth
• Excessive thirst
• Little or no urination
• Muscle weakness
• Tingling sensation in the arms
• Blurred vision
• Lightheadedness
• Sometimes bloody stools or vomit
• Bloating
• Gastric problem
• Headache

What are the causes of food poisoning?

The different causes of food poisoning are mentioned below in detail:

1) Viruses: When food poisoning is caused due to virus that is transmitted through food. The different viruses such as norovirus, sapovirus, rotavirus, & astrovirus are responsible for it.

2) Bacteria: The most common dangerous bacteria are E.coli, Salmonella, Listeria, & Campylobacter. These bacteria cause severe food poisoning in the patients.

3) Parasites: Toxoplasma is the parasite that is commonly responsible for food poisoning. It makes your immune system weak.

What is the Ayurvedic point of view for food poisoning?

According to Ayurveda, micro-organism is responsible for food poisoning that causes infectious diseases. There are three main doshas vata, pitta, & kapha that are responsible for this illness. It can be compared with aalsak & visuchika as per Ayurved.

What is the Ayurvedic treatment for food poisoning?

Ayurveda gives the best treatment to the food poisoning patients as it helps in overall detoxification of the body. All three doshas (Vata, Pitta, & Kapha) are responsible for this situation. So it’s important to balance these doshas. Chandigarh Ayurved Centre introduces a kit known as “Food Poisoning Care Kit” that will help you out.

ALL PRODUCTS DESCRIPTION IN DETAIL:

All products description in detail:

1) Detox Premium Powder:

Detox premium powder is a herbo-mineral preparation with ingredients like moti pishti, parwal pishti, shukta pishti, giloy satav, akik pishti, gandhak rasayan, tal sindoor, shankh bhasam, sudhyog tab, shwet parpati, yavakshaar. These ingredients help in detoxification of the body for removing all toxins in a food poisoning patient.

Recommended dosage: Take 1 sachet twice daily with normal water.

2) Sheet Dhara Syrup:

Sheet Dhara Syrup is a pure herbal preparation containing ingredients like ajwain satv, peppermint, mushak kapoor. This herbal syrup deals with problems like nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, abdominal cramps, etc associated with this syrup.

Recommended dosage: Take 1/2 teaspoonful with a half cup of water.

3) Trikatu Syrup:

Trikatu syrup is formulated with the ingredients such as Long Pepper (Piper longum), Black Pepper (Piper nigrum), & Ginger (Zingiber officinale). These ingredients show antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, digestive, & carminative properties. All these properties give effective results in food poisoning patients.

Recommended dosage: Take 2 teaspoonful thrice daily before meals.

4) Trikatu tablet:

Trikatu tablets are pure herbal preparation containing herbs like Black pepper (Piper nigrum), Ginger (Zingiber officinale), & Long pepper (Piper longum). These ingredients give effective results in abdominal pain, cramps, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, etc associated with the food poisoning patients.

Recommended dosage: Take 1 tablet twice daily with normal water.

5) Giloy Capsule:

Giloy capsule is prepared from the standardized extract of herb Giloy (Tinospora cordifolia). This herb shows antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, analgesic, digestive, & immuno-modulator properties. These properties give effective results in weakness, loss of appetite, headache, abdominal cramps, mild fever, dry mouth, etc.

Recommended dosage: Take 1 capsule twice daily with normal water.

6) Nerve up tablet:

Nerve up tablets help in balancing the vata dosha and kapha dosha, and acts as nervine stimulant. It shows effective results in improving the central nervous system. It contains natural ingredients like shudha kuchala, shudha shilajeet, abhrak bhasma, praval pishti, shankh bhasma etc. This tablet helps in the symptoms related to Food poisoning like abdominal pain, abdominal cramps, & difficulty in passing urine.

Recommended dosage: Take 1 tablet twice daily with normal water.

What is the Panchakarma treatment for Food poisoning patients?

Ayurvedic treatment for food poisoning gives fruitful & effective results for the patient. But if a patient is not getting treated properly then you can use a few of the panchakarma treatment for good results that are given below:

1) Nabhi vasti: In this procedure, a ring is formed around the navel area with the help of kneed flour. After that lukewarm oil is put in three to four times with the help of a sponge. It will help in reducing abdominal pain & abdominal cramps related to food poisoning patients.

2) Anuvasan vasti: In this panchakarma procedure, medicated oil is administered in patient through the anal region for removing toxins out from the body.

3) Niruha vasti: In this procedure, herbal enema prepared with herbs are administered in patient through anal region for overall detoxification of the body.

Healthy tips & Lifestyle for Food poisoning patients:

The patients dealing with food poisoning situation should follow healthy tips & lifestyle that are given below:

1) Always consume fresh & well-cooked food.

2) Keep your utensils clean before cooking food or eating food.

3) Don’t preserve cake, breads, & milk products for a long time.

4) Cook seafood & meat for preventing it from germs like bacteria, virus, or parasite.

5) Don’t use oil that is left after cooking as it is not good for health.

6) Avoid using the seal, processed, & canned food items as it is affected by the bacteria, viruses, & parasites.

7) If you have used any utensil for cooking non-vegetarian diet, then don’t use it again as it can food poisoning. Wash the utensil & use it after that.

8) Properly clean your refrigerator so that there should not be growth of micro-organism in it.

9) Don’t keep your food at room temperature for more than 2 to 3 hours as it can get contaminated with the bacteria, virus, or parasite.

10) Always clean your fruits & vegetables with filtered water before using it.