Stomach Disease

There are numerous chronic disorders of the stomach that are quite common. Gastric hyperacidity is a condition in which, the gastric juice is secreted in excessive amounts. Too much food, highly seasoned, hot and spiced foods, alcoholic drinks, worry grief and other detrimental emotional conditions, mental over activity, diseases of the liver, gallbladder and gall-duct, chronic appendicitis, and inflammation of other abdominal organs, are among the leading causes of this condition.

The symptoms are pain below the breastbone an hour or so after eating; gas and sour eructation's, headache, dizziness, melancholia,aggravation of the pain by the intake of sugars and starches, and relief of the pain by protein foods which utilize the acid.

Dyspepsia is a term once commonly applied to this condition, although dyspepsia may mean a variety of digestive disorders. It usually means abnormal stomach digestion and is in a large measure discarded now in general use.

Dilatation of the stomach is a serious illness resulting from prolonged dyspepsia, gastritis or other conditions in which the stomach is overloaded by food and distended by gas.

Treatment - The stomach is the one organ which can be given a thorough rest, and diseases of this organ are among the most certain of correctionby natural means with emphasis upon the fast and later diet. Even the intestines are used by the body to receive waste material brought from all parts of the body during a fast. The stomach usually is not called upon in this manner, hence can receive a complete rest and recover much of its original healthful functioning.