Home Remedies for Dysentery - Dysentery Herbal Home Treatment

Dysentery is not a disease but a symptom of a eventually deadly illness. Dysentery is the inflammation of the intestine causing rigid diarrhea. Its generally passed on through poor hygiene.

There are two main forms: bacillary dysentery, which is more common, and amoebic dysentery. The two most common causes of dysentery are infection with a bacillus (see bacteria) of the Shigella group, and infestation by an ameba, Entamoeba histolytica.

Both bacillary and amebic dysentery are expand by fecal contamination of food and water and are most common where sanitation is poor.

Symptoms involve frequent passage of faeces/stool, loose motion and in some cases related vomiting. Variations depending on parasites may be frequent exhort with high or low volume of stool.

A long term symptom of amoebic dysentery is lactose bigotry to dairy products. About 5-15% of epidemic dysentery cases are fatal. It tends to be more often in infants, and elderly and marasmused people.

Most people in the UK who have dysentery only have mild symptoms and may not even sojourn a GP as the condition can ensconce within a few days. Infections can also spread by households when people don't wash their hands after using the bathroom, after altering diapers, or before serving food. Shigella infections tend to be specially infectious.

Reduce the risk of conventioning dysentery. Wash your hands after using the toilet, after being in contact with an contagioued person and regularly throughout the day. Keep contact with someone known to have dysentery to a limited.

Dysentery can be easily prevented and even treated in temperate cases by using some of the effective home remedies. Drink lots of water (mix a pinch of salt and sugar or some electrolyte present without reccomendation) to prevent dehydration.

Aloe Vera and Rosehip are also pleasant for tissue repairing after dysentery. Eat a delicately chopped raw onion in a cup of yogurt every day. Do not drink apple juice, it can be increase diarrhea complication worse.

Bananas can help advance the growth of beneficial bacteria in the intestine and replace some of the lost potassium. Garlic is also valuable as a herbal remedy for curing dysentery.

One garlic capsule taken three times daily is usually enough for curing mild cases of dysentery. Use of basil leaves combined with sugar cures dysentery.

Home Remedies for Dysentery

• Grate one raw papaya. Add 3 cups water, boil for 10 mins, strain and finish the water in one day.
• Eat a finely chopped raw onion in a cup of yogurt every day.
• Lemon juice is good for treating ordinary type of dysentery. Drink 1/2 tsp of dry ginger 3 - 4 times a day. It is also a good remedy for diarrhea. Ripe bel syrup offers a successful treatment for dysentery with mucous.
• The use of basil leaves mixed with sugar cures dysentery. Make a paste of dry pomegranate seeds (Anardana) and Raisin (Kishmis) with a little of salt in it.
• Small pieces of onions mixed with curd can be given to the suffering person upto six times daily.
• Take 2 tsp. of castor oil mixed in hot milk as soon as you notice mucous in the stool. It will give prompt relief. Taking black pepper is useful for patients of dysentery.