Other Names:
Dyspepsia

Symptoms:
Gas, abdominal pain, a bloated feeling, belching, nausea, rumbling noises. Sometimes vomiting.

Cause:
Dyspepsia is probably the most common "disease" in the Western world. Ongoing indigestion can lead to food allergies, osteoporosis, anemia, degenerative disease, and a debilitated immune system.

Dietary habits and stress are primary causes of this problem. Other causes include (1) overeating, eating too fast, not chewing food well, eating when fatigued; (2) too much cooked food and not enough fresh food, not enough fiber in the diet; (3) partaking of coffee, tea, soft drinks, alcohol, and using nicotine; (4) eating foods you are allergic to (see "Pulse Test"); (5) eating when nervous, distressed, angry, fearful, etc.; (6) and a lack of hydrochloric acid.

Treatment:
• Correct everything, pertaining to the above paragraph, that you can.

• Get more rest at night, rest a little before the meal, and walk outside immediately afterward.

• Drink carrot and beet juice.

• A primary cause in older people is achlorhydria (low hydrochloric acid production). Take natural digestive aids, such as papain from papaya or bromelin from pineapple.