Dyspepsia

SYN: atonic dyspepsia

JHK

from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...

chronic Indigestion, more common in women

Signs

  • extreme tenderness of the back
  • lumbar sympathetic ganglia - Celiac Irritation
  • intercostal nerves

Problems:

Treatment:

GKA

from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...

Problems:

In:

General measures as well as local are necessary.

Aim at general increase in tone of digestive glands and muscles

Use:

30 min before a meal:

  • 200mls of cold or ice-water or
  • Ice Bag over stomach for 10min

After the meal: hot application especially:

2-3 hours after the meal:

Overnight:

  • Wet Girdle in some cases - should be dry by morning
  • Aseptic Diet
  • exercise
  • rest
  • Rural environment - outdoor lifestyle