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Suggest Medication For Pain In Stomach During Bowel Movements

My 27 month old daughter has black pepper/coffee ground looking flecks in her bowel movement. Doesn t eat pepper. Causes? She s average size and weight for her age group. She has had problems with pooping sometimes. But the poop was brown and mushy. @15 months, a swallow function and an Upper GI were done and I was told it was normal. She wasn t able to eat regular food without throwing it up minutes later. We used Zantac for babies for a couple weeks, then we used Maalox for the next month and the food problems ceased. Her stomach seems to hurt quite a bit, especially when she s going to have a bowel movement in the next few hours. Her temperature also gets low, hours(maybe 6-8) before she has a bowel movement.
Mon, 19 Oct 2015
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It's a clear case of indigestion in children called 'mandagni' in Ayurveda. As you have seen yourself that upper GI showed normal.

So the problem remains with functioning of digestive system and enzyme secret which is causing mushy stools etc.

My recommendation is that non toxic, natural herbal treatment should be given to your child.

BAEL fruits pulp (dried) plays an important role in such conditions. If you can get it - nice. Otherwise get online from South East Asian countries esp India. Himalaya herbal co. also has BAEL cap containing BAEL extract. It markets the same globally.

Now your small child would not take Capsule. So open/ cut the capsule and pour into a bowel. Mix honey and let the child lick it. Do it twice or thrice.

Alternatively if you get BAEL powder (also called Bilv powder) from India, give it at least 1/2 gm with honey twice or thrice a day.

After giving for a week or two you may add little (250 mg approx) dry ginger powder also once a day to BAEL powder and if child accepts its taste, continue it for a week more.

It will flare the natural enzyme secretions. It is astringent, antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, antispasmodic etc without any toxicity or side effects.

BAEL is also called stone apple, wood apple.

For any other query pl write direct question.

Hope it is helpful.
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Suggest Medication For Pain In Stomach During Bowel Movements

It s a clear case of indigestion in children called mandagni in Ayurveda. As you have seen yourself that upper GI showed normal. So the problem remains with functioning of digestive system and enzyme secret which is causing mushy stools etc. My recommendation is that non toxic, natural herbal treatment should be given to your child. BAEL fruits pulp (dried) plays an important role in such conditions. If you can get it - nice. Otherwise get online from South East Asian countries esp India. Himalaya herbal co. also has BAEL cap containing BAEL extract. It markets the same globally. Now your small child would not take Capsule. So open/ cut the capsule and pour into a bowel. Mix honey and let the child lick it. Do it twice or thrice. Alternatively if you get BAEL powder (also called Bilv powder) from India, give it at least 1/2 gm with honey twice or thrice a day. After giving for a week or two you may add little (250 mg approx) dry ginger powder also once a day to BAEL powder and if child accepts its taste, continue it for a week more. It will flare the natural enzyme secretions. It is astringent, antimicrobial, antiinflammatory, antispasmodic etc without any toxicity or side effects. BAEL is also called stone apple, wood apple. For any other query pl write direct question. Hope it is helpful.