Home Remedies for Anorexia

The home remedies for anorexia include apple, ginger, orange juice, lemon, garlic, grapes, warm water, and mint. Anorexia is a common problem that arises from a persistent digestive disorder. Anorexia patients, as a result of this, suffer from a loss of appetite and are unable to maintain a proper diet. Also, there is general weakness and problems of sleeplessness.

Anorexia affects your body’s overall health in a dramatic and dangerous way. Anorexia is caused due to bad eating habits and is usually practiced or developed by women overly tempted to reduce their weight in an extreme way. The size zero types often suffer from anorexia, when being thin is never enough, as though they could always lose just one more inch. Although extreme cases need medical consultation, anorexia can generally be eliminated through healthy and convenient home remedies.

Anorexia home remedies aim at improving digestion, increasing appetite, and enhancing overall body health. A special report by BBC tells us that anorexia actually shares many features with bulimia. The best part with home remedies is that they don’t have any side effects and are highly effective as well; you also only need to take them regularly over a rather short period of time to achieve results.

Orange Juice Therapy :-

1. A very quick and effective treatment is orange therapy.
2. All you need to do is to have a glass of orange juice every two hours throughout the day.
3. Follow this for 2-3 days and you will see even the worst digestive system getting into the right form.
4. Remember not to take anything else in between.
5. Basically, this methodology will cleanse the system thoroughly.

Lemon :-

1. Lemon works great as a system cleanser.
2. One lemon squeezed in a glass of lukewarm water with a pinch of salt, drunk in the morning, cleanses the system thoroughly.
3. Add some ginger juice to make it more effective.
4. Lemon tones up the system as well, getting the body back to its optimal conditions.

Garlic :-

1. 1. Take three to four cloves of garlic a day in any form, including raw garlic, crushed garlic in soup, and garlic boiled in water.
   2. Garlic helps treat anorexia, since it cleanses the system and increases hunger.

1. It also helps in the secretion of juices that cleanses the digestive system.

Fruits :-

1. Grapes and oranges are excellent for anorexic individuals and so are apples.
2. While apples provide essential iron and lend a sense of fullness, they are loaded with natural antioxidants that stimulate appetite by stimulating pepsin flow in stomach.
3. The juicy fibers of oranges work the inner walls of the stomach and stabilize the body’s Vitamin C requirement.
4. A daily intake of minimum two oranges is recommended in Anorexia.

Spices :-

1. Different spices along with other foods or juices can benefit the digestion in anorexia.
2. Cloves boiled in water and taken with lemon juice improve symptoms.
3. Black pepper taken with lemon and ginger is another simple solution to digestive trauma caused in anorexia.
4. Foods containing spices like cinnamon, pepper, cardamom and chilly warm the stomach and improve appetite.
5. Teas and infusions with different spices like cinnamon improve the stomach’s readiness to digest food.

Sour Grapes :-

1. 1. To recondition the digestive system, that has borne the burden of starvation for several years due to anorexia nervosa, feed the patient sour grapes.
   2. Sour grapes also help to kick start an anorexic individual’s appetite.

1. Sour grape juice works just as well when it comes to stimulating the appetite.

Ginger and Rock Salt :-

1. As mentioned earlier it is important to increase an anorexics food intake slowly but in a consistent manner.
2. One of the best ways to stimulate an anorexics appetite, is to feed him or her a piece of crushed ginger seasoned with rock salt first thing in the morning and that too on an empty stomach.
3. Peel a quarter inch piece of ginger. Crush the peeled ginger using a mortar and pestle.
4. Now add a pinch of ordinary salt (rock salt would be a better option).
5. You can enhance its taste by adding a smidgen of lemon juice.

Soups :-

1. Individuals suffering from anorexia nervosa should be given plenty of fresh soups.
2. Mildly spiced fresh vegetable and chicken soup can improve an anorexics appetite levels.
3. Soups are not only a superb appetite stimulator but they are also nutrient dense as well.
4. Ideally, you should give freshly prepared soup to a person suffering from this particular eating disorder, instead of instant soup that is simply poured from a tin.

Mint :-

1. Mint is natural appetizer, hence you can use it to treat anorexia.
2. Its strong, distinct taste and attractive aroma help improve appetite.
3. In addition, it can relieve heightened emotional stress.
4. Eat 2 teaspoons of freshly extracted mint juice each morning.
5. Also, drink a few cups of mint tea daily. To make the tea, add 2 teaspoons of dry mint leaves in a cup of hot water. Steep for 10 minutes, strain and drink it.

Yoga :-

1. Yoga can help combat the emotional causes of anorexia.
2. According to a 2010 study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, individualized yoga therapy holds promise as adjunctive therapy to standard care for anorexia and other eating disorders.
3. Some of the yoga poses that are helpful in treating anorexia are the Crab Pose (Catuspadapitham), Pigeon Pose (Kapotasana), Locust Pose (Salabhasana), Mountain Pose (Tadasana), Goddess Pose (Utkata Konasana) and Squat Pose (Malasana).

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