Home Remedies For Loss of Appetite - Causes, and Symptoms

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Home Remedies For Loss of Appetite - Causes, and
Symptoms
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Introduction

• We are what we eat. Most of the people these days
  are suffering from an imbalance in the digestive
  fire. Loss of appetite often called as Anorexia
  nervosa or anorexia is characterized by abnormal
  weight loss. People suffering anorexia place high
  importance on controlling their weight and shape,
  using extreme efforts and will be very conscious
  in whatever they choose to eat.
• To prevent excess weight gain, people with
  anorexia restrict their diet and tend to eat very
  less food. The individual consumes the food and
  vomit after eating to lose calories. They misuse
  the usage of laxatives, diet aids, diuretics or
  enemas. Vigorous exercise also results in
  contributing to weight loss. Even after losing
  weight, people have the fear of gaining weight.

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What are the causes of Loss of Appetite?

• No single cause can define the exact cause for
  anorexia nervosa. It may probably happen due to a
  result of biological, environmental, and
  psychological factors.

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Major risk factors include

• Being susceptible to depression and anxiety
  disorders
• Having difficulty in handling stress
• Being excessively worried, afraid, or doubtful
  about self and future
• Being a perfectionist and overly concerned about
  rules
• Reluctant to eat food properly during early
  childhood or infancy
• Having had an anxiety disorder during childhood
• Particular ideas regarding beauty and health,
  which may be due to external influences from
  society and the media.
• Having a high level of emotional restraint
• Over worrying about their external appearances.

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Environmental factors

• These include factors like, hormonal changes that
  occur during puberty along with feelings of
  anxiety, stress, and low self-esteem

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What are the Symptoms of Loss of Appetite?

• Extreme weight loss
• Thin body stature
• Abnormal blood count
• Insomnia
• Feeling of fatigue and dizziness
• Fingers turning bluish
• Hair loss and thinning of hair
• Irregularity or Absence of menstruation

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• Abdominal pain
• Dry skin and Yellowish color
• Constipation
• Intolerance to cold
• Irregularity in heart rhythm
• Drop in blood pressure
• Dehydration
• Arms and legs may turn swollen
• Teeth erosion rarely, happens due to induced
  vomiting

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Home remedies for Loss of Appetite
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1. Coriander with dry ginger

• Mix the coriander seed powder with ginger powder
  in a ratio of 51 and make it into 1tablespoon.
• Heat the water, add the mixture of powder into
  this and boil it and reduce it to half.
• Take it off from flame and allow it to cool.
  Drink it warm. This can be consumed daily.
• Ginger is a commonly used appetite stimulant. It
  cleanses the digestive system and strengthens the
  immunity as well. Along with coriander ginger
  acts as a powerful appetite booster and
  stimulates the digestive fire.

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2. Pomegranate juice

• Prepare pomegranate juice and drink it.
• Pomegranate is rich in antioxidants and vitamins.
  It has the power to enhance the appetite
  naturally. Alternatively, the dried fruit rind of
  pomegranate can be dried, powdered and used which
  increases the appetite.

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3. Fresh garlic cloves

• Take fresh garlic cloves, crush it and make fresh
  juice. Take three to four cloves of garlic a day
  in any form, including raw garlic, crushed garlic
  in soup, and garlic boiled in water. Garlic helps
  treat anorexia since it cleanses the system and
  increases hunger. It also helps in the secretion
  of juices that cleanses the digestive system.

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4. Asafetida

• Asafetida is a time unknown classic home remedy
  for loss of appetite. A pinch of asafetida added
  to hot water, and can be drunk. Alternatively, a
  pinch of asafetida can be mixed in ghee and
  taken.
• Asafetida helps to cure anorexia. It helps to
  increase the appetite and solve the problem of
  anorexia.

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5. Yoga for Appetite

• Regular yoga practices help to maintain optimum
  appetite. Daily practice of yoga for 1hour,
  improves digestion as well. Few of the yogas
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• Surya Namaskar This includes 12steps and
  activates the main muscle groups in the body
  which regulates all internal processes.
• Kapalbhati Pranayama This breathing exercise
  regulates digestive fire and improves appetite.
• Paschimottanasana This Forward Bending Pose is
  good to activate the digestive system and improve
  digestion.
• Pawamuktasana This yoga posture helps to
  eliminate excess flatulence in the stomach, it
  helps to improve digestive fire and increases
  appetite.
• Gaining a good control over the daily routine
  helps a lot to better the digestive capacity.
  Regular exercise, food habits, sleeping patterns,
  and a calm mind helps to resolve loss of appetite.

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