FOR JAUNDICE • Sunlight is used in the treatment of neonatal jaundice. • Prepare juice of the green leaves of radish and mix some sugar. Filtrate can be taken times a day for a week. • Mix one teaspoon of aloe vera pulp with black salt and dry ginger powder.
This is taken for days every morning. • Take clean leaves of keezhanelli (without stem) and the seeds below the leaves (very small). Put it in the blender with some water to make an extract. Add buttermilk to the keezhanelli extract.
Add crushed black pepper on it. Drink it everyday UNIT- IN GASTRO INTESTINAL AND LIVER - - DIET IN GASTRO INTESTINAL AND LIVER DISORDERS • Severe jaundice (yellow colouration of eyes and skin) • Chronic inflammation of the liver • Fibrosis and fatty infiltration of the liver • Weight loss and muscle wasting • Necrosis (death of cells) STAGES OF CIRRHOSIS! The pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease progresses in three stages. Stage : Hepatic Steatosis or Fatty Liver: During this stage, the fat infiltrates in to functioning liver cells and causes problems in normal functioning of liver.
This stage is reversible if alcohol abuse is stopped. Stage : Alcoholic Hepatitis: This is characterized by enlargement of liver. If alcohol intake is discontinued, hepatitis may resolve or it progresses to cirrhosis. Stage : Alcoholic Cirrhosis: Patient develops further complications of ascites, gastrointestinal bleeding, portal hypertension and hepatic encephalopathy in this stage.
Goals for dietary treatment • To maintain adequate nutrition • To prevent breakdown of body protein tissue • To control ascites • To prevent progression of the disease • To prevent the symptoms of hepatic encephalopathy Dietary principle A high calorie, high carbohydrate, adequate protein and low fat, low fluid and restricted sodium (in case of ascites), adequate fibre and high vitamins and minerals diet is prescribed for the patients with liver cirrhosis. Diet therapy for cirrhosis Energy Approximately - kcal/ kg body weight is recommended. Energy intake of to kcal per day is given to maintain adequate nutrition and to prevent