Loose motion, a kind of diarrhea, is a common stomach disorder. Due to loose motions you will feel weak, lose appetite, experience stomach pain and get dehydrated. You can easily treat most loose motion conditions by home remedies.
Loose motion is a condition in which you frequently pass tools which are loose and watery. This is not a very serious condition. Everyone can get into the problem of loose motion. It is common to get into such a situation once or twice a year. Children get more affected than adults. Loose motions usually last for a couple of days or more.
The main cause of loose motion is food poisoning which is a simple bacterial infection. You can also get stomach infections by parasites and allergy to certain foods. Certain foods do not suit everyone and can upset the stomach. Certain medications, malnutrition, or overeating also can cause loose motion .
If you're getting abdominal bloating, cramps or feeling of nausea and vomiting then you are more likely to experience loose motion from the food that you recently ate.
You should be more cautious, particularly if loose motion does not stop within 2-3 days and you have other symptoms such as fever, weight loss blood or mucus in the stools or your stools are dark colored. These symptoms can be indicative of some other underlying condition which needs attention.
If you begin to get loose motion suddenly after a couple of hours of eating something, then it is most likely a food poisoning situation that is causing the loose motion. In such cases the following home remedies for loose motion will be helpful.
5 Effective Home Remedies for Loose Motion
Since you are losing a lot of body water during loose motion, the first thing you have to do is to regain the lost water and minerals.
1. Lemon and Rock Salt
Lemon is a very powerful fruit containing vitamin C and possessing antibacterial as well as antiviral capabilities. Lemon is also an immune booster. On the other side, rock salt is full of essential minerals such as potassium magnesium and sodium. So, if lemon and rock salt are added to water and consumed,then you will recover the lost water as well as regain the lost electrolytes due to water and the rock salt and lemon will fight with the bacteria.
- Take one glass of room-temperature water
- Extract juice of one lemon and add in the glass of water
- Add a pinch of rock salt and mix it well
Slowly sip the lemon salt water. Do it 3-4 times a day for the next 2-3 days until your loose motion stops
2. Lemon and Mint
In addition to regaining the Lost water and minerals it is also important to soothe the stomach to stop loose motion quickly. Mint is very useful in soothing the upset stomach. With it's anti-bacterial anti-viral and anti-fungal capabilities mint calms the muscles of your stomach and improves the flow of bile to digest and help digestion. The increase in bile production will let the food pass through the stomach quickly by relaxing the muscles which will reduce and ultimately stop loose motion.
- You can prepare the lemon, salt and water mixture as given above
- Add extract of 10-20 mint leaves and consume 3-4 times a day
You can also prepare mint tea to get the desired results. Add 10 dried mint leaves to one cup of Walter and put it on heat. Close the container to ensure that the vapors do not come out. Steep it for 10 minutes. Let it cool to acceptable temperatures and sip it slowly to enjoy.
3. Ginger
Ginger is very helpful in digestion and that is why it is used for many different stomach conditions including loose motion and diarrhea. Ginger helps move the food inside the stomach. This helps you in shopping the loose motion and in passing normal stools.
make ginger tea and drink it slowly 3 times a day.
- Peel and grate and inch of Ginger root
- Add to a glass 4 cup of boiling water
- Steep it for 5 to 10 minutes
- Strain and let it cool
- Drink and enjoy
4. Yogurt
Yogurt contains a friendly bacteria called lactobacillus. So, all kinds of fungal, viral or bacterial infections in the stomach can be treated with yogurt. Make sure that the yogurt is fresh without any sweeteners all flavors. It should be organic yogurt.
Simply, eat 200 grams of yogurt twice daily for best results. Eat it every day until your loose motion is stopped.Make it a new habit to regularly eat 200 grams of yogurt even after full recovery from the loose motion. This will help you to avoid loose motions in the future.
5. Banana
Banana rich in potassium has astringent action inside the stomach. This converts the harmful bacteria into beneficial acidophilic bacillus.The potassium and Magnesium in banana help to recover the lost electrolytes in addition to soothing the stomach to pass normal stools.
Eat 1 or 2 bananas a day.
As you can see the loose motion is not a very serious condition although for a short period it puts you in a lot of trouble. Follow the above remedies and take a rest. You will recover within the next 2-3 days from the loose motion.