“Every single meal makes me look like a full term pregnant”Aashi shared during her first visit with me. She had been even taking probiotics from last six months but it wasn’t helping her. Her top symptoms were constant nausea, belching, bloating, stomach pains and constipation. Her stools were having particles of undigested food. She had been avoiding all dairy items because even a single bite of dairy food would trigger moist farts.
After a full assessment of her symptoms, she was put on a daily homeopathic remedy for a few weeks. When she came back for her follow up appointment, she said, ‘What magic pills you gave me, now I can eat my ice cream without any moist farts and you know I am not even feeling bloated after every single meal’
Her remedy was clearly working for her. After a few more follow ups she was free from her digestive symptoms.
Aashi isn't the first patient to be baffled by how their hormones are messing up with their gut. In order to understand this condition we need to look at the gut hormone connection. Modern living often bombards us with chemical exposure, chronic stress, and micronutrient deficiency, which suppresses the good bacteria, promote the bad bacteria, and lead to a toxic build up of hormones. Under-functioning bacterial ecosystem can can contribute to all the different symptoms of hormone imbalance because a healthy microbiome is essential for regulating your hormones . Specifically, there’s a group of bacteria in our gut known as the estrobolome that metabolizes and eliminates excess estrogen from the body. Under-functioning bacterial ecosystem throws off the throws off the balance of estrogen and progesterone when bacterial colony called estrobolome goes off the balance which is responsible for metabolizing the estrogen. Result is bloating.
There are several homeopathic remedies which can help with the bloating. My favourite one is a cell salt called Natrum phos 6X. It helps if you take it every time 15 minutes before your meal but this remedy is not for everyone. If you have been having bloating issues going on for a while, you need to have a assessment to find your personalized remedy that can help you with your symptoms.