Digestive disorder - DIARRHOEA

Judging by the number of ancient remedies which about world-wide for this horrid affliction, diarrhoea appears to have been a major problem since the beginning of time, presumably as a result of man eating things which he should not have eaten or which were either contaminated or had gone bad. Infection was also carried through inadequate water supplies and drainage systems whilst health and hygiene in the home was fairly scanty.

The long-term or chronic condition is usually found to be caused by one of the following: a poor or inadequate diet; consistently eating foodstuffs to which one is aluminum pans over a long period of time; perpetual emotional dramas or stress. Those acute griping attacks which usually last for no longer than 24 hours may be caused by one of the following: an infection from contaminated food or water, in some cases by antibiotics, over eating, an excess of sugar, stress or fright (you have heard the expression ‘one’s bowels turning to water’). Children, particularly babies, are also vulnerable to a change of diet or milk, teething and, strangely enough, sultry weather.

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