Ayurvedic Home Remedies For Alcoholism

Madātyaya is a condition caused by the excessive use of alcohol. Signs, symptoms and treatment of the diseases caused by excessive use of alcohol viz. Madātyaya, Paramada and Pānājīrṇa are as follows.

Signs and Symptoms

Madātyaya: Nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, thirst, diarrhoea, torpor, incoherent talk, loss of sleep, hiccough, dyspnoea, tremors in the head, burning sensation, perspiration, giddiness and fainting are the general signs and symptoms of Madātyaya. 

Paramada: Heaviness in the body, loss of taste, aversion to food, thirst, pain in joints, headache, torpor and retention of faeces and urine are the symptoms of Paramada. 

Pānājīrṇa: Acute distension of abdomen, burning sensation, nausea and vomiting are the signs and symptoms of Pānājīrṇa.

Treatment

Simple Preparations

1. Pānaka of Drākṣā (raisin or grape fruit), fruit of Kapittha (wood apple), fruit juice of Dāḍima (pomegranate) to be taken with Śarkarā (raw sugar) thrice a day. 2. Pānaka of Drākṣā (raisin or grape fruit), fruits of Kharjūra (date), Piṇḍakharjūra (a variety of date) and Ciñcā (tamarind), fruit pulp of Āragvadha (cassia). Seed of Dāḍima (pomegranate), fruits of Parūṣaka (asiatic grewia), Bījapūra (lemon) and Yavānī (ptychotis), and fruit juice of Āmalakī (embelic myrobalan) to be taken thrice a day.

Compound Preparations

1. Kalyāṇa Ghṛta: 12 to 24 g. to be taken with 100 to 250 ml. milk thrice a day.

Pathya

Ṣaṣṭi (a variety of rice), Yava (barley), Māṣa (black phaseolus bean), Godhūma (wheat), Satīna (pea); leaf of Taṇḍulīyaka (a variety of amaranth), leaf and fruit of Paṭola (a variety of small cucumber-snake gourd), fruits of Bījapūra (Lemon), Kharjūra (date), Parūṣaka (asiatic grewia) and Dāḍima (pomegranate); fruit juice of Āmalakī (embelic myrobalan); Drākṣā (raisin or grape fruit), fruit of Nārikela (coconut), Dugdha (Milk) and Purāṇa Ghṛta (old ghee) are the useful articles of diet for the patient of Madātyaya.

Apathya

Svedana, Añjana, brushing the teeth, Tambūla and smoking are harmful for the patient of Madātyaya.