Flatulens can disrupt our daily activities. In addition to the painful, we also can not be social and work normally. Flatulens is the condition of the digestive tract is full of gas. Flatulens due to solving the food has not digested in the colon by bacteria and also because air-borne entry. Gas causes bloating, pain and belching.
However, it is rarely that flatulence was the only symptom of abdominal pain. Often, for example, diarrhea or constipation as well. For flatulence is not due to other diseases, can be used fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) or kedawung seed (Parkia roxburghii G. Don.)
Fennel fruit as much as 3-9 g of boiling water, drink or fruit fennel finely ground, and brewed with boiling water to drink while warm. Leaves are eaten as vegetables or boiled, and drunk.
Fennel contains volatile oil (oleum Foeniculi) 1-6%, containing 50-60% anetol, approximately 20% fenkon, pinen, limonene, dipenten, felandren, metilchavikol, anisaldehid, anisat acid, and 12% fatty oil. Ingredients anetol causing a distinctive anise flavor release and efficacious carminative. Roots and seeds contain stigmasterin (serposterin). Fennel fruit can increase the digestive tract and stimulate peristalsis expenditure fart (flatus). Fennel oil containing anetol, fenkon, chavicol, and efficacious anisaldehid soothing the digestive tract and works like a stimulant appetite.
Besides fennel, other plants that can overcome flatulens is kedawung. Kedawung seeds contain saponin and flavonoida, glikosid, resins, carbohydrate, salts of alkali. The trick is 5 grams of beans roasted until black.
Peel the skin and then powdered. Kedawung seed powder brewed with 1 / 2 cup water and drink while still warm.
In addition to these treatments, some things that can help to overcome this disease for example:
- Avoiding foods that often make flatulence, such as cabbage, apricots, broccoli, spicy red radishes, plums and juice products, spicy foods, soda, beer and other carbonated beverages, ice cream, ice milk soda, peas, lentils, chewing gum and the sweetener sorbitol and fructose.
- Periodically, reduce the high fiber foods. Add the numbers gradually from week to week. If taking supplements of fiber, try to reduce the amount and gradually increase the dose only. Ensure enough to drink 10 cups per day if taking supplements of fiber.
- Eat slowly, chew well, just swallowed.