My Daughter's Persistent Vomiting Issues - #48990

YOUR DAUGHTER’S HISTORY SHOWS THAT THIS PROBLEM STARTED FROM THE TIME SOLID FOOD WAS INTRODUCED WHICH MEANS HER AGNI DIGESTIVE FIRE WAS WEAK AND SENSITIVE FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD THIS IS NOT A SUDDEN DISEASE BUT A LONG STANDING DOSHA IMBALANCE THE MAIN DOSHAS INVOLVED HERE ARE VATA AND PITTA VATA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOTION SENSITIVITY AND NERVOUS SYSTEM RESPONSE PITTA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DIGESTION ACID AND SMELL SENSITIVITY CHILDREN WITH PREDOMINANT VATA PITTA PRAKRITI HAVE VERY STRONG SENSE ORGANS ESPECIALLY SMELL AND TASTE SO ANY STRONG SMELL OR SLIGHT OVERFILLING OF STOMACH CAN TRIGGER A VOMITING REFLEX IN HER CASE EVEN ONE EXTRA SPOON CAUSED VOMITING THIS CLEARLY INDICATES KOSTHA SENSITIVITY AND LOW STOMACH CAPACITY WHICH IN AYURVEDA IS CALLED MRUDU KOSTHA WITH VATA PITTA DOMINANCE THE FACT THAT SHE VOMITS AFTER SLEEP AT NIGHT IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN A CHILD LIES DOWN VATA MOVES UPWARD AND IF DIGESTION IS NOT COMPLETE OR PITTA IS IRRITATED IT PUSHES THE STOMACH CONTENT UPWARD LEADING TO NIGHT TIME VOMITING THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT GAP BETWEEN FOOD AND SLEEP THIS IS ABOUT INCOMPLETE DIGESTION AND UPPER GI SENSITIVITY ALSO CHILDREN WITH SUCH HISTORY OF VOMITING DUE TO SMELL OR OVER EATING USUALLY HAVE A VERY ACTIVE BRAIN AND STRONG NERVOUS RESPONSE WHICH MEANS STRESS EXCITEMENT OR DAYTIME OVERSTIMULATION ALSO AFFECTS NIGHT DIGESTION SCHOOL STARTING AND ROUTINE CHANGE REDUCED DAYTIME VOMITING BUT NIGHT TIME STILL CONTINUES BECAUSE NIGHT IS VATA DOMINANT TIME AND HER VATA IS STILL NOT BALANCED THIS CONDITION IS CLOSELY RELATED TO FUNCTIONAL DYSPEPSIA GASTRO ESOPHAGEAL REFLUX TYPE SYMPTOMS VATA PITTA UDVARTA AND SENSITIVE GRAHANI IN CHILDHOOD NOW VERY IMPORTANT THING THIS IS NOT A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM THIS IS NOT A DANGEROUS DISEASE THIS IS A FUNCTIONAL DOSHA IMBALANCE WHICH IS REVERSIBLE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS STRENGTHEN AGNI CALM VATA SOOTHE PITTA AND PROTECT THE STOMACH AT NIGHT SOME VERY BASIC AYURVEDIC PRINCIPLES YOU MUST FOLLOW DINNER SHOULD BE VERY LIGHT AND EASY TO DIGEST LIKE RICE GRUEL KHICHDI OR SOUP NO CURD MILK CHEESE CHOCOLATE FRIED FOOD OR BAKERY ITEMS AT NIGHT NO STRONG SMELLS AROUND HER FOOD OR BEDROOM NO OVER EATING EVEN IF SHE LIKES THE FOOD STOP BEFORE FULLNESS PUTTING A SMALL PILLOW TO SLIGHTLY ELEVATE HER UPPER BODY DURING SLEEP HELPS PREVENT UPWARD MOVEMENT HER CONDITION NEEDS GENTLE DEEP AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT NOT STRONG MEDICINES PROPER AYURVEDIC MEDICINES ARE SELECTED ONLY AFTER SEEING HER APPETITE STOOLS TONGUE AND SLEEP PATTERN BUT I WANT TO REASSURE YOU THIS IS A COMMON CONDITION IT IS TREATABLE AND WITH RIGHT FOOD ROUTINE AND DOSHA BALANCING SHE CAN COMPLETELY OUTGROW THIS