Claudia Richey
Excess medication. That is the first possibility that came to the
mind first. Reasons are:

1 Many medicines for Diabetes, and occasional low sugar that you
mention.
2. Self medication using Calcium/magnesium suppliments. They are also
laxatives, especially so when combined with greens, diabetes
medication
3. Enthusiasm in yoga may sometimes displace nabhi chakra, and if so
watery loose motions or simply loose motions may occur, which no
other medication can correct, only a physio procedure is possible;
already available in archieves.
4. This could also be a "gut" reaction to barium enema.

Author suggests few simple home remedies, which you may try after consulting
your Vaidya

You can try keeping two pinches of Camphor on tongue and swallow with
a little water. Four times a day, every 3-4 hours.

Black tea/coffee, only yoghurt/buttermil for two days.

Rub nut meg on stone with a little water and lick ½ tsp of that extract in the
morning and evening. Mix in honey, if taste is unpleasant.

Keep adequately hydrated with pomegranate or apple juice. These two juices, by
themselves are remedy for loose motions. A powder formulations known by name
Dadimashtak churna, if available to you, is also a remedy for dyscentry.

Take pepper powder in buttermilk.
Heat lemon juice, mix in rock salt and brown sugar (raw sugar or jaggery or
honey) in it and drink that mixture.

Reduce medication, while monitoring blood sugar on daily basis.

It would be nice, if you discuss this with your Vaidya first and then
adopt whether this is right, since he knows your prakruti better.
Remote advice in case such as yours may be risky. Many alternatives are offered
for the reason that something may be more convenient than other remedies. But do
not try all at a time. Listen to the body, bowels.

Nabhi chakra procedure can be searched on the archieves using search facility
provided at top of message window.

Dr. Bhate


--- In ayurvedaonline (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, Claudia Richey
<dragonette775@s...> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am writing to ask for advice.
> I have just recently been diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome
after a barium enema that had been done to rule out colon cancer and
the like.