– Belching up of food, fluid, or of gas formed in consequence of imperfect digestion of food in the stomach.
General Treatment. – See. under DYSPEPSIA and DIET. Those who pass offensive flatus should not eat eggs.
Medicines. – (Three times a day.)
Ipecac. 3.
– Rising of food from disordered stomach; tongue coated.
Ant. tart. 6.
– Rising of food, with clean tongue.
Pulsatilla 3.
– Eructation of food from overloading the stomach, attended with bitter taste; burning sensation remaining in throat after vomiting.
Carb. veg. 6
– Great accumulation of gas; often offensive.
Lycop. 6.
– collection of wind under the left ribs; difficult to dislodge; constipation.
Chamomilla 6. –
Belching and flatulence; “windy Spasms;” irritability. (In these cases Chamomilla sometimes acts better if given in hot water.)
Sulph 6.
– Acidity, belching, sinking sensation at stomach.
See also DYSPEPSIA.