How to Treat Crohn's Disease with Herbal Remedies ?
Crohn's disease comes under inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation of the digestive tract. It may affect your gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus. Small intestine is mostly affected by this disease. Inflammation caused by this disease spreads deep into the layers of affected bowel tissues. Crohn’s disease sometimes may lead to many other complications.
Many people think that there is no proper treatment for this disease. But Ayurveda provides very effective herbal remedies for the treatment of this disease. As we known Ayurvedic treatment is based on basic principles of dosha, body type of an individual and rasa, guna, veerya, vipaka of herbs. So it treat crohn’s disease from its root.
Let's Discuss about Signs and Symptoms of Crohn's Disease
Crohn's disease mostly affects small intestine (ileum) last part of the small intestine and the colon is affected. The signs and symptoms in this disease may vary from mild to severe. When crohn's disease is active it may include signs and symptoms which are mentioned below:
- Diarrhea
- Fatigue
- Abdominal pain
- Abdominal cramps
- Loss of appetite
- Weight loss
- General weakness
- Fever
- Mucus
- Pain and drainage around the anal region
- Mouth sores
- Blood in stool
Severe Crohn's Disease may Show a few more Signs and Symptoms
- It may cause inflammation of eyes, skin, and joints.
- In children, it leads to delayed growth or sexual development.
- Sometimes it may cause inflammation of liver and bile ducts.
What are the Causes of Crohn's Disease?
Due to wrong eating habits and sedentary life-style, most of the people are facing the number of disease one of them is crohn’s disease. Stress, anxiety, weak immune system, and heredity play a vital role in the formation of this disease. Excessive production of Pitta dosha in the body leads to this disease.
Now let's Discuss about Difference Between Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
These both diseases comes under inflammatory bowel disease but there are some differences mentioned below:
| Crohn's Disease | Ulcerative Colitis |
| 1) The end part of the small intestine is mostly affected. | 1) Entire colon is affected (in the rectum and colon). |
| 2) Inflammation develops in the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus. | 2) It is in the large intestine (colon and rectum). |
| 3) Crohn's disease may appear in patches. | 3) Ulcerative colitis appears in the continuous pattern. |
| 4) It may cover the entire thickness of the bowel wall. | 4) It causes inflammation in the innermost lining of the intestine. |
| 5) Crohn's disease is not very common. | 5) Ulcerative colitis is a very common disease nowadays. |
What are the Complications of Crohn's Disease?
Crohn's disease shows many complications that are mentioned below:
- Ulcers: Ulcers formation is there in a digestive tract that includes mouth and anus.
- Bowel obstruction: This disease affects the thickness of the intestinal wall.
- Fistulas: Fistula may appear near or around the anal region.
- Anal fissure: It is a small tear that lines the anal skin.
- Colon cancer: Sometimes severe conditions of crohn’s disease increases the risk of colon cancer.
- Malnutrition: Diarrhea, abdominal cramps & abdominal pain makes difficult to eat that leads to malnutrition.
- Other health issues: This disease may lead to other problems like anemia, osteoporosis, arthritis, skin disorders, liver and gall bladder disease.
Let's Discuss the Herbal Remedies for Crohn's Disease
According to Ayurveda in Crohn's disease is compared with Grahani disease. In Ayurveda Grahani is the term used for small intestines (ileum and jejunam). Involvement of all three doshas (Vata, Pitta & Kapha) is seen as per the symptoms. The primary cause of Grahani disease is poor digestion, poor appetite, improper and bad eating habits.
Rajamruth Vaidyashala offers the best combination of herbal remedies for the treatment of Crohn's disease. The line of treatment in crohn's disease is the same as ulcerative colitis. So we give ulcerative colitis care pack to the patients as signs, symptoms, involvement of doshas are same in both crohn's and ulcerative colitis.
