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A chronic sufferer from indigestion is generally
highly nervous/ irritable and quarrelsome. He
never has a good word to say about anything.
Mentally, he may become depraved and he likes
only foods wr.ich are highly spiced and fried. This
factor makes his cure a bit difficult. He cannot
reform his -diet unless he regains his mental
balance. But unless he gives up his appetising
foods and takes to a natural diet/ he cannot get
control of his rnind. It is advisable for such people
to join a Nature-cure Sanatorium/ and put themselves
completely in the care of a competent Naturopath.
Most people may not know that the common
cold from which few people escape/ is really orie of
the milder symptoms of indigestion- It was Dr. Page
who remarked that we catch cold in our stomachs.
The tendency to catch cold is greater in winter
because during that season an important eliminating
organ, the skin, is comparatively inactive;
If some heaviness is feJt in the stomach immedi-
ately after a meal/ it means that the quantity of food
has been too much. If the trouble is felt not only
about an hour after a meal/ it means that the mea!
has been too rich, (difficult to digest)/ or the foods
might have been combined wrongly.
There are some symptoms of chronic indigestion
which are mentioned as causes of indigestion by
allopaths. It is deplorable that some Naturopaths
also should get confused over this matter.
Thus Neurastheuia is an effect and not the cause
of indigestion. The same is the case with hysteria
and menstrual disorders in women.
CAUSES OF INDIGESTION
•Jfs, The causes of indigestion are two-fold : wrong
choice of foods anci wrong ways of eating. The