These pranayamas are thought to increase digestive fire. I’m just wondering if the fire is the same as Hydrochloric acid that makes sore stomach?
I’ve been doing regular bhastrika in the morning. Now I have very high stomach acidity. MY DIET DO NOT CONSIST ANY FOODS that can cause stomach acidity to increase.
I’m just wondering if solely pranyama can produce this effect…
Any thoughts?
DO NOT skip breakfast…try having small meals 5 times a day. The pranayamas you describe do increase stomach activity resulting in secretion of excesssive gastric juices which in turn aggravates acidity. The excess quantity of juices will get balanced out by the above methods…do increase consumption of yogurt with daily meals or at least alternately.
Hope this helps! 
Regards,
Shahvir
Citymonk,
Since you are on this forum, I was wondering if you have learnt any yogic kriyas ? If so you could try “Vaman Dhauti” also known as Kunjal Kriya.
Do it daily for one month , then thrice a week for the next month and after that once a week. You will find that acidity has vanished from your life.
[QUOTE=reaswaran;43677]Citymonk,
Since you are on this forum, I was wondering if you have learnt any yogic kriyas ? If so you could try “Vaman Dhauti” also known as Kunjal Kriya.
Do it daily for one month , then thrice a week for the next month and after that once a week. You will find that acidity has vanished from your life.[/QUOTE]
every day? Where did you rad this? Or is it your own opinion? Would appreciate if you can provide a source.
the bihar yoga books say vaman dhauti can be done once a week. i would take that as a max. i wouldn’t want to drink 8 glasses of salt water every day for a month.
it also says the salt water helps relieve hyperacidity of the stomach.
I trained in Kaivalyadham , Mumbai. During the training period, all trainees did the the Kriyas daily - in my case for four months- no ill effects. After training was complete, I am now doing it once in fifteen days for the last ten years. I speak from experience and I have never been troubled by acidity.
Ravi
[QUOTE=CityMonk;44713]every day? Where did you rad this? Or is it your own opinion? Would appreciate if you can provide a source.[/QUOTE]
It is not necessary to add salt. I quote from the book " A systematic course in the ancient tantric techniques of yoga and kriya. (Swami Satyananda Sarswati ) -a BSY publication.
Quote “The water can be with or without salt. We leave this to the practioner’s choice.” unquote
Quote again “If you have time, we recommend daily practice as it can do no harm and gives many wonderful benefits. If you have limited time, try to do it as often as possible, at least once a week” Unquote.
Ravi
[QUOTE=trinley;44715]the bihar yoga books say vaman dhauti can be done once a week. i would take that as a max. i wouldn’t want to drink 8 glasses of salt water every day for a month.
it also says the salt water helps relieve hyperacidity of the stomach.[/QUOTE]
i have been drinking one litre of cabbage juice a day and a spoonfull of manuka honey in an attempt to cease gastric reflux and a supposed ulcer. its been very difficult. if you havent drank cabbage juice before then i can only say the word ‘sludge’. its pretty gross though the manuka honey expereince is a little better. i am also going to invest time into kunjal kriya, my first time, everyday for 10 days i hope it works. the acid factor have been giving me a lot of stomach cramps and discomfort as well as the acidic taste in the mouth. its like putting your tongue on a battery
Hi,
I was doing pranayama for about 15 days (including udhiyana bandha, without any guidance) and experienced similar problems of high acidity. my problem was more of sleeplessness for entire night. I approached an allopathic and he diagonised this as hyperacidity. I was under his treatment, then I came to know about kunjal kria and did it one day myself(with out any guidance as described in books and the internet). I was feeling fine for rest of the day. I did only once and not continued it. I am still having this problem. Do you think by continuing this will solve my problem. I found in internet that Shitali Pranayama is also good for this. Do you have any idea? I did Kunjal kriya once and found no problems, do you think a guidance is must for this?
[QUOTE=reaswaran;44726]I trained in Kaivalyadham , Mumbai. During the training period, all trainees did the the Kriyas daily - in my case for four months- no ill effects. After training was complete, I am now doing it once in fifteen days for the last ten years. I speak from experience and I have never been troubled by acidity.
Ravi[/QUOTE]
Pranayama is best learnt under guidance. I know lots of people learn from books, but at best, you will not get full benefits , and at worst can harm yourself.
Kunjal Kriya is also best learnt under a teacher, as it expelling the water, one needs to learn how to expel it up to the maximum quantity. No harm in doing it regularly- the frequency will be dictated by your own need.
RAvi
[QUOTE=justin_peter;45029]Hi,
I was doing pranayama for about 15 days (including udhiyana bandha, without any guidance) and experienced similar problems of high acidity. my problem was more of sleeplessness for entire night. I approached an allopathic and he diagonised this as hyperacidity. I was under his treatment, then I came to know about kunjal kria and did it one day myself(with out any guidance as described in books and the internet). I was feeling fine for rest of the day. I did only once and not continued it. I am still having this problem. Do you think by continuing this will solve my problem. I found in internet that Shitali Pranayama is also good for this. Do you have any idea? I did Kunjal kriya once and found no problems, do you think a guidance is must for this?[/QUOTE]
Get some baking soda pills , maybe pharmacy has it. It will neutralize the acidic stomach immediately if thats the problem. Powder is ok too but find out the dosage first as i heard too much is not good.