Impurities in food and drink are the cause of worm diseases. Although many types of microscopic worms reside in our body, but here we are describing only the worms (intestinal worms) that reside in the intestines. These worms cause many types of poisonous disorders in our body and gradually push us towards death. Not only small and big children but even adults get worms in their stomach. Food items that produce acidic juice help in the spread of worms. If any particular type of worm starts growing in our body, then it becomes visible immediately. In modern science, 'worms' are considered to be the root cause of many diseases. Whatever the children suffering from worms eat, it does not get absorbed in their body. The intestinal worms eat up whatever they eat, as a result of which the children get infected with earthworms or roundworms, nematodes i.e. Chure or Chutre, hookworms, tapeworms, Tinealeta, Toniacellium, Taeniaacryococcus, Tinea saginata, hairworms, Tinea nana, Ziadaya, Narva etc.
Due to the effect of earthworms, the children start drooling. There are symptoms of vomiting and nausea. Appetite decreases or increases. Colourful stools start coming. The child starts grinding his teeth. There is itching in the nose. There are symptoms of diarrhoea and dysentery. Hands and legs become thin, stomach becomes large and foul smell starts coming from the mouth.
Nematodes- Usually found in children only. These worms are found in the rectum, colon and small intestine of children. The number of these worms is in thousands. Sometimes when they come out with the stool, they are seen separately moving and writhing in the stool/faeces. Children suffering from these worms unknowingly excrete urine and stool during sleep. The itching in the anus is so intense that the child is unable to take natural (deep) sleep at night, his sleep keeps getting disturbed, the child grinds his teeth, keeps scratching his nose and water keeps flowing from his mouth.
Main causes and spread of the disease
• Presence of worms in the intestines.
• These worms reach the intestines of children through personal cleanliness, disorder in disposing of faeces and urine, consumption of contaminated water, vegetables and half-cooked food.
• Hookworms are contracted by walking barefoot in the mud, as they enter the body by piercing the skin of the feet.
• By defecating in open spaces, the worms' nests reach food/edible items through dirty water or vegetable roots/leaves etc.
Main symptoms of the disease
• In the beginning, the child suffering from worm disease feels very hungry, but later his appetite decreases.
• Anemia – the child feels weak and tired.
• Often suffers from stomach pain.
• Frequent cough and pain in rib movement. • Child eating mud.
• Frequent skin rashes and allergies.
• Itching of the anus at night. Worms lay eggs near the anus and also bite.
• Live worms come out in vomit/snot or stool.
• Physical health not improving even after eating and drinking well.
• Due to increase in the number of worms, sometimes there is blockage in the intestines and pain in the stomach, cramps, spasms etc.
• In the presence of tapeworm - headache, excessive hunger, foul smell from mouth.
• In the presence of hookworm, the patient child suffers from excessive loss of blood. • In the presence of roundworms, a special type of pneumonia occurs, bloating, pain and stinging sensation above the stomach, hives (urticaria), jumping, rashes on the skin, grinding of teeth, urination in bed, convulsions, difficulty in breathing, stomach ache, diarrhea mixed with blood, in addition to symptoms of jaundice, liver abscess, gall bladder inflammation etc. are also found.
Treatment
• Give 1/2 to 2 tablets (according to the age of the children) of 'Kramikuthar Ras' or 'Kramikudgar Ras' to children twice a day (morning and evening) with honey as an anupaan.
• Mix equal parts of water with Vidangarishta 5-10 ml and give it twice a day after meals.
• Krumighni Vati (Granth reference-Bhaishajyaratnavali) Give 1-3 tablets to children in the morning, evening and at bedtime with warm water or warm milk. After continuous use for 3 days, give 1-3 grams of 'Bal Haritaki' powder (give purgation). The worms will die and come out through the anus.
• Mix 3 grams of pure Kabila powder well in 100 grams of curd and give this continuously in the morning and evening, and on the third day, give (make consume) pure castor oil as purgation, the dead pumpkin seeds and worms etc. come out through the anus.
• By drying and powdering Palaash seeds (Pitt Papada) and consuming 1-2 grams of it 3 times a day (morning, evening and at night before sleeping) with warm water, all types of intestinal worms die and come out through the anus.
• If the soot of the pan used for making rotis is mixed with oil and applied to the anus of children, the worms are destroyed.
• By mixing a lot of salt in sour curd and giving it to children, all the worms living in the anus are destroyed.
• By giving onion juice to children, the worms in children are destroyed.
• By feeding a little jaggery in the morning and after 15-20 minutes, by giving Khurasani Ajwain with cold water, all the small worms in the stomach of children come out easily through the anus.
• Mixing garlic and jaggery in equal quantity and making a tablet out of it and giving it to children in the amount of 3 grams and to adults in the amount of 10 grams on empty stomach in the morning continuously for 3 days cures the patient.
• By giving 2-4 Ratti raw mango seed powder with curd or water in the morning and evening, thread like worms get destroyed.
• If children have roundworms in their stomach, giving them betel juice mixed with sugar is beneficial.
Some important patented Ayurvedic medicines useful in worm disease
• Make them consume 12 spoons of Krimihara Peya (Manufacturer-Dhanvantari) 3 times a day continuously for a week (14 days). It is useful in all types of intestinal/abdominal worms.
• RK Pills (Manufacturer-Aushdhi Bhawan) Give 1-2 tablets with warm water at night before sleeping.
• KK Pills (Manufacturer- Same as before) Give 1-2 tablets at night before sleeping. Useful in roundworm and hookworm.
• Crimen Capsule (Manufacturer-Kashmir) Give 1 capsule twice a day (after lunch and dinner). Useful in all types of stomach/intestinal worms.
• Trian with Senna Tablet/Syrup (Manufacturer-Pial) Give 1 tablet at night before sleeping. After one week (7 days) give 1 dose again. Or give 1 dose of 10 ml. Give 1 dose of 20 ml to a child above 5 years.
