As life gets busier and lifestyles become more erratic, peptic ulcers are increasingly rearing their ugly heads. While duodenal ulcers peak between the age of 20-50 years, gastric ulcers occur most commonly in the age group of 50-60. While men are doubly prone to the former, men and women are equally likely to suffer from the latter. An O type blood group and an urban lifestyle further predisposes you towards peptic ulcers.

Ulcers often go undetected and in fact only 20 per cent patients seek medical treatment for this affliction. How can you tell if you have one? Symptoms include a burning pain, felt anywhere from your navel to your breastbone, which may last from a few minutes to many hours and comes and goes for a few days or weeks. It gets worse on an empty stomach, tends to flare up at night and can be temporarily relieved by eating certain foods that buffer stomach acid or an acid-reducing medication.
You can help yourself by cutting out smoking, alcohol, dairy, coffee and aerated drinks. Milk, commonly believed to help this condition, actually harms it. Containing lactic acid, it further erodes your stomach lining and aggravates ulcers. Any relief that milk provides is deceptive and it should be carefully avoided. Eat a fibre and vitamin A rich diet including fruit with their skins on.

Homeopathy offers excellent treatment for peptic ulcers. It not only heals ulcers but also removes the general predisposition towards them.
Homeopathic remedies for peptic ulcers
Robinia 6C: Helpful in peptic ulcers with excess acidity.
Natrum Phos 6X: Helpful in peptic ulcers with acidity, sour burping and vomiting.