PMID- 23930033
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130809
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 0973-6131 (Print)
IS  - 2231-2714 (Electronic)
IS  - 0973-6131 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 2
DP  - 2013 Jul
TI  - Can yoga be used to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease?
PG  - 131-3
LID - 10.4103/0973-6131.113416 [doi]
AB  - Yoga methods including Pranayama are the best ways to prevent many diseases and 
      their progression. Even though, Yoga is widely practiced, its effects on certain 
      medical conditions have not been studied or reported. Gastroesophageal reflux 
      disease (GERD) is one of them. GERD is extremely common condition requiring 
      frequent consumption of over-the-counter or prescribed proton pump inhibitors 
      (PPI). In severe symptoms of GERD and in the presence of multiple etiologies, 
      PPIs are insufficient to relieve the symptoms of gastric reflux. Regular and 
      proper use of the Yoga along with PPI can control the severe symptoms of GERD and 
      can avoid or delay the necessity of invasive procedures. This evidence-based case 
      report focuses on the effects of Yoga on GERD. Our case report showed that 
      regular practice of Kapalbhati and Agnisar kriya along with PPI, patients with 
      hiatal hernia had improvement in severe symptoms of GERD, which were initially 
      refractory to PPI alone.
FAU - Kaswala, Dharmesh
AU  - Kaswala D
AD  - Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, The University Hospital, 
      New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 
      Newark, New Jersey, USA.
FAU - Shah, Shamik
AU  - Shah S
FAU - Mishra, Avantika
AU  - Mishra A
FAU - Patel, Hardik
AU  - Patel H
FAU - Patel, Nishith
AU  - Patel N
FAU - Sangwan, Pravesh
AU  - Sangwan P
FAU - Chodos, Ari
AU  - Chodos A
FAU - Brelvi, Zamir
AU  - Brelvi Z
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PL  - India
TA  - Int J Yoga
JT  - International journal of yoga
JID - 101313247
PMC - PMC3734640
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Agnisarkriya
OT  - Kapalbhati
OT  - gastroesophageal reflux disease
OT  - hiatal hernia
OT  - yoga
OT  - yoga and proton pump inhibitors
COIS- Conflict of Interest: None
EDAT- 2013/08/10 06:00
MHDA- 2013/08/10 06:01
PMCR- 2013/07/01
CRDT- 2013/08/10 06:00
PHST- 2013/08/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/08/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/08/10 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2013/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - IJY-6-131 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/0973-6131.113416 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Yoga. 2013 Jul;6(2):131-3. doi: 10.4103/0973-6131.113416.