In medical terms, this impaction means that, the gut is stopped up or obstructed. Any illness causing stomach ache or diarrhea may be called obstruction.
It is said that, a ball of hair or something else block a part of the gut. People put the blame on witches or evil spirits, and treat with magic cures and cupping. Something folk healers pretend to take a ball of hair and thorns out of the gut by sucking on the belly.
Different illnesses that cause stomach pain or discomfort and are sometimes called obstruction are:
1. Diarrhea or dysentery with crumps.
2. Worms
3. Swollen stomach due to malnutrition.
4. Indidestion or stomach ulcer
5. And one that is rare to come by, true gut obstruction.
Most of these problems are not helped much by magic cures or cupping. To treat obstruction, try to identify and treat the sickness that causes it.Obstruction (stopped-up gut)
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