In the human body there are many vital processes, including gas exchange, blood circulation, digestion and so on. A person cannot control them, but he is still able to influence some of them. This also applies to such a complex reflex act as vomiting. During it, the body urgently gets rid of poisons and toxins that have penetrated into it with food or in some other way. But sometimes the biological system is not enough in order to spew out the contents of the stomach. We will talk about how to induce vomiting artificially in this article.
Why is this needed?
To begin with, let's figure out in what situations there is a need for an artificial challenge of an attack of vomiting. Most often this is required for food poisoning. As soon as you feel the first symptoms of intoxication, you should quickly rid the body of food containing toxins. Is it possible to induce vomiting in this case artificially? Of course yes!
Emergency emptying of the stomach is sometimes resorted to by women who carefully monitor their figure and are panicky afraid to gain excess weight. They know how to induce vomiting, and after each dense meal they specially provoke a reflex act so that food that has not yet had time to digest leaves the body and does not add excessive calories to it. Of course, this method is effective and allows you to achieve the goal, but often you can not use it. Why? This will be discussed below.
Ways to Induce Vomiting
The traditional method for artificially provoking a gag reflex is considered to be irritation of the root of the tongue by sticking two fingers deep into the mouth. This action entails cramping of the stomach and esophagus, due to which they spew out their contents. You can use not only fingers as an irritant, but also, for example, a teaspoon or even hair. Some people have a reflex act after they imagine that they have eaten something disgusting and nasty (only you need to fantasize as colorfully as possible). You don’t have to look long for a way to induce vomiting for people with a weak vestibular apparatus. It is enough to circle, ride on a swing, at a fast pace to lean in different directions, and the attack will not take long. In addition, when using any of these methods, do not forget to drink a large amount of liquid along with food. Firstly, water will facilitate the procedure by thinning the meal, and secondly, it will create a feeling of fullness in the stomach, which will provide additional stimulation of the vomiting.
In addition, you can buy vomiting pills at the pharmacy. One of the most popular drugs with this effect is Apomorphine. With it, you can very quickly remove toxins from the body. It is also permissible to use medicines with an expectorant effect, for example, “Licorin hydrochloride”.
Consequences of Artificial Vomiting
Think carefully before using in practice the recommendations presented in the article in order to get rid of calories. This is extremely dangerous to health. The fact is that, having violently provoked an emetic act several times, you won’t even notice how you get used to such actions, and this leads to the development of psychological dependence and bulimia. Subsequently, you no longer have to induce vomiting artificially - after each meal, the stomach will empty out spontaneously, and you cannot stop this process even if you wish.