Take precautions and avoid suffering during summer
This article guides about how to stay away from various summer-related ailments and what precautions should be taken.
Spiritual Therapy in Anorexia, Excessive Appetite & Excessive Thirst & Treatment
The word ‘trushna’ literally means thirst. Thirst is the desire to drink fluids. Thirst depends on the water requirement of the body. The diseases in which excessive thirst is present as a symptom are included under the disease ‘trushna’.
Growing Children & Loss of appetite or taste ((Arochaka)
Give sufficient calories and proteins to growing children in diet through coriander, fresh fruits, germinated grains, eggs, meat, milk, pulses, groundnuts, cashew nuts.
Issues Related to Children’s Eating Habits
The mother should encourage the child to eat by himself. Even if he spills the food and spoils his clothes, she should not mind it. She should not compare the food intake of her child with that of other
Ayurvedic perspective on Food items, Compatibilty and Appetite
There are many factors which affect the appetite, e.g. some adults eat a lot but still remain thin and vice-versa. Individual requirements vary a lot.
Indigestion : Qualities of food as per Ayurveda
Cold drinks and ice-creams when taken in excess reduce the secretion of digestive juices and stop the digestive process in the stomach for half an hour. Cold food items are contraindicated in individuals who have a Vata and Kapha constitution and patients
Perspective on Indigestion as per Ayurveda
Psychological illness : Stress, anger, fear, anxiety, etc. reduce the appetite as well as the digestive power.
Emaciation and Malnutrition
An easily digestible diet containing all the essential nutrients and providing adequate calories for the present weight should be taken. Later, as the appetite improves, the diet should be stepped up till one gets a balanced diet adequate for the expected weight for that age
Contraindicated Diet for obesity, the treatment part dealing Medicated Diet, Powders, Decoctions and Medicines; Exercise, etc. in Obesity
Obesity is a disease and controlling one’s gustatory desires, i.e, controlling one’s food intake is the best treatment.
Symptoms, Complications, Weight Reduction & Treatment of Obesity
The diet should help to reduce the fat and Kapha and normalise Vata. It should be low on calories, hot and dry but it should also be heavy so that it requires a long time to get digested and the patient does not feel hungry. Various drugs which decrease appetite are not worth taking as they do not have a long term action–