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’.
Give sufficient calories and proteins to growing children in diet through coriander, fresh fruits, germinated grains, eggs, meat, milk, pulses, groundnuts, cashew nuts.
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
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.
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
Psychological illness : Stress, anger, fear, anxiety, etc. reduce the appetite as well as the digestive power.
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
Obesity is a disease and controlling one’s gustatory desires, i.e, controlling one’s food intake is the best treatment.
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–
Obese persons have good power of digestion and absorption. Hence their appetite is good which in turn leads to more ingestion of food. Excessive accumulation of fat obstructs the flow of nutrients to various organs and makes them sluggish.