Also known as: loss of appetite · भूख की कमी · अरुचि · anorexia
Food Remedies
Main remedy
A slice of ginger with rock salt and lemon before meals. Roasted cumin with black salt in buttermilk at lunch. Pomegranate juice with a pinch of black pepper before meals.
A slice of ginger with rock salt and lemon before meals.
Traditional
CautionNot in large amounts alongside blood-thinning medicine. Stop before surgery.
जीरा · Cumin
Roasted cumin with black salt in buttermilk at lunch.
Traditional
अनार · Pomegranate
Pomegranate juice with a pinch of black pepper before meals.
Traditional
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Skip one meal entirely; walk half an hour before the next.
Sun bath twenty minutes; Vajrasana after eating.
Classical Formulations
पंचकोल चूर्ण · Panchakola Churna
Dose: 1–3 g · Warm water before meals
Weak digestive fire, loss of appetite, bloating, dull metabolism.
विडंगादि चूर्ण · Vidangadi Churna
Dose: 1–3 g · Warm water on an empty stomach
Intestinal worms in adults and children, poor appetite from worms.
एलादि चूर्ण · Eladi Churna
Dose: 1–3 g · Honey
Cough with sticky phlegm, hiccups, vomiting, nausea, poor appetite.
आरोग्यवर्धिनी वटी · Arogyavardhini Vati
Dose: 1–2 tablets (250 mg) · Warm water before food
Bhojanveda
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