Also known as: bone density · हड्डी मजबूत करना · कैल्शियम की कमी · calcium deficiency
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Drumstick leaves cooked as a vegetable twice a week; drumstick soup is rich in calcium. A tablespoon of roasted sesame seeds with jaggery each morning. A glass of warm milk with a pinch of turmeric at night.
Chaulai greens twice a week — among the richest leafy sources of calcium.
Traditional
रागी · Ragi
Ragi porridge or roti three times a week.
Traditional
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सहजन · Drumstick
Drumstick leaves cooked as a vegetable twice a week; drumstick soup is rich in calcium.
Traditional
तिल · Sesame seeds
A tablespoon of roasted sesame seeds with jaggery each morning.
Traditional
दूध · Milk
A glass of warm milk with a pinch of turmeric at night.
Traditional
मेवे · Nuts
A handful of almonds, walnuts and sesame daily — calcium and magnesium for bone.
Traditional
अंजीर · Fig
Figs and sesame with milk — calcium for the bones.
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
Thirty minutes of sun on bare skin daily; weight-bearing walk.
Tadasana and Vrikshasana; avoid excess salt and caffeine.
Bhojanveda
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