Gentle cleansing drinks after heavy festive eating.
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Tangy ferments and shrubs — lemon-ginger kanji, radish kanji, apple and jamun shrubs — gently support the liver and cleanse the system. Always take them diluted and in small amounts.
Apple fermented with a little vinegar and honey — a tangy digestive tonic sipped diluted.
Traditional
जामुन शरबत · Jamun shrub
Fermented jamun cordial — tangy, traditionally supportive for blood sugar; take diluted.
Traditional
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नींबू-अदरक कांजी · Lemon-ginger kanji
A quick fermented lemon-ginger water — cleansing, warming and rich in vitamin C.
Traditional
CautionNot in large amounts alongside blood-thinning medicine. Stop before surgery.
मूली कांजी · Radish kanji
Radish fermented in mustard water — cleansing for the liver and rich in gut bacteria.
Traditional
मेथी जल · Fenugreek water
Sprouted-fenugreek water — traditionally steadies blood sugar and eases the gut.
Traditional
CautionTaken with diabetes medicine it can push the sugar too low — keep checking. Not in pregnancy — it stimulates the uterus. Not with blood thinners either.
अंगूर शरबत · Grape shrub
Grapes fermented into a tangy shrub — cooling and cleansing, taken diluted.
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
Dilute shrubs well with water; concentrated sour drinks can upset the stomach.
Those with high acidity should go easy on the sourest of these.
Bhojanveda
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