One tender coconut daily, taken fresh and unchilled, ideally before noon.
Traditional
तिल · Sesame
A tablespoon of black sesame seeds, lightly roasted and chewed well, or ground with jaggery into a small ladoo — one a day.
Traditional
घी · Ghee
1 tsp warm cow ghee, taken on an empty stomach or stirred into warm milk at night, carries the other herbs deeper into the tissues.
Traditional
दूध · Milk
A cup of warm cow milk at bedtime, boiled and taken slowly — never with salt or sour food in the same hour.
Traditional
खरबूजा · Muskmelon
Muskmelon between meals (never right after food) — 90% water with natural sugars and minerals.
Traditional
खरबूजा · Melon
Melon in the morning — in dehydration, fruit is the best water.
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
Sip warm water every twenty minutes rather than gulping large amounts.
A pinch of rock salt in the first glass of the day.
Classical Formulations
पुनर्नवा मंडूर · Punarnava Mandur
Dose: 2 tablets (500 mg) · Warm water after food
Swelling and fluid retention, anaemia with puffiness, sluggish kidneys, enlarged liver and spleen.
पुनर्नवासव · Punarnavasava
Dose: 15–30 ml · Equal warm water twice daily
Swelling of face and feet, fluid retention, sluggish kidneys, liver enlargement, obesity with puffiness.
Bhojanveda
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