Low immunity and appetite — catching every bug, food unappealing.
Also known as: immunity booster · रोग प्रतिरोधक क्षमता · इम्युनिटी · व्याधिक्षमत्व · vyadhikshamatva · बार-बार बीमार पड़ना
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Mausami: drinking the juice raises disease-resistance and vitality. Its alkaline element reduces acidity of the blood and stomach, so acidity settles and appetite returns.
Mushrooms (button/oyster) carry beta-glucans and selenium that strengthen disease-resistance — a light mushroom soup or sabzi 2-3 times a week.
Traditional
मौसमी · Sweet Lemon
drinking the juice raises disease-resistance and vitality. Its alkaline element reduces acidity of the blood and stomach, so acidity settles and appetite returns.
Traditional
बेरीज़ · Berries
Whatever seasonal berries you can get — ber, mulberry, falsa — eaten fresh. The deeper the colour, the more protective.
Traditional
खट्टे फल · Citrus fruits
Lemon juice in warm water each morning, and one citrus fruit through the day.
Traditional
आँवला चाय · Amla tea
1 tsp amla powder in a cup of warm — not boiling — water each morning. Boiling destroys the vitamin C that does the work.
Traditional
आयुष क्वाथ · Ayush kwath
Tulsi, dalchini, sonth and kali mirch in 4:2:2:1 — 3 g boiled in 150 ml water, once a day. The Ministry of Ayush formula: a daily cup through the season, not all year round.
Traditional
गिलोय काढ़ा · Giloy kadha
1 inch of giloy stem boiled in 2 cups of water down to half, once a day, for two weeks at a stretch — a rasayana, not a year-round drink. Stop if you have liver disease or are on immunosuppressants.
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
Cold friction bath every morning; twenty minutes of sun on the bare back.