Also known as: weak immunity · कमजोर इम्युनिटी · रोग प्रतिरोध
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Chyawanprash daily — a traditional immunity jam made with amla, herbs and ghee (1-2 tsp with warm milk). Tulsi tea with ginger. Sesame seeds roasted with jaggery. Ashwagandha powder with warm milk at night. Five tulsi leaves chewed on an empty stomach each morning. One amla fruit, or a teaspoon of amla powder with honey, daily. Giloy decoction — 20ml on an empty stomach for a fortnight.
Half a teaspoon of harad powder at night, taken for a season.
Traditional
मूँगफली · Peanuts
A handful of roasted peanuts with jaggery in winter.
Traditional
केसर · Saffron
Two strands of saffron in milk during winter months.
Traditional
तुलसी · Tulsi
Five tulsi leaves chewed on an empty stomach each morning.
Traditional
आँवला · Amla
One amla fruit, or a teaspoon of amla powder with honey, daily.
Traditional
गिलोय · Giloy
Giloy decoction — 20ml on an empty stomach for a fortnight.
Traditional
अदरक · Ginger
A thin slice of fresh adrak chewed before meals, or ½ tsp dried sonth in warm water twice a day.
Traditional
CautionNot in large amounts alongside blood-thinning medicine. Stop before surgery.
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
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
बेरीज़ · Berries
Deep-coloured seasonal fruit daily — mulberry, jamun, falsa.
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.
Bhojanveda
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