½ tsp safed musli powder in warm milk once at night; classically taken with a little mishri.
Traditional
अश्वगंधा · Ashwagandha
½–1 tsp ashwagandha powder in a cup of warm milk with a little ghee at night, taken steadily for eight weeks.
Traditional
CautionIf you take thyroid medicine, do not take ashwagandha without asking your doctor — it raises thyroid hormone and can throw the dose off. Not in pregnancy. Its effect adds to sleeping tablets and sedatives. Stop it two weeks before surgery.
गोखरू · Gokhru
½ tsp gokshura powder in warm water or milk twice a day, after food.
Traditional
कद्दू के बीज · Pumpkin seeds
A tablespoon of raw pumpkin seeds chewed well on an empty stomach — rich in zinc.
Traditional
बादाम · Almonds
7 badam soaked overnight, peeled and ground into warm milk with a pinch of saffron, each morning.
Traditional
खजूर · Dates
Three khajoor soaked overnight in milk, eaten in the morning with the milk.
Traditional
दूध · Milk
A cup of warm cow milk at night with a pinch of cardamom — the classical anupana for all vitality herbs.
Traditional
घी · Ghee
1 tsp cow ghee in warm milk at night; it carries the herbs into the deeper tissues.
Traditional
आँवला · Amla
One fresh amla or 1 tsp amla powder in cool water each morning — never with milk.
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 hip bath daily and no heat to the groin; Surya Namaskar and Sarvangasana.
Sleep before ten; complete abstinence from tobacco and alcohol.
Bhojanveda
Read in 30+ languages