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Nightfall / Swapnadosha

Nightfall — emission in sleep; common in youth, care if frequent.

Also known as: swapnadosh · स्वप्नदोष · रात्रि स्खलन · nocturnal emission · धातु गिरना

Food Remedies

Main remedy
Mulethi with ghee and honey by day, and coriander water in the morning, cool an overheated system. Keep the last meal light and early.
ब्राह्मीमुलेठीधनियादूधघीमिश्रीआँवला
ब्राह्मी · Brahmi
½ tsp brahmi powder in warm milk at night — steadies the mind, which is half the matter here.
Traditional
CautionCare alongside thyroid medicine and sleeping tablets — it can alter both.
मुलेठी · Licorice
½ tsp mulethi powder with a spoon of ghee and honey, once a day.
Traditional
CautionIt raises blood pressure and lowers the body's potassium. Not if you have blood-pressure, heart or kidney disease. Not continuously for more than a few weeks.
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धनिया · Coriander
1 tsp dhania soaked overnight; drink the strained water each morning — cooling for the urinary passage.
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
मिश्री · Mishri
A small piece of mishri taken with the herb powder — it cools and carries the effect.
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 before sleeping; empty the bladder just before bed.
Sleep on the side, never on the stomach; no screens before bed.

Foods that help

ब्राह्मी · Brahmiमुलेठी · Licoriceधनिया · Corianderदूध · Milkघी · Gheeमिश्री · Mishriआँवला · Amla

Limit these

मिर्चें · Chilliesतम्बाकू · Tobaccoदेर रात स्क्रीन · Late-night screensभारी रात्रि-भोजन · Heavy dinner

Pick what's in your kitchen and see which remedy fits you best.

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