General debility — fatigue, listlessness, drained strength.
Also known as: kamjori · कमजोरी · दुर्बलता · शक्तिहीनता · daurbalya · general debility
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Mausami (sweet lemon): a nourishing fruit whose juice restores strength. Warm the juice slightly and add 5 drops of ginger juice for better effect. Avoid on a full stomach, in excessive urination, or in diarrhea.
One steamed modak (rice flour shell, jaggery-coconut filling) as the morning sweet — steamed, not fried, it gives sustained strength; the traditional monsoon energy food.
Traditional
मशरूम · Mushroom
Sun-exposed mushrooms are one of the few vegetarian sources of vitamin D, with B-vitamins and protein — a mushroom-pea sabzi rebuilds strength.
Traditional
मौसमी · Sweet Lemon
One mausami (sweet lime) or half a cup of its fresh juice, taken in the daytime.
Traditional
दालें · Lentils
Thin dal water from moong or masoor with a pinch of salt and ghee, twice daily — the most digestible food after illness.
Traditional
मेवे · Nuts
A handful of nuts and dates in the morning — they restore strength quickly.
Traditional
अंजीर · Fig
Figs boiled in milk at night, steadily for four weeks.
Traditional
मटर · Green peas
A bowl of green peas with the midday meal — cheap plant protein with B vitamins and iron. In debility, protein at every meal matters more than any tonic.
Traditional
अश्वगंधा काढ़ा · Ashwagandha kadha
1/2 tsp ashwagandha in warm milk at night for six weeks — the classical balya rasayana. It builds slowly, so judge it at six weeks, not six days.
Traditional
मोरिंगा चाय · Moringa tea
1 tsp moringa leaf powder in a cup of warm water each morning — iron, calcium and protein together in one cheap leaf. Start with half a spoon; a full one can loosen the stool.
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, sun bath, and eight hours of sleep — in that order of importance.
Gentle asana building slowly; never exhaust yourself.
Bhojanveda
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