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Muscle cramps

Sudden cramps — short on water and minerals.

Food Remedies

Main remedy
Cramps are usually salt-and-water hunger: banana or coconut water daily, nimbu-pani with a pinch of salt after sweating, and a glass of milk at night.
केलानारियल पानीगुड़
केला · Banana
One banana daily; its potassium stops most night cramps.
Traditional
नारियल पानी · Coconut water
A glass after any sweaty work refills lost minerals.
Traditional
गुड़ · Jaggery
A small piece with water after exertion — quick mineral top-up.
Traditional
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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.

Foods that help

केला · Bananaनारियल पानी · Coconut waterछाछ · Buttermilkगुड़ · Jaggeryनींबू · Lemonदूध · Milkखजूर · Datesपालक · Spinach

Limit these

अधिक चाय-कॉफ़ी · Excess tea-coffee

Exercises

Stretches for crampAt home, with no equipmentCalf stretch during a crampToe pullHamstring stretchCalf raise before bedSee how, with figures

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