After purification by emesis and the like the digestive fire is usually weak and is rebuilt by a graded diet. Purification is of three grades. After the best grade the person, bathed in warm water and hungry, gets peya at both meals on day one, peya then vilepi on day two, vilepi on day three, unseasoned pulse soup on day four, seasoned pulse soup with red rice on day five, milk with rice on day six and a normal diet on day seven; the medium and least grades give each food for two and one meal-times.
Names and synonyms
- Hindi
- वमन आदि से शुद्ध किए गए मनुष्य का आहार सेवन क्रम
- English
- Graded diet after purification
Ingredients and preparation
Ingredients
| Ingredient | As written in the text | Quantity as written |
|---|---|---|
| Rice (shali)शालि चावल (शालि) | रक्रशालि / लाल चावल | Not stated |
| Milk (ksheera)दूध (क्षीर) | दूध | Not stated |
| Warm water (ushnodaka)गरम पानी (उष्णोदक) | गरम-पानी (स्नान) | Not stated |
Preparation as described
Purification is of three grades: best, medium and least; the diet is graded to the grade.
शुद्दि तीन प्रकार की है। प्रधान (उत्तम) शुद्दि, मधयमशुद्दि, जघन्यशुद्दि।
How it is used
After a warm bath, when hungry, on the evening of the purification day or the next morning, red shali rice is given according to digestive strength with peya, vilepi, unseasoned and seasoned pulse soup and milk over three, two or one meal-times each.
यथाक्रम से तीन-तीन, दो-दो, एक-एक अौाकालों (भोजन समय) में पेया, विलेपी, कृताकृतयूष तथा दूध सेवन कराना चाहिए।
Duration as written
normal diet from the seventh day after the best grade of purification · सातवें दिन स्वस्थ पुरुष के समान आहार देना चाहिए
वमनादिकों से शरीर की शुद्दि करने के पशचात् प्राय: उस मनुष्य की अग्नि मंद हो जाती है। उसे निम्नलिखित क्रम से बढाना चाहिए।Source wording as converted, Chapter 8 · p. 114 · v. 34.Safety
- Caution in the text: This is the general order; the physician may change it according to place, season, constitution, habituation and the excess of doshas, may give yavagu in place of peya, and with strong digestion may give milk and rice from the start.
- Caution in the text: In the least grade, with only one meal-time per step, seasoned and unseasoned pulse soup cannot both be given, so either the unseasoned soup alone or the two mixed is given.
Pregnancy, breastfeeding, children, older adults, kidney or liver disease and other medicines all call for professional advice before any traditional remedy is used.
All references
Every page and verse of the source that this entry draws on.
Extraction notes
- Editorial note; the day-by-day schedule is summarised from the note, whose day-five wording is somewhat unclear in the print.
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