Dysentery
Drink the kashayam of tender Guava fruit mixed with butter-milk.
Mix one teaspoonful of Methi(Fenugreek) seeds with thick curds and swallow it. Repeat this recipe if necessary.
Prepare turmeric paste; mix thoroughly one tea spoonful of the paste with a cup of curds and drink it in the early morning. Continue this regimen for 7-8 days.
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Constipation in infants:
Feed the child with milk mixed with a teaspoon full of the decoctions of saunf twice a day for three days.
Hard and blocked stool:
Cook horse-gram well in sufficient quantity of water. Drain the stock (rasam). Add lemon juice and salt to taste. Drink one cup of this rasam once a day.
Grind into a [...]
Gas in the stomach
Take coconut shells and burn them to ashes. Mix one teaspoonful of the ash with a cup of butter milk and drink it soon after the meal. If necessary repeat this regimen.
Loss of appetite and tastelessness
Chew a piece of ginger with a pinch of jeera and a piece of sugar candy thrice [...]
Burning sensation in the stomach
Grind coarsely equal quantities of roasted rice and whole green gram. Prepare gruel of this mixture it.
Prepare pineapple sherbath and drink it; do not to use ripe pineapples only.
To Prevent unhealthy belching:
Cut a lemon and squeeze out the juice; sip it slowly.
Infants vomiting milk:
Add a small quantity of tender coconut water [...]
Flatulence caused by indigestion in children
Add a table spoonful of Ajwain to a cup of boiling water. Stop boiling after a few minutes and drain out the Kashayam.
Add a pinch of Baking soda to one teaspoonful of this decoction and give it to the child. This recipe gives good and immediate relief.
If the stomach is [...]
