Published on 04/14/2005

There are numerous simple recipes illustrated in Ayurveda to correct many disorders. Here are few gruel recipes which are strongly recommended in digestive disorders. These are simple and effective remedies which can be prepared easily at home to correct the disorder and also to replenish the lost nutrients.

Ayurvedic Home Remedies for Digestive Disorders

Four Simple Gruel (Rice preparations) Recipes for Digestive Disorders

1. Indigestion (general)

Ingredients:
Rice-1/2 cup
Water -4 cups
Long pepper- 2or 3
Ginger (fresh) -1??

Method of preparation:
Cook rice with recommended quantity of water with crushed ginger and salt. Powder long pepper and fry it in a spoon of cow?s ghee and add it to gruel. Consume this when it hot. This is very light to digest and relieves colic pain.

2. Diarrhea

Ingredients:
Rice -1/2 cup
Water ? 4 cups
Ginger paste ? 1/2 spoon
Salt to taste
Pomegranate juice: ? cup

Method of preparation
1. Cook rice with recommended quantity of water with ginger paste and salt

2. Add pomegranate juice when the gruel is warm. This gruel rehydrates body and supply energy . This soothes inflamed walls of intestine and controls bowel movements.

3. Flatulence

Ingredients:
? cup of rice
4 cups of water
Haritaki (Terminalia chebula) - powder-1/2 spoon
Roots of pippali (long pepper)
Ginger paste -1/2 spoon salt to taste

Method of preparation
Cook Rice, haritaki powder , roots of pippali and water together. Add salt to it.Consume this when it is warm. This relieves flatulence and regularizes the bowel movement

4. Indigestion (from oily foods)

Ingredients:
? cup rice
4 cups of water
Butter milk ? 1 cup
Salt to taste

Method of preparation
Cook rice water and salt together. Add a cup of butter milk when it is little warm and consume it . This relieves indigestion, nausea and corrects digestion.

This article is not intended to treat, diagnose, heal, or prescribe any disorder.
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