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plainly cooked vegetables and rice/ and there was
only one meal a day; sauces and other appetising
foods were excluded. The swellings subsided;
unnatural craving for appetising food became less;
but food was npt vornitted. In the course of
a month, the appetite and digestion became normal.
It will be noted that the danger to life was averted
as soon as the right treatment was begun. She
lived for thirty-four years after this cure/ and gave
birth to two more children/ without getting a return
oi the disease.
Comment: The main point to be noted here is
that the diet was reduced to one meal a day/ of rice
and unspiced/ sattvic vegetables only. Such an
unappetising food will be relished only when there
is hunger. The most important point in the
treatment of a dyspeptic is that hungerless eating
should be carefully avoided. It would have been
better if the treatment had begun with a short fast
of two or three days. A programe similar to the one
detailed below will be suitable in a case like this
which was an acute phase of dyspepsia with
a fchronic background of ill-health.
Fast completely on the first day/ taking water
(warm or cold as desired) only. At the beginning
of the treatment have two enemas/ one "warm and
the other cold* A third cold water enema may be
taken before retiring to bed in the night* In tfye
early morning apply a stimulating wet-bandage; in*
the afternoon a cooling wet-bandage. Break the
fast next day with a glass of tender cocoanut
water, diluted fruit juice (1:1)/ or vegetable soup-
Cocoanut water has, been found to be ideal for
digestive disorders; at may be taken about four to
five times in the day. The bowles should always be
kept clean/ ii necessary, by the U3$ of an enema or