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"iieaping the wolf from the dooi/" give us an- idea
of the extent of popular misunderstanding on this
subject- Hungar is something to be welcomed- It
was a man who krsw true hunger that wrote/ "The
secret of always being healthy, holy and happy is to
be a little hungry most of the time/1 (E. Purinton.)

Let alone the allopathic and popular misunder-
standing of hunger ; so far there has been only one
text book on Nature-Cure which gives the right idea
of this important phenomenon of life.* After read-
ing this book, a Tamil * pandit pointed out to its
author that this view , of hunger was in agreement
ivith what was given in the Holy Kural of the Tamils
as also in a commentary of the same by the ancient
author/ Parixnelalagar

Lightness of body, an alert brain/ a cheerful
countenance, a readiness to do work, and a desire
to eat simple, unappetising food — these are .the
correct symptoms of hunger.
Sleep gives only the strength to do work/ but
not hunger, because work is the physiological justi-
fication for eating, "By the sweat of thy brow,
thou shalt eat/" says the bible.
Hunger is driven away by hard work which*
leads to fatigue ; . it is. also driven away by any kind.
of emotional excitement. Excessive exposure to
the hot sun is . known to kill hunger. Under such
circumstances, what one needs is rest, both for the
body and mind, and not food. A spinal bath/ or
a plunge in the cool waters of a river or tank will
revive hunger.
Before hunger is felt/ digestion in the stomach
should be completed and stomadh should get empty-
* Practical Natuj*e*Cure, by Sri K.J-a^^hmaiia Sarma