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It is now that the eliminative labours of life com-
mence and proceed vigorously. Before hunger
could be felt, elimination should be complete, and
the body should be light. The bowels should there-
fore b^cept clean in anticipation of hunger.
There are thus several stages in the maturing
of hunger :—
1. Emptying of the stomach, indicated by the
• escape of a clean wind from the stomach/
through the mouth ;
2. Clearance of the bowels ;
3. A feeling of lightness of the body and an
inclination to do work;
4. Physical activity which gives a keener edge
to hunger when it is felt;
5* Rest:
6. Bath;
7. Feeling of mature hunger.
THE FOUR KINDS OF ERUCTATIONS
There are four kinds of eructations through the
mouth which we should learn to distinguish from
one another. The first one is the clean wind or
a series of clean winds which one g6ts in the
morning after getting up from bed. This is a sign
of the stomach having become empty. Dyspeptics
rarely get this more than once in a day. That is why
we advise them to take to the one-meal plan. Healthy
adults get it not oftener than twice a day/ once in
the morning and again in the evening. That is why
we say that health? adults should not eat more than
two meals in a day. When the stomach is not
empty, there can be no hunger; when there is no
hunger/ there is no justification for eating.