Tip 177. Food Cures for Cataracts
There is inc
r
easing evi
d
ence to sh
o
w that in several cases cataracts have actually
b
een reversed by
proper nutri
t
ional treatment. Howev
e
r, the time needed for s
u
ch treatment may extend from
six months to three years.
A thorough course of c
l
eansing the
system of the toxic matter is ess
e
nt
i
al. To start
with, it will
be benefici
a
l to undergo
a fast for th
r
ee to four
d
ays on orange juice and water. A w
a
rm water
enema m
a
y
be taken du
r
ing this pe
r
iod. After this initi
a
l fast,
a diet of very restricted
nature should be f
o
llowed for two weeks. In
this regimen, breakfast
may consist of oranges
o
r grapes
or any other juicy fruit in
season. R
a
w vegetab
l
e salads in s
e
ason, with olive oil and l
e
mon
juice dressi
n
g, and soaked raisins,
figs or da
t
es
should be t
a
ken during lunch. Evening meals may consist of vegetable such as
sp
i
nach, fenug
r
eek, drum sticks,
cabba
g
e, caulif
l
ower,
carrot, turnips, steamed in their own juices,
and
a few nuts or some fruits, such as a
p
ples, pears
and
g
rapes.
Potatoes s
h
ould not be
t
aken. No bread or any other food s
h
ould be ad
d
ed to this diet. After two weeks on this diet,
t
he cataract
patient may
start on a fuller diet on t
h
e following lines:
* Breakfast: Any fresh fruits in seas
o
n, except bananas.
* Lunch: A large mixed raw vegetable salad with
wholemeal bread or c
h
apattis and
butter.
* Dinner: Two or three s
t
eamed veg
e
tables, other
than potat
o
es, with nuts and fresh f
r
uit.
The short f
a
st followed
b
y a restrict
e
d diet should be repeated after three months of the commenc
e
ment of the treatment and again thr
e
e months later, if necessary. The bowels should be cleansed daily with a warm water en
e
ma during the fast, and
a
fterwards as necessary.
The patient
should avoid white bread, sugar, cr
e
am, refined cereals, ric
e
, boiled pot
a
toes, puddings a
n
d pies, stro
n
g tea or cof
f
ee, alcoholic beverages, condiments,
pickl
e
s
, sa
u
c
es or other so-called aids to digestion.
Tip 178. Food Cures for D
y
sentery
Among specific food re
m
edies, bael
f
ruit is, perh
a
ps, the most efficacious in the treatment of dysentery of
both the varieties. Pulp
of the fruit mixed with jaggery should be given thrice daily.
To deal with a chronic
case of dysentery, unripe bael fruit is
roasted over the fire and
the pulp
is mixed with water. Large quantiti
e
s of the inf
u
sion so ma
d
e should be
administered with jaggery. The pulp of the
unripe fruit
mixed with
a
n equal qu
a
ntity of dried ginger can
also be given with butter milk.
The use of
p
omegranate rind is ano
t
her effecti
v
e remedy for
dysentery. About 60 grams
should be
b
oiled in 250
grams of milk. It should
be removed
from the fire when one third of the milk has evaporated. It should be a
d
ministered to the patient
in three eq
u
al doses at
suitable intervals. It
will relieve
t
he disease
very soon.
Lemon juice is very effective in dealing with ordinary cases
of dysentery. A few lem
o
ns, peels and slice
d
, should be a
d
ded to 250
ml of water and boiled
f
or a few minutes. The st
r
ained infusion
sh
o
uld be administered thrice daily.
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