DIET AND OTHER REGIMENS IN SPRUE SYNDROME

Sprue syndrome is a chronic disease characterized by frothy stools, indigestion,sore mouth, loss of weight & anaemia along with diarrhea.Usually the patient passes a

Large quantity of stool early morning after get-up.The stool is containing mucus.

According to Ayurveda, this condition is ‘Grahani roga.’

DIET AND OTHER REGIMENS:

- Butter-milk and Pomegranate is best diet in this condition.

- Decoction prepared with the tender leaf or skin of Pomegranate fruit is very useful in this condition.

- The patient should use butter-milk in large quantities is good.

- Drink butter-milk mixed with fried powder of cumin seed & rock salt is tasteful good diet.

- Gruel prepared by rice mixed with salt & and butter-milk is very suitable in this condition.

- Keeping the patient on butter-milk alone helps to quick recovery from this disease.

- The patient can be given orange fruits & its juice, ripe banana.

- All dry fruits except dry grapes are contra indicated in this condition.

- Among vegetables, the patient can take drumstick, banana, flowers of banana, bitter gourd, tomato, snake-gourd, and the white variety of pumpkin.

- Contra-indicated vegetables in this condition are potato, yellow variety of pumpkin,

Lady’s finger and leafy vegetables, beans etc.

- Egg, meat and fish are also contra indicated in this condition.

- Even though a patient suffers from diarrhea, he may at times also get constipated. In some cases diarrhea & constipation follow one after the other. If patient is having constipation, the husk of isabgol (Plantago ovata) may be given to the patient in a dose of

two teaspoonfuls mixed with butter- milk at bed time.

- Should drink boiled water.

- The patient should take sufficient rest. He is suggested to sleep for one hour during day time.

- Patient should sleep at night time properly.

- Should not fast for a prolonged period.

- Over-exertion, grief, fear, anxiety, anger etc. should be avoided.

- Light exercise or morning walk is very useful.

Consuming medicine (prescribed by doctor) properly and sufficient rest along with

Proper diet will help one to get rid off from this disease as early as possible.