Diet Cure: Treatment Chart for Tuberculosis

A – DIET

I. An all-fruit diet for three days. Take three meals a day of fresh juicy fruits at five-hourly intervals.

II. A fruit and milk diet for further 10 days, adding a cup of milk to each fruit meal.

III. Thereafter, adopt a well-balanced diet, on the following lines:

1. Upon arising: A glass of lukewarm water mixed with half a freshly-squeezed lime and a teaspoon of honey.
2. Breakfast: Fresh fruit, a glass of milk, sweetened with honey, and few nuts, especially almonds.
3. Lunch: A bowl of freshly-prepared steamed vegetables, whole wheat chappatis with butter and a glass of buttermilk.
4. Mid-afternoon: A glass of fruit juice or sugarcane juice
5. Dinner: Raw vegetable salad and sprouts with vegetal ill oil and lime juice dressing, followed by a hot course, if desired.
6. Bedtime Snack: A glass of milk with few dates.

Home Remedies: Milk diet, custard apple (sitaphal), Indian gooseberry (amla), pineapple, banana, orange juice, drumstick (sanjana) leaves, bottle gourd (lauki) and mint.

AVOID: Tea, coffee, sugar, white flour and products made from them, refined foods, fried foods, flesh foods, alcohol and smoking.

B – OTHER MEASURES

1. Wet chest pack for one hour every morning on an empty stomach.
2. Neutral immersion bath for one hour at bedtime.
3. Fresh air, breathing and other light exercises and yoga asanas.
4. Adequate rest and proper sleep.
5. Avoid all worries and mental tensions.

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