Diet Cure: Treatment Chart for Insomnia

A – DIET

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

II. Thereafter, adopt a well-balanced diet as follows:

1. Upon arising: A glass of lukewarm water with half a freshly squeezed lime and a teaspoon of honey.
2. Breakfast: Fresh fruit, a glass of milk, preferably goat’s milk, sweetened with honey and some nuts, preferably almonds.
3. Lunch: A bowl of freshly-prepared steamed vegetables, two or three whole wheat chappatis and a glass of butter milk.
4. Mid-afternoon: A glass of fresh fruit or vegetable juice, preferably lettuce juice.
5. Dinner: A good-sized raw vegetable salad and sprouts with lime juice dressing, followed by a hot course if desired.
6. Bedtime Snack: A glass of milk sweetened with honey.

III. Always follow the undermentioned rules regarding eating:

1. Do not take water with meals, but half an hour before and one hour after a meal.
2. Eat very slowly and chew your food as thoroughly as possible.
3. Never eat to full stomach.

Home remedies: Thiamine, lettuce, milk, curd, bottle gourd, aniseed, honey, and herb rauwolfia.

Avoid: Tea, coffee, sugar, white flour and products made from them, refined food, fried foods, flesh foods, tinned and preserved foods, condiments and pickles.

B – OTHER MEASURES

1. Fresh air, brisk walk, bicycling, swimming and shavashana.
2. Alternate hot and cold compresses to the back of the head at the base of the brain.

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