Diet Cure: Treatment Chart for Colitis

I. Fresh fruit or vegetable juices diluted with water for five days. Warm water enema should be taken daily during this period.

II. The following menu may be adopted for 10 days after the juice fast:-

1. Upon arising: 25 black raisins soaked overnight in water along with the water in which they are soaked and water kept overnight in copper cup.
2. Breakfast: Banana or papaya and milk, sweetened with a teaspoon of honey or buttermilk.
3. Mid-morning: Mixed juices of carrot and cabbage.
4. Lunch: Steamed vegetables, rice or dalia (coarsely broken wheat), and a glass of buttermilk.
5. Mid-afternoon: Coconut water.
6. Dinner: Cooked vegetables, dates and cooked apple.
7. Before retiring: A glass of milk or one cooked apple.

NOTE: The following foods should be introduced gradually after 10 days: Apple, peaches, pears, grapes, melons, pineapple, raw vegetables, nuts, sprouts, butter, cottage cheese and whole grains.

Especially Beneficial: Banana, papaya, coconut water and raw cabbage juice, millet cereals, buttermilk and buttermilk enema.

AVOID: Meats, sugar, tea, coffee, alcohol, condiments, pickles, refined and processed foods and products made from sugar and white flour.

B – OTHER MEASURES

1. Wet abdomen pack for one hour, twice daily, morning and evening.
2. Hot fomentation to the abdominal region in case of pain.
3. Neutral immersion bath for half an hour before retiring.

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