Cereals
Wheat, pulses, rice, godhuma, mustard etc. are cereals/grains. These cereals prevent ageing, increase appetite and help in the healing or wounds faster. The perfect season, the perfect soil and the good quality of seeds are the three basic requirements to have the best qualities of grains. Cereals which are quite are really helpful. At the same time, freshly harvested and not so optimal ripe cereals should be avoided.
Meats
Best of meat is from the wild animals. In increasing order of goodness is the meat of aquatic, swampy, carnivorous and single hooved animals. Meats of deer, goat and cock are wholesome; the liver is the best part to be consumed. Meats of sheep, cow, buffalo, elephant, pig, fog, and dove should be avoided.
Fruits
All fruits should be taken ripe, the fruit of Bael (Aegle marmelous) is the exception. Fruits should be avoided if they are unripe or over ripe. Out of season fruits should be discarded. Fruits which have been eaten by worms should also be avoided. Some examples viz. fruits of coconut, grapes and banana are laxative in action, they improve the quality and pitch of voice and check bleeding. Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is good for heart patients, Mango (Mangifera indica) improves the complexion. Fruits of tukhmi, a variety of mango can prevent and cure early stages of cancer if regularly taken for two months. Strawberry fruits is a diuretic and refrigerent.
Vegetables
Jivanti (Leptadinia reticulata) is the best to consume leafy vegetables contain an abundance of positive food factors such as antioxidant and free radical scavanging properties with very little of the negative ones and hence are highly positive than other vegetables and should be taken as a part of each meal. Among the leafy vegetables, the mustard variety should be avoided. Strawberry leaves are a tonic, diuretic and refrigerant. Strawberry leaves tea stimulates appetite, is good for bowel troubles and cleans the stomach. As an external wash, these leaves treat eczema. Garlic (Allium sativum) is good for the heart as it is one of the best remedies for hypercholestrolemia, atherosclerosis and diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. It improves voice complexion and sight. Spices, such as Asfoetida (Ferula narthex) are laxative and carminative in action and improve digestion.
Tubers
Water chestnut (Singhara) increase milk and is nutritive. Because of this quality it increases semen (Shukra dhatu). These are easily digestible too. Suran (Amorphophallus campanulatus blume) is stomachic and is used for abdominal collics, worm infestations, hepatamegaly and haemorrhoids.
Metal Stones
Copper, iron, tin, silver and gold are sour, salty and prevent extra deposition of fat and also prevent ageing. Diamond is a cardiac tonic. It promotes longevity, strength, complexion, intellect and eye sight. It is also anticancerous. Some Ashes (Bhasmas) are made out of these heavy metals using single metal or a composition of metals. These are then properly purified according to the purification principles of Metallic therapy (Rasa-shastra) Ashes once made with best quality metals and then throughly purified and processed prove to be a boon for the patients suffering from chronic organic illnesses.
Dietary Products
Clarified butter (ghee) and milk from the cow are the best. Preparations of milk, ghee and rice, promote longevity, strength, complexion and cure urinary disorders and promote healing activity and union fractures.
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