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The diet regimen helps to alleviate ''visarpa'' is described here after.

The diet regimen helps to alleviate ''visarpa'' is described here after.

In the beginning langhana (fasting therapy) should be given. There after use of mantha (roasted flour mixed with water in specific proportion and kept for specific time) is beneficial. The mantha should be without unctus ingredients and added with honey and sugar. It becomes sweet sour in taste due to mixing of dadima (Punica granatum Linn.) or amalaki (Emblica officinalis) and parushaka or mrdvika (Vitis vinifera Linn) or kharjura (Phoenix sylvestris) and boiled water should be used to prepare mantha.  

In the beginning ''langhana'' (fasting therapy) should be given. There after use of ''mantha'' (roasted flour mixed with water in specific proportion and kept for specific time) is beneficial. The ''mantha'' should be without unctus ingredients and added with honey and sugar. It becomes sweet sour in taste due to mixing of ''dadima'' (Punica granatum Linn.) or ''amalaki'' (Emblica officinalis) and ''parushaka'' or ''mrdvika'' (Vitis vinifera Linn) or ''kharjura'' (Phoenix sylvestris) and boiled water should be used to prepare ''mantha''.  

Thereafter linctus made of the flour of roasted barley and shali rice and mixed with ghee should be given in the form of avalehika. After digestion of avalehika, one should take old shali rice with soup of green gram or lentils or Bengal gram, soured or not soured with pomegranates and added with patola (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb) and amalaki. He may also take meat soup of wild animals without ghee and added with parushaka or draksha or dadima or amalaki. Red or white or extra long variety of shastika rice, which are old, well boiled and residual water should be completely drained, it is beneficial food.  

 

The persons who have predominance of kapha and not suited to rice should be given the preparation of barley or wheat or purana shali which is suitable.(108-114)

Thereafter linctus made of the flour of roasted barley and ''shali'' rice and mixed with ghee should be given in the form of ''avalehika''. After digestion of ''avalehika'', one should take old ''shali'' rice with soup of green gram or lentils or Bengal gram, soured or not soured with pomegranates and added with ''patola'' (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb) and ''amalaki''. He may also take meat soup of wild animals without ghee and added with ''parushaka'' or ''draksha'' or ''dadima'' or ''amalaki''. Red or white or extra long variety of ''shastika'' rice, which are old, well boiled and residual water should be completely drained, it is beneficial food.  

 

The persons who have predominance of ''kapha'' and not suited to rice should be given the preparation of barley or wheat or ''purana shali'' which is suitable.[108-114]

==== Contra-indications in ''visarpa'' ====

==== Contra-indications in ''visarpa'' ====