madhumeha (diabetes mellitus) do's and don'ts
Pathya (do's) 1.Cerals - Barley, special variety of rice (shyavaka, kodrava) wheat 2.Pulses - Green gram, Pigeon pea ,atasi, chicken pea (chana) 3. Fruit and vegetables - Patola ,bitter gourd,amalaki,haridra,black pepper 4.Others - Honey,betel nut, rock salt 5. Lifestyle - walking, playing, physical exercise, bathing 6.yava churna 7.yava lehya 8.laghava bhakshya (light eatables) 9.Ahara in prameha • cooked Barley without adding any unctuous articles •barley porridge •roasted corn flour •old shali rice • bitter vegetables • Barley soaked in decoction of triphala and kept overnight should be mixed with honey 10.vyayama 11 bath 12.application of ointment made of ushira (vettiver) tvak (lavangapattai/karuvapattai) agaru (agalichandanam) chandanam 13.buttermilk Apathya (don'ts) 1. Cerals - newly harvested cerals, freshly harvested grains 2.Pulses - black gram 3. others - milk, curd , buttermilk, clarified butter ,oil, jaggery, alcohol,sugarcane products,betel , eating before d