Similia Vol 22 No 2 – December 2010
Author: Dr Chetna N Shukla
Abstract
The article is about guidelines for prescribing an individualised diet according to the disposition of the sick – food being the second best medicine. Food modality is the outwardly reflected picture of the internally deranged vital force. If understood in its individuality the same can be beneficial in ensuring a rapid and a gentle cure after wisely employing the free will of the sick whenever possible.
Keywords: Diet, universal diet, individualised diet, chronic disease, acute disease, errors in diet, aversion, desire, aggravations, ameliorations, potent medicine, disease specific foods, mental illness, ill-dividualised diet.