Manda

Ingredients:

Boiled rice – 1 part
Water – 32 parts

Preparation:

1. One part of rice is taken and 32 parts of water is added to it.
2. It is boiled over a mild flame till the rice is cooked.
3. The supernatant watery portion is taken and served when it is hot.

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Indication :

• Good during fever as it is -
  o Very light and easy to digest,
  o Nourishing
  o Improves the digestive power
  
• Makes the air and feces move downwards (vatanulomana).
  
• It is also given after detoxification therapy (shodhana).
  
• Relieves the residual toxins and doshas in the body after detoxification therapy (Shodhana)
  
• It relieves constant thirst.
  
• It also relieves tiredness.
  
• It increases the Agni (appetite and digestive power).
  
• It helps in digesting the Ama (poorly digested food).
  
• It balances the normalcy of tissues (dathus) of the body (Dhatu samya krt).
  
• It softens the channels.
  
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Glossary:

Manda - the clear supernatant water in which rice is boiled.

Dosha - Literally that which can go out of balance. Body humor.

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Ama - left over impurities deposited in the cells as a result of improper digestion. This causes many diseases.

Agni - literally meaning fire - in the sense of a term in Ayurveda, Agni governs and controls digestion and metabolism.