Ingredients:
- Boiled rice – 1 part
- Water – 32 parts
Preparation:
- One part of rice is taken and 32 parts of water is added to it.
- It is boiled over a mild flame till the rice is cooked.
- The supernatant watery portion is taken and served when it is hot.
Indication:
- Good during fever as it is -
- Very light and easy to digest,
- Nourishing
- 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.
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.
