Changes

==Table 1: Month wise dietary regimen for pregnant woman==

==Table 1: Month wise dietary regimen for pregnant woman==

Month Dietary regimen  

 

1st Month • Milk frequently in desired quantity (considering the digestive power and strength)*

• Sweet, cold and liquid diet**

• Clarified butter extracted from the milk and medicated with Desmodium gangeticum (shaliparni) and Butea monosperma(palasha) along with water processed with gold or silver (boiled and cooled water)***

!Month !! Dietary regimen  

• Glycyrrhiza glabra(madhuyashti), Grewia asiatica(parushaka) and Madhuka indica(madhukapushpa) with butter and honey, sweetened milk ##

2nd month • Milk medicated with sweet (madhura)herbs*

|1st Month || •Milk frequently in desired quantity (considering the digestive power and strength)*

• Sweet, cold and liquid diet**

 

• Sweetened milk with Lilium polyphyllum(kakoli )##

•Sweet, cold and liquid diet**

3rd month • Milk with honey and ghee*

 

• Cooked rice of Shashtika variety along with milk.**

•Clarified butter extracted from the milk and medicated with Desmodium gangeticum (shaliparni) and Butea monosperma(palasha) along with water processed with gold or silver (boiled and cooled water)***

• Mixture of cooked rice and pulse(krisara)##

 

4th month • Milk with 12 gm(one aksha) of butter.*

•Glycyrrhiza glabra(madhuyashti), Grewia asiatica(parushaka) and Madhuka indica(madhukapushpa) with butter and honey, sweetened milk ##

• Cooked rice (shashtika)with curd**

• dainty and pleasant food mixed with milk/ butter/ meat of wild animals**

|2nd month || •Milk medicated with sweet (madhura)herbs*

5th Month • Ghee prepared with butter extracted from milk.*

 

• Cooked rice (shashtika) with milk, ghee and meat of wild animals**

•Sweet, cold and liquid diet**

• Rice gruel(yavagu)#

 

• Rice cooked with milk and sweetened(payasa)##

•Sweetened milk with Lilium polyphyllum(kakoli )##

6th Month • Ghee prepared from milk (ksheerasarpi) medicated with the herbs of madhura group*

• Ghee or rice gruel medicated with Tribulus terrestris(gokshura).**

|3rd month || •Milk with honey and ghee*

• Sweetened curd##

 

7th month • Ghee prepared from milk (ksheerasarpi)medicated with the herbs of madhura group*

•Cooked rice of Shashtika variety along with milk.**

• Ghee medicated with prithakparnyadi (vidarigandhadi) group of herbs**

 

• A sweet dish called Gritakhanda.##

•Mixture of cooked rice and pulse(krisara)##

8th month • Rice gruel prepared with milk and mixed with ghee.*

|4th month || •Milk with 12 gm(one aksha) of butter.*

 

•Cooked rice (shashtika)with curd**

 

•dainty and pleasant food mixed with milk/ butter/ meat of wild animals**

|5th Month ||•Ghee prepared with butter extracted from milk.*

 

•Cooked rice (shashtika) with milk, ghee and meat of wild animals**

 

•Rice gruel(yavagu)#

 

•Rice cooked with milk and sweetened(payasa)##

|6th Month || •Ghee prepared from milk (ksheerasarpi) medicated with the herbs of madhura group*

 

•Ghee or rice gruel medicated with Tribulus terrestris(gokshura).**

 

•Sweetened curd##

|7th month || •Ghee prepared from milk (ksheerasarpi)medicated with the herbs of madhura group*

 

•Ghee medicated with prithakparnyadi (vidarigandhadi) group of herbs**

 

•A sweet dish called Gritakhanda.##

|8th month || •Rice gruel prepared with milk and mixed with ghee.*

 

• Unctuous gruels and meat soup of wild animals.**

• Unctuous gruels and meat soup of wild animals.**

• A kind of sweet preparation called Gritapooraka.##

• A kind of sweet preparation called Gritapooraka.##

9th month • Meat soup with cooked rice and fat (preferably ghee), rice gruel mixed with large quantity of fat.***

• Different types of cereals.##

|9th month || •Meat soup with cooked rice and fat (preferably ghee), rice gruel mixed with large quantity of fat.***

 

•Different types of cereals.##

 

*[Cha. Sa. Sharira Sthana 8/32], **[ Su.Sa. Sharira Sthana 10/4], ***[A.S. Sharira Sthana 3/3-11]

*[Cha. Sa. Sharira Sthana 8/32], **[ Su.Sa. Sharira Sthana 10/4], ***[A.S. Sharira Sthana 3/3-11]

#[Bhe.Sa.Sharira Sthana 8/6], ##[Ha. Sa. Tritiya Sthana 49/2]

#[Bhe.Sa.Sharira Sthana 8/6], ##[Ha. Sa. Tritiya Sthana 49/2]

Table 2: Nutritional analysis of the major components of diet for the pregnant lady:

Table 2: Nutritional analysis of the major components of diet for the pregnant lady:

Source Properties explained in Ayurveda Nutritional benefits  

Source Properties explained in Ayurveda Nutritional benefits  

===Life style guidelines for pregnant woman===

===Life style guidelines for pregnant woman===

The lifestyle protocol is indicated for maternal and fetal health commonly. [A.S. Sharira Sthana 2/58] The pregnant woman desirous of a healthy progeny should avoid all non-congenial diet and activities.  She should protect and uplift herself through good conduct. [Cha. Sa. Sharira Sthana 8/21] Daily bath and worshiping the rising sun are recommended.[ Ka. Sa. Sharira Sthana 5/15]. Anointment with cooling agents, musk, sandal and camphor, wearing garlands, moonlight bath and gentle massage are also recommended. [Y.R. Ksheera dosha Chikitsa]

The lifestyle protocol is indicated for maternal and fetal health commonly. [A.S. Sharira Sthana 2/58] The pregnant woman desirous of a healthy progeny should avoid all non-congenial diet and activities.  She should protect and uplift herself through good conduct. [Cha. Sa. Sharira Sthana 8/21] Daily bath and worshiping the rising sun are recommended.[ Ka. Sa. Sharira Sthana 5/15]. Anointment with cooling agents, musk, sandal and camphor, wearing garlands, moonlight bath and gentle massage are also recommended. [Y.R. Ksheera dosha Chikitsa]

The objective of all these protocols is to preserve optimum health in views of physical, mental and spiritual aspects. Positive mental attitude of mother helps for better progeny.  

The objective of all these protocols is to preserve optimum health in views of physical, mental and spiritual aspects. Positive mental attitude of mother helps for better progeny.

 

==Contra indications during pregnancy (garbhopaghatakara bhava)==

==Contra indications during pregnancy (garbhopaghatakara bhava)==

===Diet to be avoided===

===Diet to be avoided===