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FASTING:
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Nothing water
should be taken when you are fasting. The intake of water should
be two to two and a half litres. One feels fresh if one continues
drinking water and the intake of water also helps the expulsion
of morbid matter from the body. In the evening of the first day
of the fast and the morning after an enema of hot water should be
taken to clean the bowels. One-day fasting should be followed by
a food intake of 25% less than one normally takes a two days fast
should be followed by ingestion of fruits only, the next day. Normal
food should follow the next day. A three days fast should be followed
the next day by fruit juice and vegetable soup (the soup should
be clear without addition of any thickening agents or condiments.
On the fifth day eat fruits only and on the sixty-day breakfast
on fruits lunch on bread and boiled vegetables and repeat a fruit
diet on your dinner. It is only after wards that you should resume
your normal diet.
SUN BATH:
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Sun
bath is an important tool of the naturopathy even though people
in the west use it for cosmetic purposes, it play an important part
in restoring health. The ideal time for sun bathing is earlier in
the morning. It differs in ever region & season for example in India,
during summer is six to six thirty in the morning and in winter
from seven to seven thirty in the morning. In Europe & America this
timing will be according to the climatic condition of that places
but it should be in the morning. Take of all your cloths and sit
in a secluded corner away from interruptions. The whole of your
body should be exposed to the health giving rays of thee sun. In
the beginning take a Sun-bath for only two to three minutes but
increase the timing gradually to fifteen to twenty minutes. When
the sunlight is very hot cover your head with a towel. If you cannot
find a secluded place to take the Sun-bath, cover your self with
a light cotton sheet.
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