Recipe 2 handfuls of rice1 level teaspoon of salt 1 liter of water Boil all of the above together, cool and strain. Drink the water …
For centuries, boiled rice solutions were used to treat infant diarhea
The first such advice was written in Sanskrit 3000 years ago. Onlv
recently has the idea achieved worldwide scientific approval. For exam.
ple, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research hn
Bangladesh has trained mothers in villages to prepare rice-salt orl
rehvdration solutions to treat diarrhea. It calls for two handfils of rice
one level teaspoon of salt, and one liter of water. Investigators repot
that he use of the rice solution reduces diarrhea, rehydrates, de
creases stool volume, and appears to mothers to “cure” diarrhea
Diarrhea