Indian recipes to treat Vomiting | Clear Liquid Recipes for Vomiting | Solid food recipes for vomiting |

Indian recipes to treat Vomiting | Clear Liquid Recipes for Vomiting | Vomiting is a condition which is marked by throwing up the contents of the stomach. This occurs as the contents of the stomach goes indigested or do not settle in the stomach. It may be a onetime event which is often due to indigestion or over eating, especially oily food. However recurrent vomiting may be due to some other stomach illness, stress, food allergy, food poisoning or any other medical condition like cancer, gastritis or liver diseases. In these later conditions immediate doctor’s advice should be a must.

Clear Liquid Indian Recipes for Vomiting

Depending on the severity of vomiting, do not drink anything immediately after vomiting. If possible, avoid anything for 4 to 6 hours. Then sip on water or suck on ice. This will help to give some rest to your stomach.

The suggested diet for vomiting is to sip on clear liquids. You can have clear liquids like water, broth, detox water or dilute fruit juices without sugar. This is to keep your body hydrated. It is also necessary to make up for the fluid loss and prevent drying of the mouth too.

You can try a Homemade Strained Apple Juice. Remember to dilute it. This clear liquid drink is good when you cannot handle solid foods.

Homemade Strained Apple Juice Recipe, Clear Fluid Recipe

Vegetable Broth is also often recommended as a part of diet during vomiting. It is very easy to make, and can be made with any veggies of your choice so you do not have to break your head about sourcing the ingredients. Rememebr to strain the broth to make it a part of clear liquid diet for vomiting.

If you are suffering from diarrhea along with vomiting, consult your doctor for the consumption of ORS (Oral Rehydrayion Therapy). While you can buy the ORS powder available in the market, to make it at home you can follow the recipe of Salt and Sugar Drink for Diarrhoea.

Salt and Sugar Drink for Diarrhoea, Oral Rehydration Solution

Simultaneously, hydrate yourself very well with at least 8 to 10 glasses of water in a day. This helps to maintain the water and electrolyte balance in the body. Sip on them slowly and gradually increase the amount of fluids.

Solid Food Indian Recipes for Vomiting

Once you can tolerate liquids as mentioned above and there are no signs of vomiting, you can try switching to a solid diet. Follow a bland BRAT (Banana, Rice, Apple and Toast) diet in the beginning.

1. Banana is your best friend when vomiting. Have small bites of banana and eat at a very slow pace. It is a good source of potassium and help in rebalancing it’s levels after vomiting. For kids the banana can be mashed and served.

Banana Puree for Babies

Other bland foods like potatoes and plain Rice Mash are good options too. When the rice is cooked till soft, it is easy to digest and quickly gives a lot of energy to recover from vomiting.

Rice Mash for Babies

2. You can also try Rice Porridge. Mildly-flavoured with cumin seeds, is ideal when you are feeling tired or unwell. It helps soothe your senses and top up your energy levels, slowly bringing you back to normal.

Rice Porridge

3. Next is to introduce Apple Stew. It gives you the necessary nutrients during the beginning stages of solid food diet. It’s natural sweetness is usually loved by kids as well.

Apple Stew for Babies

4. Prefer dry foods like toast or cracker, as they are bland and will help you ease the vomiting sensation. Such dry foods help curb the feeling of nausea usually associated with vomiting.

Bread toast

Once you have a good tolerance to these foods, you can slowly switch to other soft foods before resuming to your normal diet.

Foods to Avoid during Vomiting

• Pass on spicy foods or foods with strong odour like onions and garlic.
• Shun off the fried foods and tempered foods completely.

• Stay steer of coffee, tea and alcohol.
• Skip the canned and processed foods. This may further upset your stomach.
• Avoid eating raw salads.

• Preferably shun off milk and other dairy products.
• Extremely cold or hot beverages are best avoided. Also do not mix the two kind of foods.

• Sweets, mithais and desserts are definitely not recommended.

• Do not eat in a hurry and prefer only small meals.
• Do not eat in a closed room which has distinct odours. Opt for natural air.
• Do not lie down immediately after having a juice or eating. Rest for a while with your head elevated.