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half a litre of the combined juices. In the second combination, 100 ml each of
beet and cucumber juices may be mixed with 300 ml of carrot juice.


Migraine relief diet


Fasting on orange juice and water


It is essential to undertake a thorough cleansing of the system and adopt vitality-
building measures. To begin with, the patient should resort to fasting on orange
juice and water for two or three days. If the orange juice does not agree with the
patient, juices of vegetables such as carrots, cucumber, and celery may be
taken.


All-fruit diet


After the short juice fast, the patient may adopt an all-fruit diet for about five days,
taking three meals a day of fresh juicy fruits.


Well-balanced diet of seeds, nuts etc.


Thereafter the patient should follow a well-balanced diet consisting of seeds,
nuts, grains, vegetables, and fruits. This diet should be supplemented with milk,
yoghurt, buttermilk, vegetable oils, and honey. Further short periods of the all-
fruit diet may be necessary at intervals of a month or two, according to the
requirement of the case.


Avoid foods like white flour products, sugar, tinned or preserved foods,
etc


Foods which should be avoided are white flour products, sugar, confectionery,
rich cakes, pastries, sweets, refined cereals, greasy foods, tinned or preserved
foods, pickles, condiments, and sauces.


Eat frequent small meals, Copious drinking of water is essential.


The patient should eat frequent small meals rather than a few large ones.
Overeating should be avoided. Copious drinking of water is recommended.


Other migraine treatment


Take warm-water enema to cleanse bowels


During the initial two or three days of the juice fast, a warm water enema may be
taken daily to cleanse the bowels.


Hot bath, cold compress applied to head

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