Low Appetite

Loss of Appetite is generally due to low digestive fire. It can be escalated due to continuous munching and drinking cold drinks. Sometimes low appetite could be due to emotional reasons.

Low digestive fire could result in indigestion, bloating, passing of gas (flatulence), coating of the tongue and bad breath. Lack of energy is also common.

Regularise Meal Times

Stop munching in between meals. To rekindle your digestive fire, skip a meal. Your appetite will most probably return by the next mealtime.

Try and keep your meal times fixed.

Appetisers

If the feeling still continues then you can try any of these remedies

• Chop some fresh ginger into small pieces. Add some lime juice and rock salt and chew it.
• Crush some cardamom, cinnamon, and bay leaf and mix in equal proportion. Have about ½-1 tsp of this mixture.
• Mix black pepper powder, dried ginger powder and sugar in honey and roll it into a ball. Hold this in your mouth for some time. It will give relief.
• Eat pomegranate. You can add rock salt, black pepper to it.
• Sprinkle some rock salt and cumin powder on ripe pineapple and then eat it.

Clean Your Bowels

Also take ½ tsp of triphala powder in warm water at bedtime. Triphala is readily available with most chemists in India.

About Triphala : It is an ayurvedic preparation consisting of three herbs - amalki, bihhitaki and haritaki. It an excellent mild laxative. Also it is strengthening and rejuvenating.

Consult Your Doctor

If these simple measures do not help you to regain your appetite (say in a week), then consult a doctor as loss of appetite can be a symptom of a more serious illness.