The therapeutic fasting or fasting for health, means a purifying and rejuvenating process by which we remove or eliminate the toxic waste matters of the body, while regeneration of the diseased tissues takes place.
Fasting for therapeutic purpose thus means complete abstinence from all kinds of foods, except the water and the air, which are the indispensable foods for our body. Therefore, fasting is a beneficial, constructive and the natural process.
This philosophy states that the return of natural hunger after fasting is the ideal goal after elimination of all toxic and unwanted products from the body, with regeneration of the diseased tissues.
This natural purifying and rejuvenating process improves the digestive and physiological functions of our body, which ultimately eliminate the poisonous and waste matter accumulated in the different systems of the body.
Fasting regards itself as a natural way of cleansing and regenerating the body and the mind. It gives an individual better control of his or her appetite, more knowledge of and the confidence in his physical and mental energies and the powers. Disease often results from overeating and bad eating habits. Fasting corrects these bad effects.
We eat for generating the vital energy with foods, and fasting is an ideal way to manage this vital energy. It works on the solar plexus and thus to the psychic center. Eating of fruits, juices and salad may enhance the digestive system giving better health, when we observe fasting. On resuming regular eating, the extraction of the nutrients from the foods is enhanced.
There is no hard and fast rule to determine the length of a fast, and each case depends up on the individual’s needs and the general condition of the patient. The primary feature of the fasting being the foul breath, coated tongue, bad taste in the mouth, hunger ceases on the third or the fourth day, abnormal appetite for food and drink, rapid loss of weight and the similar natural features appear.
Ultimately, these things increase the physical strength and the mental alertness of an individual, which leads to the revitalization and unobstructed flow of vital energy, thus returning to the normal state of health. There are various types of fasts, lasting from short fasts to the long ones, from one to ten days. The process of fasting needs the following features, while we are going to break the fast:
1. Return of hunger
2. Foul breath disappears
3. The tongue usually becomes clean
4. The bad taste in the mouth passes away
5. The general feelings of the well-being with improvement of the skin texture, brightness of the eyes and improvement in vision.
Fasting needs a scientific, rational and judicious approach in accordance with nature, and the laws and principles that accompany it. Scientific fasting indirectly helps to diagnose a case so that we may observe and advocate immediately the therapeutic measures. We need to understand the underlying essential and most important factor that fasting reveals. Fasting is not starving. The Fasting Therapy is thus one of the most natural and easy ways for good health.
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