Neonatal problem | Dietary remedy | Other practices |
---|---|---|
Not crying | Â | Cold water sprinkled on baby. |
 |  | Metal plates beaten close by. |
 |  | Baby held by hands or turned upside down and shaken. |
Not breathing | Â | Umbilical cord milked from placenta towards baby. |
Cold | Ground nutmeg [warming properties]. | Â |
Not feeding | Ghee [clarified butter] until baby can breastfeed. | Â |
 | Expressed breastmilk until baby can breastfeed. |  |
Fever | Cooked parsley and fenugreek. | Mother avoids spicy, salty and oily foods. |
 |  | Baby kept warm. |
Eye infection | Â | Eyeliner applied [fenugreek, mustard oil and camphor]. |
Umbilical cord infection | Â | Warm mustard oil applied locally. |
Diarrhoea | Â | Baby massaged with warm oil and ash. |
Jaundice | Â | Yellow climbing plant placed on floor near baby. |
 |  | Same plant may be ground and fed to baby. |
Chest problems, cough, breathing difficulties | Heated camphor, cow's milk, ghee and ginger. | Â |
 | Ground nutmeg and groundnut mixed with breastmilk. |  |
Wounds | Ground groundnut, pumpkin and cucumber seed. | Â |