Diet Recommendations for Post-Surgery Recovery - #46871

I AM GLAD YOU ASKED THIS AT THE RIGHT TIME BECAUSE PROPER DIET AFTER SURGERY PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN HOW FAST AND HOW WELL THE BODY HEALS

YOU HAVE JUST UNDERGONE DEBRIDEMENT AND FASCIOTOMY SO RIGHT NOW YOUR BODY NEEDS CLEAN NUTRITION THAT SUPPORTS WOUND HEALING REDUCES SWELLING AND PREVENTS PHLEGM BUILD UP SINCE YOU ALREADY HAVE KAPHA TENDENCY AND HAD BREATHLESSNESS BEFORE SURGERY

THE FACT THAT YOUR APPETITE IS GOOD IS A POSITIVE SIGN BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT NOT TO OVERLOAD DIGESTION EVEN IF YOU FEEL HUNGRY

FOR NOW YOUR FOOD SHOULD BE WARM FRESH AND SIMPLE EAT SMALL MEALS AT REGULAR INTERVALS PREFER MOONG DAL SOUP VEGETABLE SOUPS SOFT COOKED RICE WITH DAL AND WELL COOKED VEGETABLES USE VEGETABLES LIKE BOTTLE GOURD RIDGE GOURD PUMPKIN CARROT BEANS AND SPINACH IN MODERATION ADD A LITTLE TURMERIC AND BLACK PEPPER TO FOOD DAILY THIS HELPS WOUND HEALING AND PREVENTS INFECTION USE FRESH GINGER IN COOKING TO KEEP DIGESTION ACTIVE AND CONTROL KAPHA

AVOID CURD CHEESE ICE CREAM BAKERY ITEMS FRIED FOOD SWEETS AND COLD DRINKS AVOID MILK AND BANANA AT NIGHT FOR SOME TIME AS THEY INCREASE PHLEGM AND CAN CAUSE BREATHLESSNESS

YOU CAN TAKE WARM JEERA WATER OR DRY GINGER WATER ONCE DAILY

FOR WOUND HEALING AND STRENGTH YOU CAN TAKE A SMALL AMOUNT OF GHEE DAILY PROTEIN FROM DAL AND WELL COOKED PANEER IN SMALL QUANTITY

SINCE YOU ARE OVERWEIGHT DO NOT TRY TO DIET OR FAST RIGHT

ONCE THE WOUND HEALS AND MOVEMENT IMPROVES YOU CAN PLAN A PROPER KAPHA BALANCING AND WEIGHT REDUCTION DIET

FOR BREATHLESSNESS AND BACK PAIN KEEP THE BODY WARM START VERY GENTLE DEEP BREATHING AS ADVISED CHANGE POSITIONS FREQUENTLY AND DO NOT STAY SITTING OR LYING FOR LONG HOURS

RIGHT NOW REST HEALING AND DIGESTION ARE THE PRIORITY WITH THIS APPROACH MOST PATIENTS RECOVER SMOOTHLY AND FEEL LIGHTER AND STRONGER WITHIN A FEW WEEKS

Hello 😊

Wishing you a smooth and fast recovery. Since your toe debridement + fasciotomy was done less than a week ago, diet is very important right now—not only for wound healing, but also to control Kapha, reduce breathlessness risk, support weight loss, and ease back pain.

I’ll give you a clear, practical post-surgery diet plan suited to Kapha prakriti + overweight + good appetite.

🎯 MAIN GOALS OF DIET - Faster wound healing & tissue repair - Reduce Kapha (mucus, heaviness, breathlessness) - Prevent weight gain during sedentary phase - Reduce inflammation & back pain - Improve circulation to toe (very important after fasciotomy)

🌅 EARLY MORNING (Empty stomach) Choose ONE: - Warm water + ½ tsp turmeric + pinch of black pepper OR warm water + 1 tsp soaked methi seeds OR warm ginger water

👉 Avoid cold water completely.

🍳 BREAKFAST (High protein, low Kapha) Best options: - Vegetable oats / vegetable dalia - Moong dal chilla + mint chutney - Idli (1–2) + sambhar (no coconut chutney) - Upma with lots of vegetables ❌ Avoid: bread, butter, jam, cheese, paratha, poha with peanuts

🍎 MID-MORNING - 1 fruit only: papaya / apple / pear / pomegranate OR tender coconut water (if no swelling) ❌ Avoid banana, mango, chikoo

🍛 LUNCH (Most important meal) -Your plate should look like this: - ½ plate vegetables (lauki, tori, pumpkin, beans, carrot, spinach) - ¼ plate protein - Moong dal / masoor dal / rajma (small portion) OR grilled paneer / tofu ¼ plate carbs - 1–2 rotis (multigrain) OR small portion rice

Mandatory spices for healing: - Turmeric - Ginger - Jeera - Garlic (if tolerated) ❌ Avoid: curd, buttermilk, fried food, sweets, bakery

☕ EVENING (Breathlessness + Kapha control) - Herbal tea: ginger + tulsi + black pepper OR cumin–coriander–fennel tea (warm)

Snack if hungry: - Roasted chana - Vegetable soup ❌ Avoid biscuits, namkeen, tea with milk

🍽 DINNER (Light & early) - Vegetable soup + dal - Khichdi (moong dal + rice) with ghee ½ tsp - Stir-fried vegetables + 1 roti ⏰ Finish dinner by 7–7:30 pm

🌙 BEFORE BED - Warm water - If constipation: ½ tsp Triphala with warm water

🩹 SPECIAL FOODS FOR WOUND HEALING Include daily: - Protein (dal, paneer, tofu) - Zinc foods: pumpkin seeds (5–6), peanuts (small) - Vitamin C: lemon water, amla (avoid at night) - Healthy fat: ½ tsp ghee/day 🚫 STRICTLY AVOID (for 3–4 weeks) - Cold foods & drinks - Curd, ice cream, paneer at night - Sugar, sweets - Fried & packaged food Bakery items- - These delay wound healing and worsen Kapha & breathlessness.

🧘‍♂️ ACTIVITY (Very important) - Start deep breathing / pranayama once pain allows - Gentle ankle & toe movements (as advised by surgeon) - Back pain → warm fomentation once daily

⚠️ WHEN TO BE CAREFUL Contact doctor if: - Increasing swelling, redness, discharge from wound - Fever - Breathlessness returns Severe pain or numbness in toe

🌿 AYURVEDIC SUPPORT (only if surgeon allows) - Haridra khanda (for inflammation & healing) - Dashmool decoction (low dose) for pain & Kapha (Ask before starting)

Tq

Eat Warm, freshly cooked food Moong dal, vegetable soup, light khichdi Cooked vegetables (bottle gourd, carrot) Small quantity rice or millets Warm water often

Avoid Cold food/water Curd, sweets, fried food Bakery, junk, red meat Eating late night, day sleep Light dinner only

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Nishamalki 1tab bd,Grab 1tab bd Faster wound healing Less swelling

Protein should be included in diet. Moon dal, paneer, fish, egg, well cooked legumes. Protein helps in wound closure and muscle repair.

Avoid white rice, maida, baked food, fried foods, sugar.

Less carb and no sugar will help in faster recovery.

Papaya, pomegranate, apple, guava can be included in diet. It is better to avoid mango, banana as it contains more sugar.

After every meal warm water to drink. Avoid cold food, cold water etc

Ensure enough water in body.

Take care, Dr. Shaniba

Your body needs light, warm, easy-digest, anti-inflammatory diet which will speed wound healing, reduce swelling, control weight & prevent breathlessness recurrence.

Start with- Breakfast: warm moong khichdi + ½ tsp ghee + ginger OR vegetable soup Lunch: 50 g brown rice OR 2 jowar rotis + thin moong dal + cooked lauki/turai/pumpkin + ½ tsp ghee Evening: warm ginger + tulsi tea + roasted makhana handful Dinner before 7 PM: light vegetable soup OR thin khichdi + ghee Daily: pomegranate 1, beetroot juice 100 ml, thin buttermilk + roasted jeera

Avoid Completely (aggravate Kapha & slow healing) - All dairy except ghee & thin buttermilk Sugar, maida, bakery, fried food, Cold drinks/food, curd, banana, heavy pulses, Late dinner, overeating

Have Warm turmeric milk (100 ml milk + pinch turmeric + ½ tsp ghee) night Garlic + ginger in meals (small amount) – natural antibiotic & circulation

For Weight Loss & Back Pain Total ghee limited to 1–2 tsp/day Walk 20–30 min daily (slow, after wound heals) Vajrasana 5–10 min after meals (supports back & digestion)

Regards Dr Gursimran Jeet Singh MD Panchakarma

Your diet should include that which is nutritious, balanced with protein carbohydrates, starch. Start day with good proportion of breakfast, home cooked and Indian food, followed by lunch , but go less calories in dinner, Dinner consisting of soup salad vegetable., - This pattern will help in weight Reduction and also help in recovery. Your diet should be warm , taking care of kapha not increasing For kapha in body and breathlessness : Swasari ghanvati 1-0-1 after food with water Bronchogrit 1-0-1 after food with water. Avoid processed fatty fast foods sugary foods fried foods citrus fruits cold drink icecream. Do pranayam lom -vilom bhastrika kapalbhati daily for 5-10mins twice Do Nasya with Anu tel 2drops in both nostril once daily. Steam inhalation twice daily with few drops of eucalyptus oil.

✔️ Do ✔️ Drink buttermilk Shift to millet roti Dinner at 7.30 or 8. Best to have lunch at 11.30-12 and dinner at 7.30-8 Fast for atleast 12 hours daily.

❌Don’t❌ Anything white like wheat, refined flour, sugar, salt, potato, sweet potato Oily food Packed food Processed food Ready to eat food Dairy products