A NOVEL HERBAL FOOD COMPOSITION FOR OVERCOMING IRON DEFICIENCY IN ANEMIC PATIENTS

摘要

A process of preparing a Nutraceutical Food to cure the anemic patients consists of two components. 1. A macro-nutrient and 2. A micro-nutrient. Tfie macro-nutrient is the usual routine food items where as the micro-nutrients supplements the deficit components of iron to cure the anemic patients which may be of herbal food or any other medicinal component s incorporated with the macro-nutrients. The present novel nutraceutical food consists of the following ingredients, the grounded Brown Rice Powder 56% by wt, White Sugar 20% by wt, Coconut milk 8% by wt, Egg 4% by wt, Ghee 2% by wt and the Garden Cress Seed powder 10% by weight to give 10% incorporation. The method of blending the Garden Cress Seed powder Sweet mix comprises the steps of Soaing the Brown Rice in water for an hour, Draining the water, allowing it to dry, Grinding the rice in stone rollers. Roasting it in an iron pan till it becomes fully dry, Removing the pan and allowing it to cool down, Grinding the coconut without adding water, extracting the milk, Adding two eggs to the coconut milk, mixing them together. Mixing the coconut-egg mix to the roasted rice flour, once again roasting the above mix till it becomes fully dry, Removing it from the fire. Adding sugar and ghee while it is some what hot and mixed and finally allowing it cool. The Garden Cress Sweet mix powder is now ready for consumption. Similarly the Garden Cress Sprouts recipes may be made by blending with Chopped Cucumber, Tomotoes and addition of salts and pepper to taste. After the experimentation the experimental subjects fed with the Nutraceutical foods showed a remarkable and surprising increase of haemoglobing in their blood.