#AyurvaidWay: Pregnancy Regime Month 4 & 5 (Masanumasika Pathya)

Fourth and fifth month pregnancy Masanumasik diet regimen is more specifically in the fourth and fifth month, there is lot of growth in the fetus that is seen including the muscular growth as well as the neural growth. So specifically here there has been mention of adding Navanita that is freshly prepared butter which helps in the neural development and also adding Mamsa rasa or the meat in form of uh soups and while cooking the rice. So this has been advised where certain herbal medicines can also be used to process the rice which is a typical variety of rice called as Shastikasali which is highly nutritious and can provide for all the nutritional requirements. Here in the fourth and fifth month we see that there is demand for protein, fat and vitamins and minerals. So if you see the diet that has been advised, it takes care of all of this. We have ghee which has been advised from the fourth month onwards, there is butter which has been advised, there is meat the Mamsarasa or the soups out of the meat which has been advised. So overall all of this takes care of the protein, the fat and the vitamin requirement of that particular months that is the fourth and the fifth month of pregnancy. And there are specific herbal supplements which can be used to process the food like rice processed with some herbs or the rice processed with meat is being advised.