Food
- ORS (Oral rehydration solution) - powder mixed with water
- Restores electrolytes.
- Small portions of (nendra) banana-s (some cooked when unripe), yogurt fermented rice helped. Large portions led to diarrhoea.
Ayurvedic
- kUTaja-ghanavATI - 1-2 tablets twice daily
Allopathic
- Zinc - 20 milligrams per day for children older than six months or 10 mg per day in those younger than six months, for 10–14 days (6, 7).
- found to reduce the duration and severity of diarrhoeal episodes and likelihood of subsequent infections for 2–3 months
- effective regardless of the type of common zinc salt used (zinc sulphate, zinc acetate or zinc gluconate)
- Loperamide
- Eldoper
- Ensures that food stays in the intestine longer, allowing for more water to be absorbed.
- In adults and children 12 years of age and older, the usual dose is 4 mg (2 capsules) as a first dose, followed by 2 mg (1 capsule) after each unformed stool. The maximum dose is 16 mg/day.