Healthepic-Foetal disorders or congenital anomalies and their treatment according to ayurveda

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Cravings in pregnant woman and their effects on the foetus are given in the following table:

Cravings in Mother	Effect on Foetus
Seeing the king	Lucky and rich person
Wearing silk or woolen clothes or ornaments	Child or the person develops a liking for ornaments and enjoyments
Seeing idols of Gods	Person with good character
Visiting hermitage of saints	Religious and having control over sense organs
Seeing cruel animals like tigers	Indulging in violence

The following table describes the effect of maternal diet and the activity during pregnancy on the foetus.

Mother's Diet and Activity in pregnancy	Effect on the Foetus or Characters of the Child
Sleeping in prone position	Looping of cord around the neck
Travelling in excess all the time	Looping of cord around the neck
Sleeping alone in open places or wandering alone at night	Insane child
Indulging in falsehood and quarrelling with others	Epilepsy
Excessive indulgence in sex	Congenital abnormalities, epilepsy, having a shameless demeanour
Always being in a sorrowful state	Fearful, thin and with a short life-span
Jealousy	Jealous, cruel
Committing theft	Hardworking, jealous and undertaking bad deeds

Effect of Excessive Consumption of Six Rasas on Foetus

Indulgence in sweet food items	Large size, dumb and diabetic child
Indulgence in sour food items	Bleeding disorders, skin or eye diseases
Indulgence in salty food items	Early wrinkling of skin, baldness and early graying of hair
Indulgence in pungent food items	Weak and sterile sex powers
Indulgence in bitter food items	Emaciation of tuberculosis, weak and ugly looking
Indulgence in astringent food items	Blindness, weakness or abortion