Meat Soup

Mamsa Rasa (Meat Soup/Broth) is considered the best therapeutic preparation of meat. It is lighter than solid meat and easier to digest. It is nourishing, strengthening, appetizing and especially useful in conditions of debility, convalescence, and Vata disorders. Different types of meat soups are prepared depending on the condition being treated. Meat soup with spices is called Rasa, while plain broth is Yusha. It is the primary form in which meat is prescribed therapeutically. The soup retains the nutritive value while being much easier to digest. Verses: 3-6.

• Balya (strengthening)
• Brimhana (nourishing)
• Deepana (appetizer)
• Vatahara (pacifies Vata)

The body is exposed to the fumes of aguru (Aquilaria agallocha) Since the digestion power is high, heavy-to-digest food such as meat soup mixed with fats, meat of well nourished animals, wine prepared with jaggery, supernatant part of wine (Sura) should be had more.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Ritucharya adhyaya Seasonal

30-31 ½ Mamsa rasa (meat soup) बं ृहणः ीणनो व ृ य च ु यो णहो रसः Mamsa rasa (meat soup) is Brihmana – nourishing Preenana – gives satisfaction, Vrushya – aphrodisiac, Chakshushya – good for the eye (vision) and Vranaha – heals ulcers and wounds.

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Annaswaroopa Food

नीला राजी रसे , ता ा ीरे , दध न यते शयावा, आपीता सता त े , घ ृते पानीयसि नभा म तु न या कपोताभा, राजी कृ णा तष ु ोदके काल म या भसोः, ौ े ह र तैले अ णोपमः पाकः फलानामामानां प वानां प रकोथनम ् याणामा शु काणां यातां म ृद ूनां क ठनानां च भवे मा य य फु टत यामम डलता व वं ला न ववणते पश वपययः ला नग धा तरो वः े, शदनं त तुप मणाम ् धातम ु ौि तकका ठा मर ना दषु मला तता नेह पश भाहा नः, स भ वं तु म ृ मये Neela Raji Rase – Blue lines appear in meat soup, Tamra ksheere - coppery red lines in mil

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Anna Raksha Vidhi

शीलये म द न तु ीरम यरसान ् द ध अ य गो वतन नानमध ू कणा तपणम ् का ताबाहुलता लेषो नव ृ तः कृतकृ यता मनो अनुकूला वषयाः कामं न ासुख दाः मचायरते ा यसुख नः प ृहचेतसः न ा स तोषत ृ त य वं कालं ना तवतते Those suffering from very little sleep (or no sleep at all), should indulge in the use of milk, wine, meat soup and curds (as food), oil massage and mild squeezing (of the body), bath, anointing the head, ears and eyes with nourishing oils, comforting embrace by the arms of the wife, harbouring

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Anna Raksha Vidhi

Meat soup is good after drink for the emaciated, Wines are ideal after a meal of meat and to those who have poor digestive capacity;

— Astanga Hridaya Sutrasthan, Food habits &

It should be taken along with milk and meat soup.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 11: Chest Injury and Emaciation Treatment (Kshatakshina Chikitsa / क्षतक्षीणचिकित्सा)

In diet, food with meat soup may be given.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 12: Edema Treatment (Shvayathu Chikitsa / श्वयथुचिकित्सा)

During this treatment, on digestion of the drug, rice gruel and milk or meat soup should be given to eat.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 12: Edema Treatment (Shvayathu Chikitsa / श्वयथुचिकित्सा)

Gradually as the patient regains strength by the intake of milk, his functioning of the agni should be improved by giving yusha (cereal soup) or meat soup added with little salt [61-62].

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 13: Abdominal Diseases Treatment (Udara Chikitsa / उदरचिकित्सा)

Shamana treatment comprises use of medicated ghee, meat soup, rice, oil massage and milk.

— Charaka Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana — Therapeutic Principles, Chapter 13: Abdominal Diseases Treatment (Udara Chikitsa / उदरचिकित्सा)

Meat, meat soup, Chira (flattened rice), ghee, soup of Kalaya (field pea), and nourishing/strengthening (Brinhana) food and drink should be given to a fracture patient by one who knows.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 52: Diet for Fractures (Bhagna Pathyapathyam)

Shali rice, barley, meat soup, brinjal, pointed gourd, grapes, pomegranate, dates (Phoenix dactylifera), fruits, and milk are wholesome.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 77: Diet for Head Diseases (Shiroroga Pathyapathyam)

Meat, meat soup, Chira (flattened rice), ghee, soup of Kalaya (field pea), and nourishing/strengthening (Brinhana) food and drink should be given to a fracture patient by one who knows.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 41: Diet for Fractures (Bhagna Pathyapathyam)

Shali rice, barley, meat soup, brinjal, pointed gourd, grapes, pomegranate, dates (Phoenix dactylifera), fruits, and milk are wholesome.

— Sharangadhara Samhita, Parishishtam, Chapter 66: Diet for Head Diseases (Shiroroga Pathyapathyam)

Mustadika-Vasti: Musta, Patha, Amrita, Guduchi with meat soup.

— Sushruta Samhita, Chikitsa Sthana, Chapter 38: Treatment with Niruha-Vasti (Decoction Enema)

Mustadika-Vasti: Musta, Patha, Amrita, Guduchi with meat soup.

— Sushruta Samhita, Treatment with Niruha-Vasti (Decoction Enema)