A study on Dwadasha Ashana Pravichara and its applied assessment in mandagni patients

This study is a randomized parallel clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of restricted diet in terms of quality, quantity and frequency.  Patients of indigestion will be advised to take diet only one time as indicated in classics of Ayurved. In one group, patients will be advised for ekkala bhojana (diet at one time only) along with two placebo tablet of 500 mg orally for 10 days, while in other group two Trikatu tablet (Zingiberofficinale Roscoe., Pipernigrum Linn. and Piperlongum Linn. in equal quantity) of 500 mg orally for 10 days.  Patients were assessed before and after treatment by assessment criteria.