Summary
The main features in which child rearing practices in West Rajasthan differ from those in other parts of the country are prolonged unsupplemented breast-feeding, not only among the poor classes but also in the middle and upper strata with lower levels of education and too much reliance on household remedies for different aliments. This points to the need of intensive parental health education and organisation of well baby clinics.
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Abbreviations
- Aesi:
-
Linseed
- Anar ka chilka :
-
Skin of pomegranate
- Badam :
-
Almonds
- Baira :
-
Millet
- Churma :
-
Flour cakes rubbed in fine crumbs and mixed with sugar and melted butter
- Dal :
-
Pulses
- Dalia:
-
Porridge or mash
- Ghasa :
-
Extract
- Gur ka ladu :
-
Treacle, raw sugar balls, or molasses
- Haldi :
-
Turmeric
- Isabgol :
-
Fleawort seed
- Janamgutti :
-
A decoction of two or more of the following given as the first feed soon after the birth. The constituents vary in proportion: nutmeg, cardimum, dry grapes, black salt, skin of pomegranate, etc
- Jawar :
-
Oats
- Jayphal :
-
Nutmeg
- Khichri :
-
dish prepared by boiling together rice and pulses
- Multani :
-
Soft smooth clay
- Rabri :
-
milk thickened by boiling and mixing sugar
- Roti :
-
Wheat flour cakes
- Sonth :
-
Dry ginger
- Urad dal :
-
Horse bean
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From the Department of Pediatrics, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, Rajasthan.
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Saxena, S., Garg, O.P. A study of methods used for child rearing in Bikaner (West Rajasthan). Indian J Pediatr 35, 342–349 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02811168
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