Abstract

A REVIEW ARTICLE OF PATHYA APATHYA IN AYURVEDA

Pandey Nilima*, Singh Balendra, Chandravanshi Kavita and Parhi Piyush Ranjan

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Abstract

Ayurveda plays a crucial role not only in curing the disesases but preventing them too. Prevention is better than cure, it is rightly justified by following the pathya apathy regimen as described in Ayurveda. Diet plays a major role to lead a healthy disease free life. Due to sedentary life styles and advancement of industrialization mankind have become more sensitive to diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer, ischemic heart disease, cerebro vascular accidents varicose veins and many more. The main aim of Ayurveda as described by various acharyas is to maintain the health of a healthy person and to cure the diseases of the patients. In order to maintain the health of the patients Ayurveda describes the dos and donts regime in different seasons i.e. ritucharya, dincharya, ratricharya, concept of virudh ahara. The concept of pathya apathy is the peculiarity of ayurveda in maintaining the health as well as curing the disease too.

Keywords: Pathya, Apathya, Ayurveda, Ahara.