Abstract

AYURVEDIC ASPECT OF VIRUDDHA AAHAR (INCOMPATIBLE FOOD)

Dr. Manish Kumar Patel*

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Abstract

Food plays a decisive role in development, reproduction and termination of life. Through centuries, Food has been recognized as an important factor for human beings, in health and diseased state when food (Ahara) is taken judiciously and according to the codes of dietetics then only the benefits of food can be achieved. Any aberration in diets and even in their preparation style leads to ill health. Hardly few individuals follow these codes and rules of dietetics. As a result men have to pay penalty for his non - judicious changes in food habits and life style. In Ayurveda the concept of incompatible food is described vividly by almost all the acharyas. The incompatible food is one of the potent causative factors for several diseases. It gives rise to various disturbances of mild to violent nature and disease of acute to chronic nature. This shows the potency and lethal effect of incompatible food.

Keywords: Viruddhahara (Incompatible food).