Pathyaapathya (Dos and Donts) Ayurvedic Advocacy On Conducive Diet and Lif

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PATHYAAPATHYA (DOS AND DONTS)

AYURVEDIC ADVOCACY ON
CONDUCIVE DIET AND LIFE STYLE
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HEALTH AND DISEASE
N.SRIKANTH
ASST.DIRECTOR
CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH
IN AYURVEDA AND SIDDHA
Department of AYUSH
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Govt. of India
Ayurvedic Approach on Prevention and Health promotion 2
1.Avoidance of causative and precipitating factors of disease

(Nidan parivarjan )
2.Bio-purification (Samshodhan-panchakarma)
3.Use of palliative remedies (Samshamana-simple therapies)
4.Health-promoting regimen (Pathya Vyavastha)
are the hall mark of Ayurvedic therapeutics recommended
for physicians to prescribe.
Specific diet
lifestyle
guidelines are always prescribed along with the drugs and
therapies so as to facilitate restoration of bio-humoral
balance and health status.
Health Vs Lifestyle 3
Daily code of health conduct (Dinacarya)
Conduct for the night (Ratricarya)
Conduct in relation to various seasons (Ritucarya)
Personal and social hygiene (Sadvrtta)
Nutrition and dietetics (Pathya)
Suppressible and non-suppressible urges (Vega
dharana)
Control of negative emotions (Adharaniya vegas )
Avoidance of unwise courses (Trividha Nimitta )
Periodical biological cleansing (Pancakarma )
Restorative remedies (Rasayana)
Triyo pasthambha Three Pillars of Life
NIDRA TRIYOPASTHAMBHA Ahara
BRAHRMA CHARYA
Trividha Nimitas- the three causative factors
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Ayurveda has identified three main causes being
responsible for all sorts of diseases, avoidance of
which prevents the manifestation of diseases
Misuse of intellect (Pragnyaparadha)

Incompatible co-relation of sense organs (Asathmya
Indriyartha Samyoga)
Abnormal cycles of seasons (Ritu Viparyaya)
Misuse of Intellect (Pragnyaparadha )-the cause of Spiritual ,Mental,
Physical and Social disharmony
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VIBHRAMSHA- LOSS OF CONTROL ON MENTAL FACULTIES
DHI DHRUTI
SMRUTI
ASHUBHA KARMA- NON CONDUCIVE ACTIVTIES
VITIATION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HUMORS

(SARVA DOSHA PRAKOPAJAM
SPIRITUAL ,MENTAL, SOCIAL
PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL IMBALANCE
DISHARMONY ILLNESS
Incompatible contacts of sense organs :Asathmya Indriyartha Samyoga
Human sense organs like sense organ of vision, keep

regular contact with world outside, to perceive
sensations.
When the contact is not proper it is called
incompatible correlation of sensory system with its
respective sensations.
There are three varieties of incompatible correlations

comprise .
No contact or negligible contact (Ayoga _ Heenayoga)
Excessive contact (Atiyoga)
Contact with unnatural sensations (Mithya yoga ) )
Three important factors while dealing with the health and
disease comprise
Oushadha (Drug & therapies)
Ahara (Diet)
Vihara (Practices).
Ayurveda also includes Ahara as one among the tripods giving
the first and foremost place to Ahara.
Pathya (or a proper diet) is defined as the ahara which is

congenial to the tissues of the body & relished by the person.
The Pathya is the one which keeps the person healthy,

maintains normal body functions leads to proper functioning
of the organs, nourishes the mind and intellect, prevents
diseases and at the same time corrects the irregularities that
may occur in the body
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Dos and Donts (PATHYAPATHYA)

In Different Diseases
Pathyae sathi gatir naasti kimoushada savenam

Pathye Aasathi gatir naasti kimoushada savenam
-Pathyapathyavinichaya
Eating awareness and conduct : Tanmana bhunjita
Holy deed Yagna Karma: Tanmana bhunjita

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Compatible to habitat (deshasatmya)
Easily digestible, energetic, soft, warm
Hith Bhukh: Wholesome Mita bhukh :Right quantity
Kala-bhoji: Right time
GOOD FOOD NOBLE THOUGHTS SOUND MEMORY
MENTAL HEALTH - SOCIAL WELL BEING

Eating awareness and conduct : Tanmana bhunjita.
Ayurveda specified 8 major factors of food convention

that include compatibility of dietary articles
1. Prakrti Qualitative Characteristics of the Food
2. Karana Processing of Food
3. Samyoga Mixing/ combination
4. Rashi The Quantity
5. Desha Habitat of the person
6. Kala Time & Seasonal Variation
7. Upayogasansta - Variable Digestibility of various

food articles
8. Upayokta The person who takes the Food
Atisara (Diarrhoea) Dast lagana 12
Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Cereals Old shali rice, porridge (daliya) Refined flour (maida)
Pulses Masura, green gram (mudga) Peas, black gram (udada), chickpea
(chana)
Fruits & Jambo (jambu), pomegranate, Jack fruit (katahala), beans, long
bilva, banana, lisora, bottle cucumber (kakadi), cucumber (khira),
vegetables gourd (lauki), patola Bathua, pumpkin, plum (Badara, bera),
grapes
Others Honey, cumin, coriander, butter Excess intake of water, sugarcane

milk, goats milk juice, betel nut, betel, alcohol, curd
Life style Fasting, sleeping, rest & Exercise, sudation, Bathing, massage,
relaxation tub-bath, snuffing, sunlight exposure,
day sleeping, smoking, anger, sexual
indulgence, night awakening,
suppression of natural urges
Pravahika (Dysentery) Pechish 13

Cereals Old rice Wheat, barley
Pulses Green gram (mudga), Black gram (udada)
masura
Fruits & Dry ginger (shunthi), ginger Bathua, shigru, mango
vegetables (ardraka), bilva,
pomegranate, banana
Others Cumin, coriander, curd, Betel nut, sugarcane product, sour
water processed with and bitter food substances
certain Ayurvedic
medicines
(shadangapaniya), milched
warm milk
Life style Fasting, sleeping Sudation, sunlight exposure, night
awakening, suppression of
natural urges, excessive use of
water
Vibandha (Constipation) Kabja 14

Cereals Old rice, wheat Rice
Pulses Green gram (mudga), Black gram (udada), peas (matara)
pigeon pea (arahara)
Fruits & Green vegetables, papaya, Banana, potato and other tubers
vegetables carrot, radish, cucumber
(khira), cabbage, bottle
gourd (lauki)
Others Excess intake of water Spicy food, fast food

Life style Sudation, therapeutic Night awakening, suppression of
purgation (virechana), natural urges, lack of exercise
therapeutic enema (vasti),
exercise, walking
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Amlapitta (Hyper acidity/ Acid peptic disorder)
Cereals Barley Rice, chickpea flour (besana)
Pulses Green gram (mudga) Black gram (udada), kulattha
Fruits & Patola, bitter gourd Potato, brinjal

vegetables (karavellaka), white gourd
melon (kushmanda), green
vegetables
Others Cold water Sour vinegar (kanji), rock salt,

spicy food, tea, coffee,
alcohol, fast food
Life style Therapeutic emesis Day sleeping, suppression of

(vamana), therapeutic natural urges
purgation (virechana),
therapeutic enema (vasti)
Parinama shula (Duodenal ulcer) 16

Cereals Old shali rice, some special Rice
varieties of rice (sanvaka,
kodrava), parched roasted
rice (dhana ka lava),
barley powder (yava-sattu)
Pulses Pea soup (kalayayusha) Kulattha and other pulses

Fruits & Banana, coconut Ginger (ardraka)
vegetables
Others Cows milk, coconut water Spicy foods, mustard oil, rai, sour
food substance, fish, alcohol
Life style Therapeutic emesis Night awakening, sun exposure,

(vamana), therapeutic fasting
purgation (virechana),
Chhardi (Vomiting) Ulti hona 17

Cereals Wheat, shali rice
Pulses Green gram (mudga), chickpea

(chana)
Fruits & Green vegetables, lemon, Beans, koshataki, black

vegetables pomegranate mustard, kunduru, banana
Others Cows milk, cardamom, fennel, Excess intake of fluids

cumin, clove
Life style Therapeutic emesis (vamana), Exercise, snuffing,

therapeutic purgation therapeutic enema (vasti),
(virechana), fragrant paste sudation, intake of unction
application (sugandhita lepa) substance, therapeutic
blood letting, fear,
unpleasant sight
Grahani (Malabsorption syndrome) 18

Cereals Old shali rice Wheat
Pulses Green gram (mudga), masura, Peas (matara)
pigeon pea (arahara)
Fruits & Water chestnut (singhada), Garlic (lahasuna)
vegetables banana, Jambo (jambu)
Others Without cream curd, goats milk, Betel nut, sour vinegar
clarified butter, sesame oil, (kanji), milk, jaggery, sour
honey, soup (yusha), butter milk, food, spicy food, laxatives
cumin, coriander and purgatives
Life style Therapeutic emesis (vaman), Therapeutic purgation
fasting, therapeutic enema (vasti) (virechana), night
awakening, excessive intake
of water, suppression of
natural urges, snuffing, Eye
collyrium (anjana) smoking,
excessive physical exercise,
sun exposure
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Aruchi (Anorexia)
Cereals Red variety of rice (rakta shali),
wheat
Pulses Green gram (mudga)
Fruits & Green vegetables, banana,
vegetables pomegranate, garlic (lahasuna),
ginger (ardraka), plum (badar,
bera), grape fruit (draksha),
black pepper
Others Cows milk, clarified butter, Heavy, slimy obstructing
butter milk, curd channels food
Life style Tongue cleaning, teeth cleaning, Suppression of hunger,
bathing, gargle eructation and tears, anger,
shock, fetid odour,
unpleasant sight (vibhatsa
drishya)
Arsha (Haemorrhoids) 20

Cereals Special variety of rice (sathi
chavala), wheat, barley
Pulses Kulattha, green gram (mudga) Black gram (udada),
chickpea (chana)
Fruits & Bottle gourd (lauki), paravala, Potato and other tubers
vegetables spinach, green vegetables,
papaya, apple, cucumber,
grapes, mango, amalaki
Others Clarified butter, rock salt, butter Spices, pickle, sesame
milk, sugar candy, cows milk,
goats milk, sour vinegar (kanji)
Life style Physical exercise, therapeutic Day sleeping, suppression
emesis (vamana), therapeutic of natural urges, eating
purgation (virechana), before digestion of
therapeutic unctuous enema previous food, excessive
(anuvasana vasti), slimy enema intake of food
(pichchha vasti)
Kamala (Jaundice) Piliya 21

Cereals Old rice, wheat, barley Fried and difficult to digest
articles of food
Pulses Pigeon pea (arahara), green gram Peas, black gram (udada)
(mudga), masura
Fruits & Papaya, banana, potato, amalaki,
vegetables pomegranate, grapes, anjira, apple,
paravala, mango, haritaki
Others Clarified butter from cows milk, cows Excessive use of oil and
milk, butter milk, Punarnava, guduchi clarified butter, mustard oil,
betel, spices, rai, hingu, sesame,
heavy food
Life style Therapeutic purgation (virechana), Therapeutic blood letting,
unction, rest smoking, therapeutic emesis
(vamana), suppression of natural
urges, sudation, sexual
indulgence, day sleeping, sunlight
exposure, physical exercise,
anger, excessive walking,
excessive intake of water
Ashmari (Renal/ ureteric calculus) Pathari 22

Cereals Old rice, barley
Pulses Kulattha, green gram (mudga) Black gram (udada)
Fruits & White gourd melon Brinjal, tomato, spinach
vegetables (kushmanda), ginger (ardraka),
leafy vegetables (patrashaka),
drum stick (shigru)
Others Incompatible, acidic,

constipating, heavy and
distending items of food
Life style Unction, sudation, therapeutic Suppression of natural

emesis (vamana), therapeutic urges, lack of exercise
purgation (virecana), therapeutic
enema (vasti)
Madhumeha (Diabetes mellitus) Shugar
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Cereals Barley, special variety of grain Freshly harvested grains, rice
(sanvaka, kodrava), wheat
Pulses Green gram (mudga), kulattha, Black gram (udada)
pigeon pea (arahara), alasi,
chickpea (cana)
Fruits & Patola, bitter gourd (karavellaka),
amalaki, haridra, kapittha, black
vegetables pepper
Others Honey, betel nut, rock salt Milk, curd, butter milk, clarified
butter, oil, jaggery, alcohol,
sugarcane products, betel,
eating before digestion of
previous food, incompatible
food
Life style Walking, playing, physical exercise, Day sleeping, sudation,

bathing smoking, suppression of
natural urges, therapeutic
blood letting, riding, walking
Kasa (Bronchitis and other 24
respiratory tract infections) Khansi

Cereals Old rice, wheat, special varieties of
rice (kodrava, sanvaka), barley
Pulses Soup of green gram (mudga)
Fruits & Bathua, makoya, brinjal, patola, Potato and other tubers
grapes mustard leaf vegetable
vegetables
Others Light food, cows milk, goats milk,Dust, smoke, cereals causing
clarified butter, cardamom, garlic, burning sensation and acidity
luke warm water, haritaki, black with poor digestion (vidahi
pepper, dry ginger, long pepper, anna), fish,
honey contaminated/rotten food,
contaminated water, cold food
stuff, cold water, dry food
Life style Day sleeping, sudation, therapeutic Therapeutic enema (vasti),
purgation (virecana), smoking, snuffing, therapeutic blood
massage letting, physical exercise,
suppression of natural urges
Tamaka Shwasa (Bronchial asthma) 25

Cereals Wheat, barley, shashthika rice Maze (Makka), chickpea
flour (besana)
Pulses kulattha Black gram (udada)
Fruits & bathua, tanduliyaka, garlic, Tuber vegetables like
vegetables haritaki, patola potato, sweat potato,
mustard leaves, lady fingers
etc.
Others Goat milk, old clarified butter, Buffalo milk, clarified butter,
honey, black pepper, dry ginger, curd, fish, cold water
long pepper, Luke warm water
Life style Therapeutic emesis (vamana), Exposure to cold, rainy and
therapeutic purgation (virecana), cold season, physical
smoking, sudation, day sleeping exercise, suppression of
natural urges, snuffing,
Shvitra (Vitiligo) 26

Cereals Wheat, barley
Pulses Green gram (mudga), masura Black gram (udada)
Fruits & Nimba, haridra, amalaki, khadira, Radish, lisora
patola, bitter gourd (karavellaka),
vegetables honey, garlic, torai, pomegranate,
jayaphala, phalasa
Others Light food, Food having bitter taste Incompatible food (viruddha
predominantly, old clarified butter ahara e.g. milk+ fish), fresh
cereals, heavy, cold, oily diets,
food causing burning sensation
and acidity with poor digestion
and obstructing channels, curd,
sesame, salt, sour, jaggery,
alcohol, milk
Life style Bathing, massage, exposure to Day sleeping, suppression of
sunlight natural urges, mental stress
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Sitapitta (Urticaria)
Cereals Old rice
Pulses Green gram (mudga), kulathi
Fruits & Bitter gourd (karavellaka), drum
vegetables stick (shigru), pomegranate,
Indian spinach (upodika), dried
radish
Others Honey, curd, mustard oil Sugarcane products,

alcohol intake, use of sour
food stuffs, incompatible
food, fish
Life style Fasting/ lightening, massage Suppression of vomiting,
air exposure, day sleeping,
bathing, sunlight exposure.
Amavata (Rheumatism) 28

Cereals Barley, red variety of shali
rice,
Pulses Kulathi Black gram (udada),
Fruits & Drum stick ((shigru), paravala,
vegetables bitter gourd (karavellaka)
Others Dry ginger (shunthi), ginger, Curd, fish, jaggery, milk,
ajavayana, fennel, black incompatible food, excessively
pepper, rock salt, higu, garlic, heavy food (garishtha bhojana)
cumin, butter milk, Luke warm
water, caster oil
Life style Sudation, lightening, walking, Suppression of natural urges,
light exercise, woolen cloths night awakening, Tension (cinta),
Sadness (shoka), Cloudy
weather (megha achchhadita
akasha), Eastern wind (purvi
vayu)
Vatarakta (Gout) 29

Cereals Barley, wheat, shali rice
Pulses Pigeon pea (arahara), Kulathi, peas (matar)
chickpea (cana), green gram
(mudga), masura
Fruits & Bathua, white gourd melon Radish

vegetables (kushmanda), patola,
makoya, shatavari
Others Clarified butter Sour vinegar (kanji), curd,

pungent, sour, heavy and hot
food substances
Life style Massage, Day sleep, sunlight exposure,

Sprinkling (parisheka) physical exercise
Jvara (Fever) bukhar 30

Cereals Old shali rice, gruel (yavagu),
barley, porridge (daliya)
Pulses Green gram (mudga), masura chickpea (cana)
Fruits & Tanduliyaka, patola, bitter
vegetables gourd (karavellaka), shigru,
guduci, jivanti, grapes,
kapittha, pomegranate
Others Light food Sesame, fast/junk food, Heavy,
distending diets and food
causing burning sensation and
acidity with poor digestion,
contaminated water
Life style Lightning (langhana), Suppression of natural urges,
therapeutic emesis (vamana), physical exercise, day
therapeutic purgation sleeping, bathing, eating
(virecana), therapeutic enema before digestion previous food
(vasti), snuffing, massage, rest
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Panduroga (Anaemia)
Cereals Barley, shali rice
Fruits & White gourd melon Beans

vegetables (kushmanda), patola, haridra,
spinach, Tanduliyaka, methi,
carrot, banana, garlic
Others Honey, clarified butter, butter Sour substance, sesame,

milk, haritaki, Dry ginger hingu, betel, mustard, alcohol,
(shunthi), amalaki fish, excessive intake of water
Life style Mild purgation (mridu Sunlight exposure, smoking,

virecana) day sleeping, suppression of
natural urges, exercise,
Tension (chinta), anger
Pakshaghata (Paralysis) phalisa 32

Cereals Wheat, shali rice Special variety of rice (kodrava,
sanvaka)
Pulses Black gram (udada), kulattha chickpea (chana), peas (matara),
pigeon pea (arahara), green
gram (mudga)
Fruits & Patola, shigru, brinjal, garlic, Kamalanala, beans, bitter gourd
pomegranate, mango, phalasa, (karavellaka), leafy vegetables,
vegetables lemon, jujube plum (badara, udumbara
bera), grapes
Others Clarified butter, oil, vasa, sesame, Jambu, betel nut, food with
alcohol, milk, coconut water, sour pungent taste (tikshna rasa
vinegar (kanji), tamarind (imali) padartha), honey, contaminated
water
Life style Swimming, gently pressing Night awakening, suppression

(samvahana), sleeping on the of natural urges, excessive
ground, bathing, saturation physical exercise, fasting
(santarpana), sunlight exposure
Sandhivata (Osteoarthritis) 33

Cereals Wheat, rice Special variety of rice
(kodrava, sanvaka)
Pulses Black gram (udada), kulattha Peas (matar), chickpea (cana),
pigeon pea (arahara), green
gram (mudga)
Fruits & Patola, shigru, brinjal, garlic, Bitter gourd (karavellaka),
vegetables pomegranate, mango, lotus stem
phalasa, lemon, jujube plum
(badara, bera), grapes
Others Clarified butter, oil, sesame, Jambu, betel nut
milk, coconut water, sour
vinegar (kanji), tamarind
(imali)
Life style Gentle pressing (samvahana), Night awakening,
sleeping on the ground, Suppression of natural urges,
bathing, nourishing diet, exertion, fasting, excessive
sunlight exposure walking, over eating
Gridhrasi (Sciatica) 34

Cereals Rice, wheat, Special variety of rice (kodrava,
sanvaka)
Pulses Black gram (udada), kulattha Chickpea (cana), peas (matara),
pigeon pea (arahara), green gram
(mudga)
Fruits & Garlic, brinjal, paravala, drum stick Bitter gourd (karavellaka), lotus
(shigru), mango, pomegranate, stem, jambu, beans, leafy
vegetables phalasa, lemon, grapes vegetables (patrashaka),
udumbara
Others Milk, coconut water, sour vinegar Betel nut, honey
(kanji), tamarind (imali), meat
juice, clarified butter, oil
Life style Massage, sudation, therapeutic Sadness (shoka), night
unctuous enema (anuvasana vasti), awakening, fasting, physical
therapeutic non unctuous enema exercise, suppression of natural
(niruha vasti), therapeutic urges, excessive walking
purgation (virechana), gentle
pressing (sanvahana), sleeping on
the ground, saturation
(santarpana), nourishing diet,
sunlight exposure
Manyastambha (Cervical spondylosis)

Cereals
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sanvaka)
Pulses Kulattha, black gram (udada) Peas (matara), pigeon pea
(arahara), chickpea (chana), green
gram (mudga)
Fruits & Garlic, pomegranate, mango, Cauliflower, lady finger, bitter
brinjal, paravala, shigru, phalasa, gourd (karavellaka), date, leafy
vegetables lemon, jujube plum (badara, bera), vegetables (patrashaka),
grapes udumbara, lotus stem
Others Clarified butter, oil, gokshura, milk, Jambu, betel nut
coconut water, sour vinegar (kanji),
cows urine, tamarind (imali), meat
juice
Life style Dry sudation (ruksha svedana), Day sleeping, sleeping in improper
snuffing, exercise, water exercises posture (vishama shayana),
(jalakrida), gentle pressing upward looking with backward
(samvahana), sleeping on the bending of neck (urdhva drishti),
ground, bathing, saturation night awakening, suppression of
(santarpana), sunlight exposure natural urges, physical exercise,
fasting, excessive walking
(atyadhika cankramana)
Kampavata (Parkinsonism)

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Cereals Wheat, rice Special variety of rice (sanvaka,
kodrava)
Pulses Black gram (udada), kulattha Peas (matar), chickpea (cana),
pigeon pea (arahara), green gram
(mudga)
Fruits & Garlic, paravala, shigru, brinjal, Beans, lotus stem (kamalanala),
pomegranate, mango, phalasa, bitter gourd (karavellaka), Jambo
vegetables jujube plum (badara, bera), grapes (jambu)
Others Clarified butter, sesame oil, milk, Betel nut, udumbara, alkaline
sour vinegar (kanji), coconut substances (kshariya padartha),
water, nourishing (brinhana), honey
rejuvenation (rasayana),
Life style Unction, sudation, exercise, water Night awakening, sadness,
exercises (jalakrida), gentle suppression of natural urges,
pressing (samvahana), sleeping physical exercise, fasting
on the ground, bathing, sunlight
exposure
Sthaulya (Obesity) Motapa
Cereals Old shali rice, sanvaka, kodrava, Newly harvested shali rice,
37 bajara, maze (makka), barley wheat
Pulses Chickpea (cana), pigeon pea Black gram (udada)
(arahara), green gram (mudga),
kulattha
Fruits & Brinjal, paravala, drum stick (shigru) Potato
vegetables
Others Butter milk, cardamom, amalaki, Milk, curd, meet, fish, clarified
mustard oil, luke warm water, butter, jaggery, intake of water
priyangu, guggulu, lauha bhasma, after meal
shilajatu, intake of water before
meal, food substances with pungent,
bitter and astringent taste
Life style Physical exercise, night awakening, Bathing with cold water, day
worry, massage with medicated sleeping, luxurious lifestyle, oil
paste/powder (udvartana), massage
lightening, sunlight exposure,
walking, desaturation (apatarpana),
exercise, Bathing with luke warm
water
Vicharchika (Eczema)
Cereals
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Wheat, barley Newly harvested cereals
(navanna)
Fruits & Khadira, amalaki, patola, Radish, lisora, makoya
vegetables bitter gourd (karavellaka),
garlic, pomegranate, phalasa
Others Honey, light food, bitter Incompatible food (viruddha
dietary substances, old ahara), curd, sesame, salt, food
clarified butter, nimba, with heavy, unctuous cold and
haridra acidic properties, food causing
burning sensation and
obstructing the channels (vidahi,
abhishyandi padartha), milk,
jaggery
Life style Mild exercise (alpa Day sleeping, suppression of
vyayama), bathing, massage natural urges, excessive physical
with marichyadi taila, arka exercise
taila, mustard oil
Kitibha (Psoriasis)
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Cereals Wheat, barley Newly harvested cereals

(navanna)
Pulses Green gram (mudga), masura
Fruits & Nimba haridra, patola, bitter
vegetables gourd (karavellaka), garlic,
pomegranate, Nutmeg
(jayaphala), phalasa
Others Use of mahamarichyadi taila, Incompatible food (viruddha
dry and bitter taste food ahara), food with heavy, cold
substances, khadira, dry ginger and unctuous properties, food
(shunthi), black pepper, long causing burning sensation and
pepper, old clarified butter, honey obstructing the channels, curd,
fish, sesame, salt, sour
substance, black gram, jaggery,
lisora, makoya, milk
Life style Bathing, light exercise (alpa Day sleeping, suppression of
vyayama), massage natural urges, mental stress,
excessive exercise
Katishula (Backache)
Cereals
40 Wheat, rice Special variety of rice
(kodrava, sanvaka)
Pulses Black gram (udada) Peas (matara), Chickpea
(chana), pigeon pea (arahara)
Fruits & Garlic, drum stick (shigru), Jambo (jambu), bitter gourd
vegetables paravala, brinjal, pomegranate, (karavellaka), lotus stem,
mango, phalasa, jujube plum cauliflower, lady finger
(badara, bera), grapes
Others Sesame, milk, sour vinegar Betel nut, excessively heavy

(kanji), coconut water, clarified food substance
butter, oil, nourishing food
(brinhana)
Life style Bathing with warm water, Excessive exercise, lifting

gentle pressing (samvahana), heavy weight, suppression of
sleeping on the ground, natural urges, use of uneven
sunlight exposure bed
Khalitya (Alopesia areata/ Baldness)
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Others Triphala, bhringaraja, honey, Food causing burning

black pepper, sesame oil sensation, alcohol
Life style Unction, sudation, Smoking

therapeutic blood letting,
external application of
medicinal paste (pralepa),
massage, massage on head,
snuffing
Shlipada (Filariasis)
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Cereals Barley, old shashthika rice
Pulses Kulathi, green gram

(mudga)
Fruits & Paravala, brinjal, garlic Potato etc. tuber vegetables
vegetables
Others Food with pungent and Milk, milk products, curd,
bitter taste jaggery, heavy slimy and
channels obstructive food
(guru, pichchhila,
abhishyandi padartha)
Shirahshula (Headache) Siradard
Cereals
43
Wheat Special variety of rice
(kodrava, sanvaka)
Pulses Black gram (udada) Green gram (mudga), pigeon
pea (arahara), peas (matara),
Chickpea (cana)
Fruits & Paravala, brinjal, mango, Jambo (jambu), bitter gourd
vegetables pomegranate, phalasa, (karavellaka)
grapes, garlic, drum stick
(shigru)
Others Clarified butter, oil, milk, Betel nut, excessively heavy
coconut water, sour food substance
vinegar (kanji), sesame
Life style Massage on head, gentle Excessive exercise,
pressing, rest suppression of natural urges,
use of uneven bed, night
awakening
Raktapradara (Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding)
44
Pathya (Dos)
Cereals Shali Rice
Pulses
Fruits & vegetables Patola, lisora, pomegranate, amalaki
Others Milk, honey, clarified butter (ghrita)

processed with nyagrodhadi gana
Pratishyaya (Rhinitis) Jukam
45
Cereals Old shali rice
Pulses Kulattha, green gram (mudga)
Fruits & Paravala, drum stick (shigru),
vegetables radish, garlic
Others Hot freshly prepared food,
jaggery, powder of roasted
cereals (sattu), haritaki,
shadangayusha, shadabindu
taila, chyavanaprasha
Life style Lightening, drinking of clarified Use of excessive cold
butter (ghrita), sudation, water for drinking and
therapeutic emesis (vamana), bathing, excessive worry
snuffing (avapidana nasya) (atyadhika chinta), intake
of alcohol, dry food,
suppression of natural
urges, day sleeping,
sleeping on the ground
Dushta pratishyaya (Sinusitis)
46
Cereals Old shali rice
Pulses Kulattha, green gram
(mudga)
Fruits & Paravala, drum stick
vegetables (shigru), radish, garlic
Others Chitraka haritaki, Intake of alcohol, dry food
jaggery, curd, black
pepper
Life style Intake of warm water, Use of cold water for
therapeutic emesis drinking and bathing,
(vamana), shadabindu excessive thinking,
taila, intake of luke suppression of natural
warm water through urges, smoke, dust, day
nasal passage, smoking sleeping, sleeping on the
ground
Kashtartava (Dysmenorrhoea)
47

Cereals Barley
Pulses
Fruits &
vegetables
Others Garlic, milk, meat juice, Manda, diets and life style
oil, long pepper, lauha causing aggravation of
bhasma, abhayarishta, Vata dosha
balataila
Life style Unction, sudation,

therapeutic enema
(vasti)
Mukhpaka (Stomatitis)
48
Cereals
Pulses Black gram (udada)
Fruits & vegetables
Others Milk, curd, jiggery, rough and
hard food substance, heavy
and channel obstructing food
Life style Therapeutic emesis Teeth cleaning, bathing, sour

substance, fish, Meat of
marshy animal, sleeping in
dorsal position (adhomukha
shayana), day sleeping
Bhagandara (Fistula in Ano)
49

Cereals
Pulses Green gram (mudga)
Fruits & Bathua and other leafy
vegetables vegetables
Others Light food Heavy and cold food,
unsuitable - incompatible
food
Life style Fasting, therapeutic Exercise, coitus, wrestling,
emesis, therapeutic riding, day sleeping, intake
purgation, blood letting, of food at improper time
non unctuous enema
Kachchhu (Scabies)
50
Cereals Old barley, wheat, rice
pigeon pea (arahara),
masura
Fruits & vegetables Cucumber (khira), patola, Radish

kakamachi, garlic
Others Bitter dietary substances, Sour and heavy substance,

old ghee, mustard oil, newly harvested cereals, milk,
sesame oil, nimba oil, curd, sugarcane product,
cows urine jaggery etc.
Kachchhu (Scabies)

51
Cereals Old barley, wheat, rice
pigeon pea (arahara),
masura
Fruits & Cucumber (khira), patola, Radish

vegetables kakamachi, garlic
Others Bitter dietary substances, Sour and heavy substance,

old ghee, mustard oil, newly harvested cereals,
sesame oil, nimba oil, milk, curd, sugarcane
cows urine product, jaggery etc.
Yuvana pidika (Acne Vulgaris)
52
Cereals Old barley, wheat, rice Newly harvested cereals
Pulses Green gram (mudga), pigeon Black gram (udada)

pea (arahara), masura
Fruits & Patola, kakamaci, garlic, Radish

vegetables cucumber (khira)
Others Bitter dietary substances, old Sour and heavy substance,

ghee, mustard oil, sesame oil, milk, curd, sugarcane
nimba oil, cows urine product, jaggery etc.
Ashthila (BPH)

53
Cereals Old rice, special variety of rice Newly harvested cereals
(sanvaka)
Pulses Green gram soup (mudga), kulattha Black gram (udada)
Fruits & Garlic, fruit and leaf of shigru, bitter

gourd (karavellaka), patolapatra,
vegetables leaf of punarnava
Others Ghee, oil Salty, pungent and acidic food

substances, refined powder of
cereals and pulses, sesame,
jaggery, curd
Shveta pradara (Leucorrhoea)
Cereals Wheat, barley, old rice
Pulses
54
Masura, chickpea (chana) Black gram (udada)
Fruits & Paravala, bathua, chaulai, Onion, garlic, brinjal
vegetables spinach, bottle gourd (lauki),
papaya, apple, pomegranate,
grapes, banana, amalaki, dry
dates (chhuara), ginger
(ardraka), coriander
Others Cows milk, goats milk, fresh Alcohol, pickle, vinegar, sour
buffalos ghee, cold substance curd, sour substance, oil, jiggery,
spicy food
Life style Day sleeping, night awakening,
excessive exercise, fasting,
eating before indigestion of
previous food, walking in
sunlight, sadness, excessive
sexual indulgence
Tastes and Bio-humours 55
Samaka Rasas (Controlling Tastes)

Vata = Madhura, Amla, lavana
Pitta = Kashaya , Tikta, Madhura
Kapha = Katu, Tikta, Kashaya
Kopaka Rasas (Aggravating tastes)

Vaata = Katu, Tikta, kashaya
Pitta = Amla, Lavana, Katu
Kapha = Madhura, Amla, Lavana
Tastes and Bio-humours

Eating awareness and conduct : Tanmana bhunjita
STRENGTH OF AYURVEDA
56 Na raaga annaapyavignyanadaharanupayojayeth /
Pareekshya hitamashneeyad deho hyahara sambhavah//
Charak . Sutra . 27/41
One should not use the food

articles from either attachment or
ignorance rather he should use the
GOOD wholesome one after examination
FOOD
FOR
because the body is a product of
HEALTHY food.
BODY
AND
MIND
57
THANK YOU

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PATHYAAPATHYA (DOS AND DONTS)

1.Avoidance of causative and precipitating factors of disease

NIDRA TRIYOPASTHAMBHA Ahara

Misuse of intellect (Pragnyaparadha)

VITIATION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HUMORS

Human sense organs like sense organ of vision, keep

There are three varieties of incompatible correlations

Pathya (or a proper diet) is defined as the ahara which is

The Pathya is the one which keeps the person healthy,

Dos and Donts (PATHYAPATHYA)

Pathyae sathi gatir naasti kimoushada savenam

Holy deed Yagna Karma: Tanmana bhunjita

Easily digestible, energetic, soft, warm

Hith Bhukh: Wholesome Mita bhukh :Right quantity

Kala-bhoji: Right time

GOOD FOOD NOBLE THOUGHTS SOUND MEMORY

MENTAL HEALTH - SOCIAL WELL BEING

Ayurveda specified 8 major factors of food convention

2. Karana Processing of Food

3. Samyoga Mixing/ combination

4. Rashi The Quantity

5. Desha Habitat of the person

6. Kala Time & Seasonal Variation

7. Upayogasansta - Variable Digestibility of various

Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Others Honey, cumin, coriander, butter Excess intake of water, sugarcane

Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Others Excess intake of water Spicy food, fast food

Pulses Green gram (mudga) Black gram (udada), kulattha

Fruits & Patola, bitter gourd Potato, brinjal

Others Cold water Sour vinegar (kanji), rock salt,

Life style Therapeutic emesis Day sleeping, suppression of

Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Pulses Pea soup (kalayayusha) Kulattha and other pulses

Life style Therapeutic emesis Night awakening, sun exposure,

Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Pulses Green gram (mudga), chickpea

Fruits & Green vegetables, lemon, Beans, koshataki, black

Others Cows milk, cardamom, fennel, Excess intake of fluids

Life style Therapeutic emesis (vamana), Exercise, snuffing,

Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Others Incompatible, acidic,

Life style Unction, sudation, therapeutic Suppression of natural

Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Life style Walking, playing, physical exercise, Day sleeping, sudation,

respiratory tract infections) Khansi

Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Others Honey, curd, mustard oil Sugarcane products,

Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Fruits & Bathua, white gourd melon Radish

Others Clarified butter Sour vinegar (kanji), curd,

Life style Massage, Day sleep, sunlight exposure,

Pathya (Dos) Apathya (Donts)

Fruits & White gourd melon Beans

Others Honey, clarified butter, butter Sour substance, sesame,

Life style Mild purgation (mridu Sunlight exposure, smoking,