ROLE OF AYURVEDA IN

DAY TODAY CLINICAL

PRACTICE

Submi ed by
SIKHA K S
Final year BAMS
TRAYOPASTHAMBAS
 

आहारशयन चया युया यो जतै ः।

शरीरंधायतेन यमागार मव धारणै
ः।।
 
 
The proper observance of the three aspects of food, sleep and sex
will support the
Body just like pillars supporting a building.

AHARA
NIDRA
BRAHMACHARYA

These three have equal importance in maintainance of equilibrium

of body and also occurring of
Disease.
 
PROPER WAYS OF TAKING FOOD

मा ाशी सवकालं या मा ा ना व तका ।

मा ा ा यपेतेगु य प लघूय प ।।

One should take the right quantity of food always since it is the quantity
which helps maintain
proper digestive power.

The quantity of food to be taken depends on gurutwa and laghutwa

properties of food stuff.

Recommended quatity of food substances having guru guna is half

the amount of satiety whereas food items having laghu guna are to be
taken in quantity which does not cause much satiety, because only then,
it undergoes easy digestion.
IMPROPER WAYS OF TAKING FOOD

Samasana
Adhyasana
Vishamasana

Samasana: Taking an admixture of desirables and undesirable food items

Adhyasana: Taking food over and again the previous meal before it gets
digested.

Vishamasana: Food taken untimely which is quantitatively either excess or

low.

These
A three
ll these unhealthy
types food
of virudha habits
ahara andare capable
vihara of causing
causes death
the ajeerna ofor dreadful
food,
diseases.
which results in aama formation.

These aama further can lead to visa form and can cause many
diseases even death.
ROLE OF AGNI

Agni is hving a major role I maintainance of health.

If it is destructed it may lead to various conditins.

रोगाः सव प म ता नौ•••।
It says that all the diseases are originate from mandagni.
VIRUDHAHARA

य क चत्दोषमुले
या न हरेसमासतः व ः।

Food substances which provoke dosas but doesn’t expel them out of body
are virudha.
It is also to be considered as visa or gara.

18 types of virudha:
• Desha virudha
• Kala virudha
• Agni virudha
• Matra virudha
• Satmya virudha
• Dosa virudha
• Samskara virudha
• Veerya virudha
• Koshta virudha
• Avastha virudha
• Krama virudha
• Parihara virudha
• Upachara virudha
•Paaka virudha
• Samyoga virudha
• Hrud virudha
• Sampat virudha
• Vidhi virudha
COMMON DISEASES UNDER AMA AND VIRUDHA

Jwaram - Mithyahara viharabhyam………

Pandu - vyayamam amlam lavanani……..

Kushtam - virodhini anna panani diva swapna……

Amavatam- virudhahara cheshtasya…….

Prameham- Aasya sugam swapna…….

Amlapittam- Virudha dushtamla vidahi……..

In modern diseases like PCOD, D.M, Obesity etc are also occurring due to
improper food habits.
SOME COMMON DISEASES

KUSHTA:

Causes; Taking incompatible foods and drinks,Foods which are watery,

fatty, and
hard to digest; Heavy physical exercises, Too much of exposure to heat
immediately after taking food, Immersing in cold water soon after
exposure to
sunlight, Use of uncooked foods and overeating, improper administration
of
pruificatory therapies etc

• These will cause different types of skin diseases

• TREATMENT;
Vataja: Ghrtam
Pittaja: Vamanam
Pittaja: Virechanam and Raktamokshanam
AMLAPITTAM

CAUSES:
Foods which are of incompatible combination, spoiled, very sour,
those causing burning sensation inside etc.

SOME SYMPTOMS;
Indigestion, exhaustion without any exertion, nausea,
eructation with bitter or sour taste, feeling of heaviness of body, burning
sensation in chest and throat, loss of apetite etc.

TREATMENT:
first vamanam
then mrudu virechanam
next anuvasanam
PANDU

Cause:
person who indulge in over exertion, source and salty foods, alcoholic drinks, eating
mud, sleeping during day time, use of very pungent substances etc.

Symptoms:
discolouration of skin, urine, faces etc oedema giddiness

Treatment:
treatment should be like
vata- snehabhuyishtam
pitta- tiktha sheethalam
kapha- Katutiktha Ushanam
sannipathikam- vimmishram
GULMA nj

Causes:
Due to all mithyahara vihara

Symptoms:
Loss of taste, difficulty for elimination or non elimination of faces, urine,
and flatus.
Intestinal gurgling, enlargement of abdomen, upward movement of gas.

Treatment:
For gulma first we have to give sneha Panam. Then can be treated according
to involvement of dosa.
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