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| − | असात्म्यमिति तद्विद्याद्यन्न याति सहात्मताम्||१२७||
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| − | असात्म्यार्थं दर्शयति- असात्म्यमित्यादि| सहेति मिलितं शरीरेण| आत्मताम् अविकृतरूपतां न याति; एतेन, यदुपयुक्तं प्राकृतरूपोपधातकं भवति, तदसात्म्यमिति||१२७||
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| − | A substance which is not conducive to the body is regarded as asatmya or unwholesome and which becomes responsible to provoke all the doshas. [Cha.Sa. [[ShariraSthana]] 1/127]
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| − | '''Adverse effects of asatmya:'''
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| − | Asatmyaindriyarthasamyoga (contact of sense and motor organs with unsuitable objects) is one the three fundamental causes of disease. Asatmyasevana (adopting unwholesome regimen) especially in terms of diet is causative factor for a number of diseases as below.
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| − | '''Role of asatmya in disease:'''
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| − | • Unsuitable diet is listed among causative factors of following diseases:
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| − | *Vidradhi(abscess) [Cha.Sa. [[Sutra Sthana]] 17/91],
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| − | *Parasites of shleshma origin.[Cha.Sa.[[Vimana Sthana]] 7/12],
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| − | *All morbidities [Cha.Sa. [[Chikitsa Sthana]] 1/2/3]
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| − | *Unmada(psychosis disorders)[Cha.sa. [[Chikitsa Sthana]] 9/87]
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| − | *Arsha(hemorrhoids)[Cha.sa. [[Chikitsa Sthana]] 14/9]
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| − | * Grahani(digestive disorders)[Cha.sa. [[Chikitsa Sthana]] 15/42]
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| − | *Pandu (anemia and blood)[Cha.sa. [[Chikitsa Sthana]] 16/7]
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| − | *Kasa(cough of various origin)[Cha.sa. [[Chikitsa Sthana]] 18/24]
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| − | * Atisara(diarrhea)[Cha.sa. [[ChikitsaSthana]] 19/4]
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| − | * Healing process of vrana(ulcer) [Cha.sa. [[Chikitsa Sthana]] 25/33]
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| − | * Klaibya (impotence) due to dwajabhanga (erectile dysfunction) and kshaya (emaciation) [Cha.sa. [[Chikitsa Sthana]] 30 /163]
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| − | * Klaibya due to Chhardi (emesis) [Cha.sa. [[Chikitsa Sthana]] 20/44]
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| − | * Vitiation of breast milk [Cha.sa. [[Chikitsa Sthana]] 30/232]
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| − | * Kushtha(skin disease) [Sushruta Samhita Chikitsa Sthana 9/3]
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| − | *Hridroga (cardiac diseases) [Sushruta Samhita Uttar Tantra 43/3]
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| − | • Unsuitable odour causes Jwara [Cha.Sa. [[Nidana Sthana]] 1/28]
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| − | • The polluted air has unwholesome odour and can cause epidemic diseases.[Cha.Sa.[[Vimana Sthana]] 3/6]
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| − | It is important to know the unsuitable factors causing disease.
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| | == References in [[Charak Samhita]] == | | == References in [[Charak Samhita]] == |