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=== Alcohol ===

=== Alcohol ===

Charak describes a group of preparations containing alcohol under ''nidana'' (Ni.2.4) (etiological factors): ''sura, sauvira,'' ''shukta, badaramala''. Ayurvedic classics warn against excessive use of alcohols in ''pitta''-vitiated patients, due to their heating and drying. In addition, biomedical research in 1986, suggests that subclinical vitamin K deficiency occurs in alcoholics, contributing to hypo-coagulability.  

Charak describes a group of preparations containing alcohol under ''nidana'' [Cha.Sa.[[Nidana Sthana]] 2/4] (etiological factors): ''sura, sauvira,'' ''shukta, badaramala''. Ayurvedic classics warn against excessive use of alcohols in ''pitta''-vitiated patients, due to their heating and drying. In addition, biomedical research in 1986, suggests that subclinical vitamin K deficiency occurs in alcoholics, contributing to hypo-coagulability.  

In summary, it appears that all the foods listed, either due to inherent ''veerya'' (heat ''dosha'' transfer potential) or combinations that create difficulty to digest using the body’s own heat, will raise a level of heat in the body that aggravates ''pitta dosha'' and initiates the cascade of ''pittakopa'' that leads eventually, if un-intervened, to ''raktapitta''.

In summary, it appears that all the foods listed, either due to inherent ''veerya'' (heat ''dosha'' transfer potential) or combinations that create difficulty to digest using the body’s own heat, will raise a level of heat in the body that aggravates ''pitta dosha'' and initiates the cascade of ''pittakopa'' that leads eventually, if un-intervened, to ''raktapitta''.