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|title=Viruddha Ahara
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|description=Viruddha ashana (intake of unwholesome food or diet)
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<p style="text-align:justify;">‘Viruddha’ means incompatible, opposite or unwholesome or which is harmful for the body or dhatu (body-tissue). It possesses opposite qualities compared to dhatu and vitiates them, leading to various diseases or complications. The concept of viruddha is broadly explained in ayurveda. Viruddha ashana (intake of unwholesome food or diet) is mentioned as a causative factor for various diseases, especially skin diseases (kushtha), erysipelas (visarpa), psychiatric diseases like insanity (unmada) etc. In the context of agrya samgraha (collection of definitive and first choice of medication or treatment), in Charak Samhita, intake of viruddha ahara is the foremost causative factor for nindita vyadhi (wretched diseases like kushtha). [Cha. Sa. Sutra Sthana 25/40] <br/>In modern time, knowingly or unknowingly unwholesome combinations of food, faulty diet/junk foods, or processed/packed food are consumed. This produces ill effects on the body, such as allergies, food toxicities, etc. The cases of food incompatibility and food-food interactions, food-drug interactions are increasing. Therefore, a need to understand the concept of viruddha has risen to know measures for preserving health. The dietary guidelines about what to eat and what is to be avoided; what type of food can be combined or taken together and what not; are important to prevent diseases too. Faulty dietary habits can be corrected and incompatibility with ill effects can be prevented by knowing concept of viruddha. This chapter describes concept of viruddha, its practices and its effects on health. </p>
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|data1 = Concepts & Practices/[[Viruddha]]
|label2 = Authors
|data2 = Dubey M.<sup>1</sup>,<br/>Deole Y.S.<sup>2</sup>
|label3 = Reviewer
|data3 = Basisht G.<sup>3</sup>,
|label4 = Editor
|data4 = Basisht G.<sup>3</sup>
|label5 = Affiliations
|data5 = <sup>1</sup>[[Charak Samhita Research, Training and Development Centre]], I.T.R.A., Jamnagar, India <br/><sup>2</sup>Department of Kayachikitsa, G. J. Patel Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research, New Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India<br/><sup>3</sup>Rheumatologist, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
|label6 = Correspondence emails
|data6 = [mailto:dr.manish181@gmail.com dr.manish181@gmail.com], <br/>[mailto:dryogeshdeole@gmail.com dryogeshdeole@gmail.com], <br/>[mailto:carakasamhita@gmail.com carakasamhita@gmail.com]
|label7 = Publisher
|data7 = [[Charak Samhita Research, Training and Development Centre]], I.T.R.A., Jamnagar, India
|label8 = Date of publication:
|data8 = May 31, 2023
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