A ppt on the combinations of food according to Ayurveda - Indian system of Medicine

1. Viruddha ahara
Dr. Kamala Lakshmi
Non PG JR(Ayu)
Integrative Medicine
Nimhans
WHAT IS VIRUDDHA
AHARA??
Why should I know it?
How important is it that I must
know it???
OK!!! What can I do about it?

2. What is Viruddhaahara?
• Viruddha = opposite
• Ahara=food
• Viruddhaahara are the food combinations those which produce harmful effects on the body.
• What makes them harmful?
• They may be paraspara guna viruddha (mutually opposite in qualities),
• They may be samyoga viruddha (May exert undesirable effects, when combined in certain
proportion.)
• Desha, kaala, matra, tatha svabhava viruddha -May have unwanted effect if consumed at wrong
place, wrong time, wrong quantity etc.

3. • Hostile on the deha and dhatus(tissues).
• Owing to their antagonistic properties they may exert undesirable effects on deha (body) and
Dhatu(tissues).
• They trigger the dosha – disturb the agni (cellular metabolism) – without getting expelled.
• They settle and hence are cytotoxic in due course.
• Continuous and long term use is harmful.

4. Types
• Desha (place) Viruddha- French fries, Pizzas, Tacos in India, Alcohol in deserts.
• Kala Viruddha – Coke during summer season, Ice creams in winter season
• Agni Viruddha – Eating pop corns, chips when extremely hungry.
• Matra (quantity) Viruddha – Cow ghee and honey in equal quantity
• Satmya (wholesome) Viruddha – person habituated to non spicy diet imposed with spicy foods
• Dosha Viruddha – Eating curd rice by Kapha prakruti person.
• Sanskar (mode of preparation) Viruddha – Heat processed – Cold processed – food additives – “ vishavat
bhavet”
• Veerya (potency) Viruddha –Cheese, Mayo, Milk and fish, Citrus fruits like lemon and tea.
• Koshtha Viruddha – Barbeque, Pizzas, baked foods by a person with constipated bowel.

5. • Avastha (state of health) Viruddha – Daily consumption of alcohol by person debilitated involving in laborious
work. Taking curd during night after sleep.
• Kram (sequence) Viruddha – Eating food without appetite. Fruit salad ice cream after heavy meals. Drinking
cold water after long exposure to hot sun, women taking bath soon after cooking.
• Parihar Viruddha – Coke after Manchurian, samosa. Drinking cold water after hot tea.
• Upachar (treatment) Viruddha – Drinking cold water after steam bath, snehapana.
• Paak (cooking) Viruddha – Barbeque, chips, half boiled eggs.
• Samyoga (combination) Viruddha – Banana milkshakes, Strawberry milkshakes, Gutka.
• Hriday Viruddha – Subjective. Eg: bittergourd, snake gourd to children.
• Sampad (richness of quality) Viruddha – overripened fruits .. Enzymated browning
• Vidhi (rules for eating) Viruddha – Eating food while watching mobile or tv.

6. Change in diet in the last decade
Have you thought about a few things???
• How many times a month do I eat Italian, American, Continental,
Chinese??
• How many days exactly can I live without eating fast foods, baked food,
cool drinks??
• Can I live for a month without reheating things kept in the fridge?
• How many times do I use the same oil for “deep frying”?

7. Action of viruddha on body
• Viruddha ahara ------ Agni ------Tridosha -----ama----Rasa------Shukra
dhatu.
• Oxidative Stress ------- overproduction of free radicals -------
accumulation on macromolecules like lipids, DNA, proteins -----
chronic diseases

8. Resultants of Viruddha Ahara
• षाण्ढ्यान्ध्यवीसर्पदकोदराणाां ववस्फोटकोन्धमादभगन्धदराणाम्|
मूर्च्ापमदा्मानगलग्रहाणाां र्ाण्ढ्वामयस्यामववषस्य वव|
• ककलासकु ष्ठग्रहणीगदानाां शोथाम्लवर्त्तज्वरर्ीनसानाम् | सन्धतानदोषस्य
तथव मृत्योववपरुद्धमन्धनां प्रवदन्न्धत हेतुम्
Rasa dhatu(shotha,Andhya, jwara, udara, amlapitta) – Rakta
dhatu(pandu,kushta, visarpa, visphota) – mamsa(bhagandhara),
meda(admana,amavisha), asthi(kushta, visarpa), majja(unmada),
shukra(shandhya)
All the dhatus in the hierarchy will be affected.
So is vascular tissue, nerve tissue, connective tissue and the epithelial
tissue will be affected.

9. Some studies on viruddha ahara
• PA02.07. Rational scientific analysis of modern lifestyle as a nidana w.s.r to viruddha ahara B V Rashmi
• Viruddha Ahara: A critical view Mukund Sabnis
• Critical review on Samyoga Viruddha (combination incompatibility) with special emphasis on
carcinogenic effect of combination of betel quid, areca nut and tobacco Malhari K. Sirdeshpande
• Physiological concept of hapten-carrier adduct vis-a-vis Garavisha Saumi Datta
• The Hidden Dangers of Fast and Processed Food* Joel Fuhrman
• The Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Male Fertility Jason R. Kovac
• Studies on the physicochemical characteristics of heated honey, honey mixed with ghee and their food
consumption pattern by rats A. Annapoorani
• Gut microbiota and nutrient interactions with skin in psoriasis: A comprehensive review of animal and
human studies Giovanni Damiani
• Linking What We Eat to Our Mood: A Review of Diet, Dietary Antioxidants, and Depression Qingyi
Huang
• Mood, food, and obesity Minati Singh

10. Solution
• Preventive
• Avoid such practices of viruddha ahara
• Timely shodhana – rutu shodhana/ panchakarma
• Improve the agni, bala – by adopting unctuous, little quantity, timely
food, exercises.
• Curative
• Condition wise treatment

11. Solution
• उचवतादहहताद्धीमान ् क्रमशो ववरमेन्धनरः| हहतां क्रमेण सेवेत
क्रमश्वात्रोर्हदश्यते||३६||
• प्रक्षेर्ार्वये ताभयाां क्रमः र्ादाांशशको भवेत ्| एकान्धतरां ततश्वो्वं
द््यन्धतरां त्र्यन्धतरां तथा||३७|
• क्रमेणार्चवता दोषाः क्रमेणोर्चवता गुणाः| सन्धतो
यान्धत्यर्ुनभापवमप्रकम््या भवन्न्धत व||३८||
• By slowly and gradually giving up unwholesome practices and
by increasing the wholesome practices in proper sequence, the
unwholesome practices do not reoccur and the wholesome
practices are fully adopted.

12. THANK YOU FOR THE PATIENT
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