Ayurveda believes that AMA (undigested food) is the mother of all the diseases. Hence its clearly mentioned that a person is what he eats and what he digests. Numerous numbers of food are available in the market and houses, but it is indeed important to chose the right one to right person in right time and in right season.
THE TIME FACTOR –
As we know the season doesn’t remain same through out the year, it is always changing. As per the season the doshas in the body aggravates or decreases. Top of that certain tastes (like madhur-sweet increases Kapha dosha) also play part to the same. In ayurveda basic food are described by its virya (potency), vipak (end product) and guna (the capacity to modify bodily humors).
These qualities are changed with time. Like raw banana gets ripen and so sweeten. There are so many other factors that change the texture or taste or the qualities of the food. In ayurveda there is diet for everyone as per the age, diseases, mental status and so on.
One should eat the food in the proper quantity with best quality. Otherwise the body gets its diseased state. Food eaten in either less or more quantity makes the homeostasis disturbed. Food taken in excessive quantity aggravates all the three doshas. But in particular if certain dosha-elevated food are taken, the person suffers from the following diseases…
- Aggravated Vata produces colicky pain, constipation, dryness of mouth, fainting, giddiness, and irregularity in the power of the digestion.
- Aggravated Pitta produces fever, diarrhea, internal burring sensation, thirst, intoxication, giddiness and delirium.
- Aggravated Kapha produces vomiting, anorexia, indigestion, cold fever and heaviness in the body.
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