Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S
Acharya Charaka enlists sure meals and likewise bodily and psychological practices / habits which have to be at all times prevented or saved away by these in search of complete well being and likewise to take care of the identical.
Truly, he has defined this within the second pada (quarter) of Rasayana Chapter (Charaka Chikitsa Sthana Chapter 1, quarter 2, verse 3). The context and intention of Acharya Charaka to elucidate this within the context of Rasayana is to inform that ‘..these in search of Rasayana Remedy’ ought to keep away from taking these meals and practices in order to acquire the perfect advantages of Rasayana.
However he begins the reason by quoting – ‘Sarve Sharira Doshaa Bhavanti…’ which implies ‘….all these would worsen or trigger dosha enhance within the physique or trigger illnesses within the physique….’. So, we will take Acharya Charaka’s rationalization of those contraindications as ‘normal contraindications’ for all individuals, together with wholesome people.
Usually following these rules and retaining away the contraindicated meals, habits and practices will maintain away the illnesses from manifesting and would assist us to take care of a balanced well being in the long term.
Such unhealthy and unwholesome meals which deserved to be saved away at all times are generally known as Gramya Ahara. Acharya Charaka mentions a listing of meals and meals associated practices which have to be thought of as Gramya.
What’s Gramya Ahara?
Gramya Ahara means meals that are unhealthy and unwholesome and therefore need to be omitted from the meals schedules.
These meals are answerable for vitiation of all doshas and dhatus. They’re the foundation sources of dosha aggravation and manifestation of many illnesses. Follow of such meals commonly will make one prone to many sorts of illnesses.
The phrase Gramya is derived from its root phrase Grama – which implies village or settlement or a small dwelling place having individuals who have settled with their households and cattle. Herein, folks eat and drink no matter is on the market or no matter they develop. They observe the rules that solely they know. The evolution of meals habits and residing circumstances isn’t there. So, what they eat and the way they dwell is in keeping with the norms they know and inside sure bracketed limitations. So, the meals they take is probably not wholesome or healthful and are additionally not balanced or nutritious. Their bodily and psychological habits and practices are additionally the identical. The identical practices are handed on right down to their successive generations. They’re additionally indifferent, unaware, ignorant or much less educated in regards to the medical methods of wholesome meals consumption and supreme methods of main a wholesome life with wholesome habits and life-style practices.
So, to be wholesome and match, one want to come back out of those gramya or domesticated meals and life-style habits and undertake various wholesome methods of weight loss plan and life-style practices that are medically proper.
Acharya Charaka not solely mentions the unwholesome meals but additionally mentions unwholesome and unhealthy actions and habits associated to physique and thoughts. They are often thought of as Gramya Vihara (unwholesome actions and habits) and Gramya Vichara (unwholesome ideas and thoughts actions), although not talked about precisely as such.
The important thing for good well being is to avoid gramya ahara, vihara and vichara.
Now, allow us to see what these ‘maintain aways’ are.
Causes for aggravation of doshas and manifestation of all illnesses in everybody
Under talked about are the principle causative components for aggravation of the doshas in our physique and likewise for manifestation of all illnesses in all of us. So, the individuals who would want to get pleasure from a complete state of balanced well being, endurance and immunity ought to keep away from this stuff in the long term and likewise make a acutely aware apply of the identical.
The under talked about are these ‘to be saved away’ causes –
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Gramya Ahara – avoidable meals, meals habits and meals patterns
Extreme and common consumption of
– bitter, salt, pungent and alkaline meals
– dry greens
– meat,
– sesame,
– paste of sesame seeds and
– pistanna – pastries
Extreme and common consumption of –
– Virudha Dhanya – Germinated Cereals and Pulses
– Nava shooka dhanya – freshly harvested corns with bristles
– Nava Shami Dhanya – Freshly harvested pulses
Viruddha Ahara – extreme and common consumption of mutually reverse / antagonistic meals or incorrect and unwholesome meals combos
Asathmya ahara – common and extreme consumption of uncongenial meals
Extreme and common consumption of –
– Klinna bhojana – excessively moist and softened meals
– Guru Bhojana – Heavy to Digest Meals,
– Puti bhojana – putrid or foul-smelling meals (which has decayed or rotten)
– Paryushita Bhojana – Stale meals
Vishama Ashana – irregular and erratic consuming habits, consuming meals at random instances and in random portions
Adhyashana – consuming meals even earlier than the beforehand taken meals is digested correctly
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Gramya Vihara – Avoidable habits associated to actions
Extreme and repeated / ordinary or each day indulgence in –
– Day sleep
– Sexual activity / actions
– Alcoholic drinks
– Irregular or extreme / obsessive workout routines and exercises
– Over-work
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Gramya Vichara – Avoidable Habits Associated to Actions
Extreme and common indulgence in –
– Worry and panic
– Anger
– Grief
– Greed
– Infatuation
Impact of Gramya Ahara, Vihara and Vichara
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Impact of dangerous meals, bodily and psychological habits:
Extreme, repeated and common indulgence within the above stated gramya ahara, vihara and vichara would trigger the under talked about antagonistic results / problems –
– The muscular tissues of the physique turn into weak, lax, flabby and fragile
– The joints of the physique turn into loosened, weak and dislocated
– The blood turns into vitiated and burnt out
– The fats tissue which has gathered in extra will get liquified and vitiated
– The bone marrow doesn’t stay intact contained in the hole parts of the bones as they need to be
– There is no such thing as a ejaculation of semen
– The Ojas – which is an essence of all of the tissues within the physique, which represents the general immunity of the particular person undergoes diminution
Such an individual suffers from a number of of the under talked about circumstances –
– Exhaustion
– Languor
– Sleepy
– Drowsy
– Lazy
– Lack of enthusiasm
– Dyspnoea
– Lack of capability to do any sort of bodily or psychological work / exercise
– Lack of reminiscence
– Lack of mind
– Lack of complexion
With these signs, the particular person turns into an abode of illnesses and thus fails to get pleasure from a full span of life.
Maintaining these miseries, problems and untoward / undesired antagonistic results, one ought to surrender every kind of gramya ahara, vihara and vichara and will endure Rasayana Remedy. Rasayana Remedy would carry again the tissues to a state of steadiness and would re-establish well being, endurance and immunity.
