Thursday 8 August 2013

Wrong combination of food


Today i was going through some ayurvedic pages related to charak samhita ,there i got this wonderful info,

Wrong combination of food items on the basis of following factors according to ayurveda:

Wrong place
eating dry and hot food in desert areas. Eating oily and cold in marshy lands.

Against time:
Cold and dry medicine in the winter. EAting spicy and warm foods in the summer.

Against fire:
If you do not eat according to your digestive fire.

Must east less if less digestion power and so forth.

Against the comfort:
Eat spicy and warm food if you are comfortable eating them. Don't eat cold food.

Against cooking:
If there is an eatable which becomes harmful after cooking, roasting or boiling.

Against quantity:
You much mix eatables with equal quantities or specified amount.

Too much imbalance can cause different result.

Mixing two foods which are against each other's properties. Example mixing cold food with warm food.

Against the Digestion:
Person suffering from constipation eating foods that create constipation.

Person suffering from loose motions eating food that cause same.
Against the Routine/lifestyle:
Someone engaging into physical activity must not eat food that increase vayu.(air)

A person who rests a lot must not eat food that are sweet and increase kapha.

Age factor:
A person must eat according to age children, elder etc.

Against the process:
Eating without hunger or cleansing of the bowels. Not eating even if you are feeling too hungry.

Fasting too much is against good health!

Against food
eating pork and then then eating warm food.

Against the treatment
Drinking cold water after consuming ghee .

Against cooking method:
Inappropriate way of cooking food.

Example: Not boiling the rice at all, or too much boiling etc.

Against Proper way of eating:

- not eating the food with full concentration. If you eat without being happy. Indigestion would occur.

Incompatible food:

There are different type of incompatibility in different types of foods

The incompatibility may occur due to Rasa, formation element and their qualities and karma.

Can also be because of place, time, place etc. Some are incompatible on the basis of quality and nature.


Some common of them are:

- not eat fish with milk. Milk is cool fish is warm.They are incompatible together and against each other. They pollute the blood and spread kapha all over the body.

- Goat's meat etc and Meat or flesh of animals living in marshy lands. Don't eat them with honey, jaggery, milk, urad, turmeric and sprouts.

It may cause deafness, blindness, speaking problems.


Mooli, garlic, holy basil should not eaten along with milk can cause epilepsy.

All types of acidic and bitter elements are incompatible with milk. Including Banana, cranberry etc.

Don't eat kheer and sattu together. Don't warm the honey. honey and ghee in equal quantities is poison. Eating honey mixed in rain water and drinking hot water after that is harmful too.

Any eatable which disturbs the balance of vata, pitta and kapha in the body are harmful for the body and should be avoided.

Against the proper conduct:

- eat alone
- it is said that one must pray to God and eat food sitting alone. 


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