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=== Etiological factors observed in present era ===
=== Etiological factors observed in present era ===
==== Diet ====
==== Diet ====
The dietary factors that cause vitiation of ''pitta dosha'' and poor nutritional status of ''rakta dhatu'' are enlisted to cause ''pandu''. These include the items having sour, salt, pungent taste, hot potency, alkaline nature, mutually contradictory and unwholesome food. These shall be avoided to prevent ''pandu''.
The dietary factors that cause vitiation of [[pitta]] [[dosha]] and poor nutritional status of [[rakta dhatu]] are enlisted to cause ''pandu''. These include the items having sour, salt, pungent taste, hot potency, alkaline nature, mutually contradictory and unwholesome food. These shall be avoided to prevent ''pandu''.
*Food with sour taste (''amla ahara'') includes sour curd, lemons, citric acid, pickles, and food with preservatives as jams, cold drinks, sauces, tamarind etc.
*Food with sour taste (''amla ahara'') includes sour curd, lemons, citric acid, pickles, and food with preservatives as jams, cold drinks, sauces, tamarind etc.
*''Lavana ahara'' may be taken as food with excess salts or with salt added in packaged food or as pickles, chutneys etc.
*''Lavana ahara'' may be taken as food with excess salts or with salt added in packaged food or as pickles, chutneys etc.