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== Pathya-Apathya (Diet and life style education) ==
== Pathya-Apathya (Diet and life style education) ==
'''Pathya:'''
'''Ahara (food articles):''' Freshly cooked, easily digestible diet i.e. Purana Ghrita, Shali/ Shashtika rice, cow milk, drumstick, grapes, bitter guard, butter milk, coconut water, etc. should be taken
'''Vihara:''' Rest, fomentation, Lepa, Dhumapana, fasting
'''Apathya:'''
'''Ahara:''' Excessive and regular intake of horse gram and black gram pulses, virudha dhanya (sprouts), chillies and spices, sour and fermented foods like pickles, idali, dosa etc, heavy-to-digest foods like cheese, paneer, deep fried items etc., junk foods and fast foods, dadhi (curd), matsya (fish), meat of animals belonging to marshy areas (anupa mamsa), phanita, pinyaka (oil cake) aranala (sour gruel), excess water intake, excess alcohol intake and betel leaf chewing (tambula) should be avoided.
'''Vihara:''' Life style factors like anger, grief, excessive coitus; suppression of natural urges like defecation, micturition, lacrimation, hunger, thirst etc.; looking at minute objects, excessive weeping, excessive vomiting and suppression of vomiting, daytime sleep and awakening at night, shift duties, working on computer for continuous and longer duration and watching television for long time, sudden changes of temperatures, exposure to frequent change of hot and cold temperatures, exposure to dust and fumes, excessive sunlight exposure and smokingshould be avoided.