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=== Abstract ===

=== Abstract ===

The twenty-eighth chapter of [[Sutra Sthana]] – Vividhashitapitiyamadhyaya - describes the principles of digestion and metabolism. The formation of tissue elements and byproducts during this process are explained in detail. Food is emphasized as the causative factor for preservation of health and occurrence of diseases. Apart from food, factors like habitat, season, combination, potency and excess consumption affecting the status of immunity and disease in the body have also been discussed here. The chapter explains why some people are healthy even after consuming unwholesome food articles while others suffer from diseases even after following wholesome food habits. This chapter also talks of diseases caused to vitiation of various tissue elements and factors responsible for the movement of dosha from koshtha (gut) to shakha (periphery). These factors are important for disease management.  

The twenty-eighth chapter of [[Sutra Sthana]] – [[Vividhashitapitiya Adhyaya]] - describes the principles of digestion and metabolism. The formation of tissue elements and byproducts during this process are explained in detail. Food is emphasized as the causative factor for preservation of health and occurrence of diseases. Apart from food, factors like habitat, season, combination, potency and excess consumption affecting the status of immunity and disease in the body have also been discussed here. The chapter explains why some people are healthy even after consuming unwholesome food articles while others suffer from diseases even after following wholesome food habits. This chapter also talks of diseases caused to vitiation of various tissue elements and factors responsible for the movement of ''dosha'' from ''koshtha'' (gut) to ''shakha'' (periphery). These factors are important for disease management.  

'''Keywords''':  Food, digestion, eatable, drinks, disorders of various systems, treatment, movement of dosha, koshtha, shakha.

'''Keywords''':  Food, digestion, eatable, drinks, disorders of various systems, treatment, movement of ''dosha, koshtha, shakha''.

=== Introduction ===

=== Introduction ===