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=== Introduction ===

=== Introduction ===

 

The preceding chapter dealt with properties of various dietary articles and preparations, while this one explains digestion and metabolism processes in brief. Even though '''''Vividhashitapitiyam''''' means different kinds of eatables and drinks, the chapter gives a detailed explanation of assimilation of food and its transformation into body tissues and diseases caused due to an abnormality of dhatus along with their line of treatment. Some references to this are also available later in the [[Charaka Samhita]] [[Chikitsa Sthana]] 15th chapter ([[Grahani Chikitsa]]).

The preceding chapter dealt with properties of various dietary articles and preparations, while this one explains digestion and metabolism processes in brief. Even though '''''Vividhashitapitiyam''''' means different kinds of eatables and drinks, the chapter gives a detailed explanation of assimilation of food and its transformation into body tissues and diseases caused due to an abnormality of dhatus along with their line of treatment. Some references to this are also available later in the [[Charaka Samhita]] [[Chikitsa Sthana]] 15th chapter ([[Grahani Chikitsa]]).

Wholesome food is vital for the nourishment of human body, the creation of healthy tissues, maintenance of health, and for the prevention of diseases. Not following a wholesome food regimen causes vitiation of ''doshas''. These ''doshas'' then reside within ''dhatus''(tissue elements), ''upadhatus''(tissues formed from the essence of ''dhatu'' during transformation process), or ''malas'' (metabolic wastes). In certain situations, the vitiated ''doshas'' get aggravated to cause diseases. The entire process is explained with clinical features of association of vitiated ''dosha'' with the respective pathogen. The causative factors for movement of ''dosha'' from the periphery to the gut and vice versa are important to understand the diseases and prescribe the appropriate purification processes. Digestion and assimilation are the most important physiological processes in the body. Any abnormality in this process results in the improper formation of the ''dhatu'' thus resulting in either deficiency or excessive formation of ''dhatus'' resulting in disorders. The causes for the movement of vitiated ''doshas'' from alimentary tract (''koshtha'') to the ''raktadi dhatu'' and skin (''shakha'') results in the occurrence of diseases. Moving the ''doshas'' back to alimentary tract (''koshtha'') and after that removing them eliminates diseases. The line of treatment of various diseases due to an abnormality in the ''dhatus'' is mentioned in this chapter. Thus, the chapter presents important aspects of food, digestion, metabolism, immunity, diseases of affected tissues, and guidelines for their treatment.

Wholesome food is vital for the nourishment of human body, the creation of healthy tissues, maintenance of health, and for the prevention of diseases. Not following a wholesome food regimen causes vitiation of ''doshas''. These ''doshas'' then reside within ''dhatus''(tissue elements), ''upadhatus''(tissues formed from the essence of ''dhatu'' during transformation process), or ''malas'' (metabolic wastes). In certain situations, the vitiated ''doshas'' get aggravated to cause diseases. The entire process is explained with clinical features of association of vitiated ''dosha'' with the respective pathogen. The causative factors for movement of ''dosha'' from the periphery to the gut and vice versa are important to understand the diseases and prescribe the appropriate purification processes. Digestion and assimilation are the most important physiological processes in the body. Any abnormality in this process results in the improper formation of the ''dhatu'' thus resulting in either deficiency or excessive formation of ''dhatus'' resulting in disorders. The causes for the movement of vitiated ''doshas'' from alimentary tract (''koshtha'') to the ''raktadi dhatu'' and skin (''shakha'') results in the occurrence of diseases. Moving the ''doshas'' back to alimentary tract (''koshtha'') and after that removing them eliminates diseases. The line of treatment of various diseases due to an abnormality in the ''dhatus'' is mentioned in this chapter. Thus, the chapter presents important aspects of food, digestion, metabolism, immunity, diseases of affected tissues, and guidelines for their treatment.

===Sanskrit text, Transliteration and English Translation===

===Sanskrit text, Transliteration and English Translation===