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Food

Kodo millet (kodrava)

कोदो (कोद्रव) · कोद्रव

Kodo millet (kodrava) is listed among the foods whose use aggravates vāta.

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Principle

Vata dosha

वात दोष · वात

Continuing the account of digestion, the introduction says the food is moved onward by a propulsive action, and samāna vāyu is needed for this and to keep the food moist; its actions of…

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Topic

Causes of vāta aggravation

वात प्रकोप के कारण · वात प्रकोप का कारण

Vāta is said to be aggravated by excessive exercise and sexual activity, long journeys on foot, riding, carrying loads, wrong times of sleep, immersion in water and blows of wind; by…

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Topic

Foods for the prameha patient

प्रमेही के लिए भोजन के पदार्थ · प्रमेही के लिए भोज्य पदार्थ

The physician should feed the patient on priyangu, wild kodo millet, rice flour, foxtail millet, wheat and barley, with astringent, bitter and pungent things, and with pigeon pea, peas and…

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Remedy

Grains and pulses as food for prameha patients

प्रमेही के लिए भोज्य पदार्थ

After purification the prameha patient is fed on priyangu, wild kodo millet, rice flour, foxtail millet, wheat and barley, with astringent, bitter and pungent things, and with pigeon pea,…

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