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Viruddha Ahara as a cause of Autoimmune diseases

Charmi S. Mehta , Charmi S. Mehta , Manisha R. Sharma , Vimal R. Joshi

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Indian Journal of Ancient Medicine and Yoga 4(2):p 45-53, April - June 2011. | DOI:

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 Viruddha Ahara is said to be cause of –”Ninditavyadhis” by Acharya Charaka. Also he has given detailed description about its 18 types and the diseases developed by intake of Viruddha Ahara. Autoimmune diseases arise from an overactive immune response of the body against substances and tissues normally present in the body. In other words, the body actually attacks its own cells. The immune system mistakes some part of the body as a pathogen and attacks it. The cause of autoimmune diseases is still not fully understood. Various theories are postulated for the pathogenesis of autoimmune disease like processed foods are loaded with chemicals, hormones, steroids, trans-fats and sugars, which promote the creation of free radicals in the body, which in turn damage the cells it can be correlated as Viruddha Ahara. There are number of autoimmune diseases and the list of these diseases is still progressive. There are some autoimmune diseases which are enlisted in our Ayurvedic texts as Viruddha Aharajanya like- Hemolytic anemia (Pandu), Crohn’s disease(Grahani),Psoriasis (Kushtòha), Visphotka,Visarpa (Pemphigus vulgaris), Rheumatoid arthritis( Amavata) etc. Therefore, it can be said that Viruddha Ahara is root cause of autoimmune disorders.

Key words: Viruddha Ahara, Autoimmume diseases, Vyadhi, Samprapti

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