Gramya Ahara-Vihara-Vichara: Foods, Physical and Mental Habits and practices which must at all times be stored away to experience Comprehensive Health

Article via Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa S, B.A.M.S

Acharya Charaka enlists positive meals and in addition bodily and psychological practices / behavior which wish to be at all times have shyed away from or stored away via the ones searching for complete well being and in addition to deal with the similar.

Actually, he has defined this in the second one pada (quarter) of Rasayana Chapter (Charaka Chikitsa Sthana Chapter 1, quarter 2, verse 3). The context and purpose of Acharya Charaka to give an explanation for this within the context of Rasayana is to inform that ‘..those seeking Rasayana Therapy’ must steer clear of taking those meals and practices so that you could download the most efficient advantages of Rasayana.

But he starts the reason via quoting – ‘Sarve Sharira Doshaa Bhavanti…’ because of this ‘….all these would aggravate or cause dosha increase in the body or cause diseases in the body….’. So, we will take Acharya Charaka’s clarification of those contraindications as ‘general contraindications’ for all individuals, together with wholesome folks.

Regularly following those rules and protecting away the contraindicated meals, behavior and practices will stay away the illnesses from manifesting and would assist us to deal with a balanced well being in the end.

Such bad and unwholesome meals which deserved to be stored away at all times are referred to as Gramya Ahara. Acharya Charaka mentions a listing of meals and meals similar practices which wish to be thought to be as Gramya.

What is Gramya Ahara?

Gramya Ahara method meals which can be bad and unwholesome and therefore should be neglected from the meals schedules.

These meals are chargeable for vitiation of all doshas and dhatus. They are the basis assets of dosha aggravation and manifestation of many illnesses. Practice of such meals continuously will make one liable to many forms of illnesses.

The phrase Gramya is derived from its root phrase Grama – because of this village or agreement or a small residing position having individuals who have settled with their households and livestock. Herein, other folks consume and drink no matter is to be had or no matter they develop. They observe the rules that handiest they know. The evolution of meals behavior and dwelling prerequisites isn’t there. So, what they consume and the way they reside is in line with the norms they know and inside of positive bracketed obstacles. So, the meals they take will not be wholesome or healthy and also are no longer balanced or nutritious. Their bodily and psychological behavior and practices also are the similar. The identical practices are handed on all the way down to their successive generations. They also are indifferent, unaware, ignorant or much less trained in regards to the clinical techniques of wholesome meals intake and perfect techniques of main a wholesome existence with wholesome behavior and way of life practices.

So, to be wholesome and are compatible, one wish to pop out of those gramya or domesticated meals and way of life behavior and undertake selection wholesome techniques of nutrition and way of life practices which can be medically proper.

Acharya Charaka no longer handiest mentions the unwholesome meals but additionally mentions unwholesome and bad actions and behavior associated with frame and thoughts. They may also be thought to be as Gramya Vihara (unwholesome actions and behavior) and Gramya Vichara (unwholesome ideas and thoughts actions), even though no longer discussed precisely as such.

The key for just right well being is to steer clear of gramya ahara, vihara and vichara.

Now, allow us to see what the ones ‘keep aways’ are.

Causes for aggravation of doshas and manifestation of all illnesses in everybody

Below discussed are the primary causative components for aggravation of the doshas in our frame and in addition for manifestation of all illnesses in all people. So, the individuals who would want to experience a complete state of balanced well being, staying power and immunity must steer clear of these items in the end and in addition make a aware follow of the similar.

The underneath discussed are the ones ‘to be kept away’ reasons –

सर्वे शरीरदोषा भवन्ति ग्राम्याहारादम्ल लवण कटुक क्षार शुष्क शाक मांस तिल पलल पिष्टान्न भोजिनां विरूढ नव शूक शमी धान्य विरुद्धासात्म्य रूक्ष क्षाराभिष्यन्दि भोजिनां क्लिन्न गुरु पूति पर्युषित भोजिनां विषमाध्यशन प्रायाणां दिवास्वप्न स्त्री मद्य नित्यानां विषमाति मात्र व्यायाम सङ्क्षोभित शरीराणां भय क्रोध शोक लोभ मोहायास बहुलानाम्;

1. Gramya Ahara – avoidable meals, meals behavior and meals patterns

Excessive and common consumption of

–        bitter, salt, stinky and alkaline meals

–        dry greens

–        meat,

–        sesame,

–        paste of sesame seeds and

–        pistanna – pastries

Excessive and common intake of –

–        Virudha dhanya – germinated cereals and pulses

–        Nava shooka dhanya – freshly harvested corns with bristles

–        Nava shami dhanya – freshly harvested pulses

Viruddha Ahara – over the top and common intake of mutually reverse / adversarial meals or fallacious and unwholesome meals combos

Asathmya ahara – common and over the top intake of uncongenial meals

Excessive and common intake of –

–        Klinna bhojana – excessively wet and softened meals

–        Guru bhojana – heavy to digest meals,

–        Puti bhojana – putrid or foul-smelling meals (which has decayed or rotten)

–        Paryushita bhojana – stale meals

Vishama Ashana – abnormal and erratic consuming behavior, consuming meals at random occasions and in random amounts

Adhyashana – consuming meals even sooner than the prior to now taken meals is digested correctly

2. Gramya Vihara – Avoidable behavior associated with actions

Excessive and repeated / ordinary or day-to-day indulgence in –

–        Day sleep

–        Sexual sex / actions

–        Alcoholic beverages

–        Irregular or over the top / obsessive workout routines and workout routines

–        Over-work

3. Gramya Vichara – Avoidable behavior associated with actions

Excessive and common indulgence in –

–        Fear and panic

–        Anger

–        Grief

–        Greed

–        Infatuation

Effect of Gramya Ahara, Vihara and Vichara

अतोनिमित्तं हि शिथिलीभवन्ति मांसानि, विमुच्यन्ते सन्धयः, विदह्यते रक्तं, विष्यन्दते चानल्पं मेदः, न सन्धीयतेऽस्थिषु मज्जा, शुक्रं न प्रवर्तते, क्षयमुपैत्योजः; स एवम्भूतो ग्लायति, सीदति, निद्रा तन्द्रालस्य समन्वितो निरुत्साहः श्वसिति, असमर्थश्चेष्टानां शारीरमानसीनां, नष्ट स्मृति बुद्धिच्छायो रोगाणामधिष्ठानभूतो न सर्वमायुरवाप्नोति | तस्मादेतान् दोषानवेक्षमाणः सर्वान् यथोक्तानहितानपास्याहार विहारान् रसायनानि प्रयोक्तुमर्हतीत्युक्त्वा भगवान् पुनर्वसुरात्रेय उवाच–||३||

Effect of unhealthy meals, bodily and psychological behavior:
Excessive, repeated and common indulgence within the above mentioned gramya ahara, vihara and vichara would reason the underneath discussed adversarial results / headaches –

–        The muscle groups of the frame grow to be vulnerable, lax, flabby and fragile

–        The joints of the frame grow to be loosened, vulnerable and dislocated

–        The blood turns into vitiated and burnt out

–        The fats tissue which has collected in extra will get liquified and vitiated

–        The bone marrow does no longer stay intact within the hole parts of the bones as they must be

–        There is not any ejaculation of semen

–        The Ojas – which is an essence of all of the tissues within the frame, which represents the whole immunity of the individual undergoes diminution

Such an individual suffers from a number of of the underneath discussed prerequisites –

–        Exhaustion

–        Languor

–        Sleepy

–        Drowsy

–        Lazy

–        Lack of enthusiasm

–        Dyspnoea

–        Loss of capability to do any roughly bodily or psychological paintings / job

–        Loss of reminiscence

–        Loss of mind

–        Loss of complexion

With those signs, the individual turns into an domicile of illnesses and thus fails to experience a complete span of existence.

Keeping those miseries, headaches and untoward / undesired adversarial results, one must surrender a wide variety of gramya ahara, vihara and vichara and must go through Rasayana Therapy. Rasayana Therapy would deliver again the tissues to a state of stability and would re-establish well being, staying power and immunity.