Worthy Diet and Dosage Forms in Decree on Diseases for Healthy Days: A Doctrine of Ardour
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Nutrition - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
The role of diet regimes in preventive and curative aspects is one of the ancient Indian pre-medicated nutraceutical practices (Pathya kalpana-Ayuceutical) of Ayurveda since thousands of years. Numerous pharmaceutical procedures (Samskara) applied on raw food items to enrich the nutritional value, maintains the Doshas (Specific provocated humours), Dhatus (basic elements) in a well balanced condition. Pathya kalpana endorses the homeostatic stability of cellular metabolites (Dhatus) to maintain health and avert for ailments. Thus, pathya as adjuvant used with the therapies aid to renovate the cellular mechano-bio equilibrium. In tribal community, food items are prepared from rice, maize, millets etc. ingredients in their ritual just similar to the Pathya kalpana regimen. Present era is familiar to the benefits of nutraceuticals, medicinal food and functional foods etc are also the advance forms of ancient nutritics. To deal up with this, literature related to Pathya kalpana has been surveyed from Vedic period till recent era publications and presented concisely here. The basic objective of this review paper is to amalgamate the traditional and tribal knowledge of diet with therapeutic utility with contemporary products known as functional and medicinal food. After going through this fundamental information’s, any keen interested person or researcher may pave a direction to further reinforce this ancient nutraceutical dosage form.
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Ashutosh Pandey
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