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| The food that the body gets
accustomed to due to regular consumption, gives
comfort to the body and at the same time maintains the
health of normal tissues, and makes abnormal one
normal, such food is considered as good or 'SATMYA' |
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Satmya is related to the constitution
of the body, age, habitat, season, doshas, diseases
etc. For example in regions where rice is the staple
food, the people living there would have got
accustomed to eating rice since childhood and this
does not give any discomfort to the people. Thus rice
is satmya for the people of that region. The same rice
will not be satmya to a person who has been accustomed
to eating wheat since childhood. Hence it is advised
that one should not eat food of one or two tastes as
when only few tastes are eaten for a long time, it
leads to disorders.
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| There are four types of Satmya |
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- PRAVAR (BEST)
- AVAR (POOR)
- MADHYAM (MEDIUM)
- OOKSATMYA
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| Pravar |
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Getting accustomed to all the tastes
is best. The pravar satmya is seen in persons whose
constitution is formed by all the three doshas in
equal proportion.
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| Avar |
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Accustomed to only or any one taste
is poor. The person of avar satmya can become pravar
satmya after some period by eating healthy diet.
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| Madhyam |
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Accustomed to two or more and tastes
is medium. The person of madhyam satmya can become
pravar satmya after some period by eating healthy
diet.
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| Ook satmya: |
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In this type the person gets
accustomed to harmful stuff like opium, tobacco, wine
etc., it is an addiction. The person of ook satmya can
become pravar satmya after some period by eating
healthy diet and by slowly stopping the intake of
harmful stuff.
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| Apart from accustomed foods,
there are three types of IDEAL FOOD which one needs to
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- Snigdha Ahar : Food
which contains fat and which is easily digestible
is Snigdha ahar.
Benefits
- Kindles fire in abdomen.
- Cleanses the alimentary tract.
- Does not vitiate the tissues.
- Gets digested quickly and causes the
downward movement of vata.
- Produces plumpness of body.
- Postpones old age.
- Increases strength and improves colour and
complexion.
- Laghu Ahar : Food,
which is easily digestible, is Laghu ahar. It does
not harm the doshas and undergoes digestion
without causing any difficulty.
- Ushana Ahar : Hot
food or food that produces good taste
(appetite) and helps in absorption of extra kapha
dhatu.
According to Ayurveda the
following items should be included in our daily diet-
rice, wheat, barely, rice maturing in sixty days, meat
of animals of desert like regions, sunisannak, jivanti
(leptadenia reticulata), tender mulaka (raddish),
vastuka, patha (velvet leaf), amalaki (emblica
officinalis), mrdvika (grapes), patli, Mudga (green
gram), sarkara (sugar), ghee, rain water, milk, honey,
Dadima (pomegranate) and Saindhav (rock salt).
Triphala, mixed with honey and ghee should also be
taken daily in the night for improving the strength of
the eyes (vision). |
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