OH my God!! Look at yourself…. you have gained so much weight. Do you know what? Recently I am taking honey with hot water in the morning and see…I have lost 5 kgs. try it out babe.

And blindly…One to another…everyone follows this.

But do you know this is beneficial or not?? How much harmful is this??

Nowadays, everyone wants to be different in their own way, As Ayurveda says, Every Individual has their own constitution (Prakriti), So why do people follow advice blindly.

Fusion food is also the trend. But do you know which food to be eaten together?

So what is VIRRUDDHA AHARA?

Certain food combination which disturbs or interrupts the process of formation of tissue, the metabolism of the tissue and which have the opposite property of the tissue – is called VIRRUDHA AHARA.

Mainly known viruddha ahara (incompatible food combinations) are –

  • Milk + fish
  • Milk + eggs
  • Milk + curd
  • Milk after taking garlic, reddish, tulsi. It can cause skin diseases.
  • Milk + amla, pomegranate, lentils, coconut, tamarind
  • Milk + sour substances
  • Fruit salad
  • Milk + banana
  • Honey with hot water
  • Honey + cow’s ghee mixed in equal quantity
  • Heated honey
  • Excessive cooked food
  • Curd at night

HOW IT WORKS IN THE BODY OR THE MODE OF ACTION:-

When we frequently take Viruddha ahara It will work as poison or toxin to the body.it will mix with AHARA RASA and from rasa dhatu to another dhatu and it will manifest diseases.

Different types of virudha ahara are mentioned in Samhitas.

  1. DESH VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO REGION EX. Dry things or food in dry regions.
  2. Snigdha(unctuous) food in snigdha region.
  3. KALA VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO TIME EX. Cold and dry food in the cold season
  4. Pungent and hot food in the hot season
  5. AGNI VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO AGNI(DIGESTIVE FIRE) EX. Light food when AGNI is HIGH (Tikshnagni)
  6. Heavy food when AGNI is LOW (Mandagni)
  7. MATRA VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO QUANTITY EX. Intake of GHEE and HONEY in equal quantity
  8. SATMYA VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO PRAKRITI(CONSTITUTION) EX. The person who is habituated to pungent taste and food which is having hot potency is taking sweet taste and food which is cold in potency, So this is contraindicated according to a person’s prakriti.
  9. DOSHA VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO DOSHA EX. Taking ushna, tikshna ahara in PITTA dosha is aggravated.
  10. SAMSKARA VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO PREPARATION EX. HEATED HONEY
  11. Presently, FAST FOOD – is processed in many wrong ways.
  12. VIRYA VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO POTENCY EX. Hot and cold food in potency
  13. Like FISH + MILK
  14. KOSHTHA VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO KOSHTHA(BOWEL) EX. Intake of heavy and more quantity food in mridu koshtha(soft bowel).
  15. AVASTHA VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO HEALTH EX. Intake of dry, light food after so much physical exertion
  16. Intake of cold, unctuous food by sleepy or lazy person
  17. KRAMA VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO KRAMA(REGIMENS) EX. If the person eats without hunger and without being free from natural urges like defecation, and micturition OR person doesn’t eat when he has severe hunger, this is called as KRAMA VIRUDDHA.
  18. PARIHAR VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO PARIHAR(PRESCRIPTION) EX. Taking hot substances after taking pig flesh
  19. UPACHAR VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO UPACHARA(TREATMENT) EX. Take cold water or medicines after intake of Ghee.
  20. PAKA VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO COOKING(IMPROPERLY COOKED) EX. Half cooked meal or over-cooked(burnt) meal
  21. SAMYOGA VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO COMBINATIONS EX. Milk with sour substances
  22. HRIDAYA VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO PLEASANTNESS EX. Taking unpleasant food items
  23. SAMPAD VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO QUALITY EX. Any food which is over mature, immature, or putrefied food items
  24. VIDHI VIRUDDHA:- CONTRAINDICATORY DIET ACCORDING TO RULES EX. Taking meals in public places and not following other rules and regulations of taking food

THE DISEASE MANIFESTED BY TAKING VIRUDDHA AHARA

  • Impotency
  • Blindness
  • Erysipelas
  • Ascities
  • Bullous
  • Insanity
  • Fistula
  • Fainting
  • Intoxication
  • Abdominal distension
  • Neck stiffness
  • Anaemia
  • Acidity
  • Diseases cause of indigestion
  • Skin diseases
  • Oedema
  • Fever
  • Rhinitis
  • Gastritis
  • And also, DEATH

TREATMENT:-

  • Vaman
  • Virechan
  • Consumption of substances that is having the opposite quality of taken incompatible food
  • Samshaman chikitsa(pacifying therapy)
  • Taking of wholesome diet

WHO CAN TAKE VIRUDDHA AHARA?

  • Who exercises regularly
  • Whose digestive fire is strong
  • Who is young
  • Who takes GHEE regularly
  • Who is able to digest viruddha ahara
  • Who is having more strength

Are you fitting in this criterion?? If NO then you are highly contraindicated for taking this type of incompatible food.

SO MAKE SURE YOURSELF BEFORE TAKING HONEY WITH HOT WATER ON SOMEONES ADVICE.