Pathya (Do’s)	Apathya (Don’ts)
Cereals	Old shali rice, some special varieties of rice (sanvaka, kodrava), parched roasted rice (dhana ka lava), barley powder (yava-sattu)	Rice
Pulses	Pea soup (kalayayusha)	Kulattha and other pulses
Fruits & vegetables	Banana, coconut	Ginger (ardraka)
Others	Cow’s milk, coconut water	Spicy foods, mustard oil, rai, sour food substance, fish, alcohol
Life style	Therapeutic emesis (vamana), therapeutic purgation (virechana), therapeutic enema (vasti)	Night awakening, sun exposure, fasting

	Pathya (Do’s)	Apathya (Don’ts)
Cereals	Barley	Rice, chickpea flour (besana)
Pulses	Green gram (mudga)	Black gram (udada), kulattha
Fruits & vegetables	Patola, bitter gourd (karavellaka), white gourd melon (kushmanda), green vegetables	Potato, brinjal
Others	Cold water	Sour vinegar (kanji), rock salt, spicy food, tea, coffee, alcohol, fast food
Life style	Therapeutic emesis (vamana), therapeutic purgation (virechana), therapeutic enema (vasti)	Day sleeping, suppression of natural urges

	Pathya (Do’s)	Apathya (Don’ts)
Cereals	Old rice, wheat	Rice
Pulses	Green gram (mudga), pigeon pea (arahara)	Black gram (udada), peas (matara)
Fruits & vegetables	Green vegetables, papaya, carrot, radish, cucumber (khira), cabbage, bottle gourd (lauki)	Banana, potato and other tubers
Others	Excess intake of water	Spicy food, fast food
Life style	Sudation, therapeutic purgation (virechana), therapeutic enema (vasti), exercise, walking	Night awakening, suppression of natural urges, lack of exercise

	Pathya (Do’s)	Apathya (Don’ts)
Cereals	Old rice	Wheat, barley
Pulses	Green gram (mudga), masura	Black gram (udada)
Fruits & vegetables	Dry ginger (shunthi), ginger (ardraka), bilva, pomegranate, banana	Bathua, shigru, mango
Others	Cumin, coriander, curd, water processed with certain Ayurvedic medicines (shadangapaniya), milched warm milk	Betel nut, sugarcane product, sour and bitter food substances
Life style	Fasting, sleeping	Sudation, sunlight exposure, night awakening, suppression of natural urges, excessive use of water

	Pathya (Do’s)	Apathya (Don’ts)
Cereals	Old shali rice, porridge (daliya)	Refined flour (maida)
Pulses	Masura, green gram (mudga)	Peas, black gram (udada), chickpea (chana)
Fruits & vegetables	Jambo (jambu), pomegranate, bilva, banana, lisora, bottle gourd (lauki), patola	Jack fruit (katahala), beans, long cucumber (kakadi), cucumber (khira), Bathua, pumpkin, plum (Badara, bera), grapes
Others	Honey, cumin, coriander, butter milk, goat’s milk	Excess intake of water, sugarcane juice, betel nut, betel, alcohol, curd
Life style	Fasting, sleeping, rest & relaxation	Exercise, sudation, Bathing, massage, tub-bath, snuffing, sunlight exposure, day sleeping, smoking, anger, sexual indulgence, night awakening, suppression of natural urges

Ayurveda specified 8 major factors of food convention
that include compatibility of dietary articles

• Prakrti –Qualitative Characteristics of the Food
• Karana – Processing of Food
• Samyoga –Mixing/ combination
• Rashi – The Quantity
• Desha – Habitat of the person
• Kala – Time & Seasonal Variation
• Upayogasansta – Variable Digestibility of various food articles
• Upayokta – The person who takes the Food

• Holy deed ‘Yagna Karma: Tanmana bhunjita
• Compatible to habitat (deshasatmya)
• Easily digestible, energetic, soft, warm

Hith Bhukh: Wholesome

Mita bhukh :Right quantity

Do’s and Don’ts (PATHYAPATHYA)
In Different Diseases

“Pathyae sathi gatir naasti kimoushada savenam
Pathye Aasathi gatir naasti kimoushada savenam”