| Pathya (Do’s) | Apathya (Don’ts) | |
| Cereals | Old rice, wheat, barley | Fried and difficult to digest articles of food |
| Pulses | Pigeon pea (arahara), green gram (mudga), masura | Peas, black gram (udada) |
| Fruits & vegetables | Papaya, banana, potato, amalaki, pomegranate, grapes, anjira, apple, paravala, mango, haritaki | |
| Others | Clarified butter from cow’s milk, cow’s milk, butter milk, Punarnava, guduchi | Excessive use of oil and clarified butter, mustard oil, betel, spices, rai, hingu, sesame, heavy food |
| Life style | Therapeutic purgation (virechana), unction, rest | Therapeutic blood letting, smoking, therapeutic emesis (vamana), suppression of natural urges, sudation, sexual indulgence, day sleeping, sunlight exposure, physical exercise, anger, excessive walking, excessive intake of water |
Do’s and Don’ts in Haemorrhoids
| Pathya (Do’s) | Apathya (Don’ts) | |
| Cereals | Special variety of rice (sathi chavala), wheat, barley | |
| Pulses | Kulattha, green gram (mudga) | Black gram (udada), chickpea (chana) |
| Fruits & vegetables | Bottle gourd (lauki), paravala, spinach, green vegetables, papaya, apple, cucumber, grapes, mango, amalaki | Potato and other tubers |
| Others | Clarified butter, rock salt, butter milk, sugar candy, cow’s milk, goat’s milk, sour vinegar (kanji) | Spices, pickle, sesame |
| Life style | Physical exercise, therapeutic emesis (vamana), therapeutic purgation (virechana), therapeutic unctuous enema (anuvasana vasti), slimy enema (pichchha vasti) | Day sleeping, suppression of natural urges, eating before digestion of previous food, excessive intake of food |
Do’s and Don’ts in Anorexia
| Pathya (Do’s) | Apathya (Don’ts) | |
| Cereals | Red variety of rice (rakta shali), wheat | |
| Pulses | Green gram (mudga) | |
| Fruits & vegetables | Green vegetables, banana, pomegranate, garlic (lahasuna), ginger (ardraka), plum (badar, bera), grape fruit (draksha), black pepper | |
| Others | Cow’s milk, clarified butter, butter milk, curd | Heavy, slimy obstructing channels food |
| Life style | Tongue cleaning, teeth cleaning, bathing, gargle | Suppression of hunger, eructation and tears, anger, shock, fetid odour, unpleasant sight (vibhatsa drishya) |
Do’s and Don’ts in Malabsorption syndrome
| Pathya (Do’s) | Apathya (Don’ts) | |
| Cereals | Old shali rice | Wheat |
| Pulses | Green gram (mudga), masura, pigeon pea (arahara) | Peas (matara) |
| Fruits & vegetables | Water chestnut (singhada), banana, Jambo (jambu) | Garlic (lahasuna) |
| Others | Without cream curd, goat’s milk, clarified butter, sesame oil, honey, soup (yusha), butter milk, cumin, coriander | Betel nut, sour vinegar (kanji), milk, jaggery, sour food, spicy food, laxatives and purgatives |
| Life style | Therapeutic emesis (vaman), fasting, therapeutic enema (vasti) | Therapeutic purgation (virechana), night awakening, excessive intake of water, suppression of natural urges, snuffing, Eye collyrium (anjana) smoking, excessive physical exercise, sun exposure |
Do’s and Don’ts in Vomiting
| Pathya (Do’s) | Apathya (Don’ts) | |
| Cereals | Wheat, shali rice | |
| Pulses | Green gram (mudga), chickpea (chana) | |
| Fruits & vegetables | Green vegetables, lemon, pomegranate | Beans, koshataki, black mustard, kunduru, banana |
| Others | Cow’s milk, cardamom, fennel, cumin, clove | Excess intake of fluids |
| Life style | Therapeutic emesis (vamana), therapeutic purgation (virechana), fragrant paste application (sugandhita lepa) | Exercise, snuffing, therapeutic enema (vasti), sudation, intake of unction substance, therapeutic blood letting, fear, unpleasant sight |
Do’s and Don’ts in Duodenal Ulcer
| 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 |
Do’s and Don’ts in Hyper acidity / Acid peptic disorder
| 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 |
Do’s and Don’ts in Constipation
| 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 |
Do’s and Don’ts in Dysentery
| 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 |
Do’s and Don’ts in Diarrhoea
| 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 |