Viruddhāśana/Viruddha Anna / विरुद्धाशन/
विरुद्ध अन्न
Viruddha
literally means opposite or hostile. The
diet which is hostile in terms of guna (quality),
Desha (place), Kāla (time), Mātrā (quantity), Sātmya ( wholesomeness), Sanskāra
(processing), Krama (order) and so many others, is termed as viruddha anna. Let
us see one by one with examples for the sake of well understanding.
Quality hostility –
All
the food items are having some qualities in them on the basis of which their
overall effect on health is decided. Such qualities include hot or cold, light to
digest or heavy to digest, unctuous or non-unctuous, soft or hard etc. Each food have only one quality from above mentioned
pairs. So some foods are cold like milk, rise, wheat and other some are hot
like black pepper, asafetida, ginger etc. Here coldness is not one which is
cold in feeling but it is that one which is cold in effect. Thus even a milk
which is made hot by boiling effects as cold in body. This rule is applicable
to all food materials. Thus every food item is having some natural qualities in
it. If we eat two food items having opposite qualities as mentioned in above
said pairs, then it is considered as viruddha or hostile diet in terms of
quality.
Milk is hostile with fishes as milk is
cold and fish is hot in quality. Drinking cold water before or after tea is
hostile. All fruits are hostile when eaten with milk.
Upcoming posts will be dedicated to
other types of hostility with more number of examples. So keep reading this
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