“RETROSPECTIVE SURVEY STUDY OF CHARAKOKTA ASHTADASHA TYPES OF VIRUDDHAAHAR FACTORS AS HETU OF AMLAPITTA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO GARAVISHA”

Ayurveda has a unique treatment method which involves medicine and food regimens both for the complete healing. Amlapitta is a common complication due to current lifestyle and food habits. It may indicate a severe gastric complication and may cause gastric and esophageal ulcers or achalasia cardia. Common causes of Amlapitta depend upon food habits, amount, composition, combination and time of food. In Charaka Samhita, the ashtadasha types of viruddhaahar are mentioned as a hetu (causative factor) which will cause Amlapitta. In the current scenario, a balanced food regimen is essential to maintain proper digestion and nutrition; otherwise, it will affect the whole system of the body, while the digestive system will be more affected. Gara visha can be considered an artificial poison, and it is formed by a combination of two or more than two poisonous or non-poisonous substances which vitiates all the doshas, dhatus and srotas in the body and produces dangerous effects. It is also a kind of samyogaj visha where, when two compounds/foods/drugs are given together, they will react to each other's properties, and it may form toxins and produce many diseases.