Sadvrit / Code of Conduct

o Highlight the medical side of a good behaviour /

the basis of Preventive Medicine

o The dos and don’ts with reference to –

 Daily Routine
 Hygiene
 Dietetics
 Natural urges
 Responsiveness to environment & society

o Medical effects and treatments for the diseases

from such ignorance

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 Getting up before sunrise

 Defecation / Anjana / Dhoompana / Nasya

/ Tooth-brushing / tongue scrapping /
Gandoosha / Oiling hairs

 Abhyanga / Bath/ wearing Gems, perfumes.

 Nails / hair clean and trimmed @ 15 days

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 Clean, suitable & comfortable clothes
 Headgear / umbrella /footwear / walking
stick
 Sufficient sleep; not to over/under sleep
 Regular meals
 Do not cook / serve food in unhygienic
kitchen, utensils, without having a bath,
with ill-thoughts or in grief
 Food to be fresh, appropriate to the season.

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 Anti Vata Kapha in Head & Neck

 Prayaugik 64 , Snaihik / V 32, Vairechanik / P

24 , Kasaghna 16 , Vamaka 16 finger long
pipes

 3 puffs only, in from mouth / nose

 Out from mouth only

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 Cardamom
 Tulasi
 Cinnamon
 Sandal
 Jatamansi
 Mustaka
 Ghee, Shallaki & Guggul gums
 Paste applied / dried on a12 finger long Shara

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 Do not litter garbage at public places.

 Cover your mouth while laughing, coughing,

sneezing, belching or yawning.

 Respect the elders, forefathers, teachers,

preachers, scholars etc.

 Care for elderly people, women, children, the sick,

weak, physically challenged

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 Avoid confronting the seniors.

 Share joys and achievements with well-

wishers and don't be envious of others.

 Don't disclose anyone's secrets in public

 Avoid gossiping, unhealthy criticism, being

undue judgemental

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 Speak only when it's your turn, within the
context and possibly the truth.

 Allow others to express.

 Abstain from lies, anger, extreme grief,

jealousy, greed

 Do not maintain the company of ill-mannered

people or people with evil thoughts.

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 Psychosomatic diseases
 Being pressurized and stressed causes
additional release of some stress hormones.

Prominent stress hormones

 Growth hormone
 Glucagon
 Adrenaline
 Thyroxin

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 Vasoconstriction

 Tachycardia

 Broncho-dilatation

 Reduced GIT secretions

 Reduced Bone Formation

 Tumors , Free Radicals

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 Reduces Immunity

 Weight gain / loss

 High blood pressure

 Heart Diseases

 Anorexia

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 Ulcers

 Irritable Bowel Syndrome

 Migraine

 Decrease in testosterone levels in males and

irregular menstrual cycles in females

 Infections

 Behavioural changes etc.

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 An offering to the Fire God (Agni)

 Ko-Aruk – Hitbhuk, Mitbhuk,Kalabhoji,

Jitendriya

 Preventive & Curative goals of Ayurveda

through food

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 Prakriti
 Age
 Agni
 Disease and Dosha

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1. Nature of food
2. Combinations of food
3. Processing
4. Volume – Agnibalapekshi / Trividha Kukshi
5. Time
6. Place
7. Dietetic ethics- how, when, where
8. The consumer (Prakriti, Age, Agni,
Compatibility, Diseases )

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1. Shali Rice
2. Moong lentils
3. Rock Salt
4. Amlaki
5. Barley
6. Rain Water
7. Milk
8. Ghee
9. Honey

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 The one, which the tongue perceives

 Rich in Jala element; Liquid state to taste

 Flows freely in the body to nourish.

 Not incidental; an indication of food’s

properties

 Food by Rasa; Medicine by Veerya

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 Rasa Mahabhoota

1. Sweet Earth + Water.

2. Sour Earth + Fire.
3. Saline Fire + Water.
4. Pungent Fire + Air.
5. Bitter Space + Air.
6. Astringent Earth+ Air.

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 Taste Properties

1. Sweet Moist, Cold & Heavy Most.

2. Sour Moist, Hot & Light
3. Salt Moist, Hot & Heavy.
4. Pungent Dry, Hot & Lighter.
5. Bitter Dry, Cold & Lightest.
6. Astringent Dry, Cold & Heavier.

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Cold To Hot
Sweet, Astringent, Bitter, Pungent, Sour, Saline

Heavy To Light
Sweet, Astringent, Saline, Sour, Pungent, Bitter

Oily To Dry
Sweet, Saline, Sour, Bitter, Pungent, Astringent

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 Vata - Bitter, Astringent And Pungent

 Pitta - Sour, Pungent And Saline

 Kapha - Sweet, Saline And Sour.

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 Vata - Saline, Sour And Sweet

 Pitta - Bitter, Astringent And Sweet

 Kapha - Pungent, Bitter And Astringent.

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 Guna – Milk Cooling, Sweet, Meat Heating, fruits
Sour
 Processing – unhygienic, Heating honey, yoghurt
 Volume – Honey & Ghee in same volume
 Time – cold in winters, Banana, Yoghurt, Barley at
night time
 Region – Imported food, dry in Jangala
 Koshtha / Agni / Satmya / Prakriti
 Sequence – before shower, mala tyaga
 Diseases- sugar for Diabetes
 Liking

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 No heaviness in stomach
 Comforting Heart functions
 Relaxation in senses
 Digested by next meal time
 Enhancement in strength and Tissues
 Vata Roga / Ama by under-nourishment
 Kapha Roga/ Ama by overeating

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Food should be consumed
 Warm, Fresh
 In correct volume
 On complete digestion of previous food
 Not too fast or slowly
 With full attention & introspection

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 Eat and drink Slow

 Liking for all tastes

 Eat against your physical prakriti / constitution

but prefer what is compatible

 Eat only when hungry

 Vagbhat - Keep 1/4th of stomach empty for Vata;

Calorie Restriction .

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 Thefuels for body Agni, in strict
preference are as follows –

1. Food
2. Toxins
3. Tissues
4. Life

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Vata Pacifying Diet
 Sweet, Sour & Salty Tastes are best

 Warm food, Hot Potency, meat, oily & Fresh

food

 Avoid eating cold, stale, junk, raw food /

vegetables.

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 Sweet, Astringent & Bitter tastes are the Best

 Warm and sometimes, raw foods

 Mainly vegetarian food.

 Avoid salt, hot spices, alcohol, red meat,

fried, fast foods, alcohols.

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 Pungent, Bitter & Astringents taste are best
 Light, dry, and warm & cooked food is ideal
 Water should be taken hot
 Must reduce sweet foods (including rice,
noodles, bread etc.)
 Only minimal amounts of oil or butter.

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1. Adharaneeya Vega

2. Dharaneeya Vega

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13 urges as Un suppressible - Charaka

1. Urine
2. Stool
3. Flatus
4. Hunger
5. Thirst
6. Sleep
7. Tears

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8. Sneezing
9. Yawning
10. Vomiting / Coughing
11. Exertional breathlessness
12. Seminal discharge
13. Eructation / Belching.

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 Pain in bladder region
 Pain in urethra
 Dysuria
 Headache
 Flexion of the body due to pain
 Flatulence

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 Pain in iliac region
 Headache
 Flatulence
 Cramps in calf muscles
 Obstruction of flatus & faeces
 Fecolith injuries.

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 Obstruction of flatus, urine and faeces

 Exhaustion,

 Pain in abdomen etc

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 Emaciation
 Weakness
 Change in complexion
 Malaise
 Fatigue
 Giddiness etc.

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 Dryness of throat and mouth
 Temporary loss of hearing
 Exhaustion without exertion
 Weakness
 Chest pain etc.

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 Yawning
 Malaise
 Drowsiness
 Diseases of head and brain
 Constipation
 Heaviness in the eyes etc.

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 Running nose
 Eye diseases
 Heart diseases
 Loss of desire to eat
 Vertigo and giddiness
 Depression and irritation etc.

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 Wry neck
 Headache,
 Facial paralysis
 Hemicrania etc.

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 Bending of body

 Convulsion

 Involuntary body movements, tremor and

shaking of the body, contractions,
numbness etc.

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 Itching
 Urticaria
 Anorexia
 Edema
 Anaemia
 Fevers
 Dermatitis
 Nausea
 Erysipelas etc

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 Pain in urethra

 Body ache

 Pain in cardiac region

 Retention of urine etc.

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 Hiccups
 Dyspnoea
 Loss of appetite,
 Tremors
 Constipation
 Obstacles in the proper functioning of heart
and lungs etc

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 Dharaneeya - to be suppressed
 Vega – urge

 One should be pure by –

1. Manasa ( By Mind)
2. Vacha (By Speech)
3. Karmana (By Actions).

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