A SURVEY STUDY TO ASSESS THE EXTENT OF “DUSHI VISHA” AND PREVALENCE IN OUR DAILY LIFESTYLE

Abstract

Concept of Dushi Visha is one of the very important aspect in Agadatantra. Dushi Visha is something which gets accumulated inside the body and causing ill health after sometime. Ahara is one of the three supporting factors of life, plays a key role in the promotion of health and prevention of diseases. As per Ayurveda incompatible diet or Viruddhaa Ahara is one of the root causes of various health problems and this Viruddhaa Ahara in the body acts as Dushi Visha. Acharya Charaka explained in detail and said that person who consume Viruddhaa Ahara is prone to imbalance of doshas leading to formation of Dushi Visha and later on to many disorders.
In this context, present study deals with a survey study of Dushi Visha and its extent in age group of 20-40 years of age. Incompatible food consumption behavior were surveyed with a help of a questionnaire among college students of Uttarakhand, India. It is aimed to have an in depth analysis of food consumption trends and attitudes among college students. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and access how much is their consumption rates and to evaluate awareness regarding health problems on what they are consuming.
Survey study was conducted among a sample of 500 students, through a documented self-administered questionnaire. It includes variety of incompatible food articles consumed in today's day-to-day life. Results found in the survey of the research lead to the conclusions that all the participants of age group of 18-40 years consume incompatible food to some extent.
Ayurveda clearly defines that certain dietary articles and their combinations, aggravates Doshas, which disturbs the process of tridoshas and normal functioning of body, leading to accumulation of Dushi Visha in body. The food which are incompatible in combination, which has undergone wrong processing, which is consumed in incorrect dose, which is consumed in incorrect time of day and in wrong season can be describes as Viruddhaa Ahara.
The study states the view in the modern perspective of Samskar Viruddhaa , Veerya Viruddhaa , Samyoga Viruddhaa , and so on. It also enlists a variety of incompatible dietary articles consumed in day-to-day life and its hazardous effects on health.