Abstract

When diseases started blighting life, creating impediments in penance, abstinence, study, celibacy, religious observance and lifespan of mankind, the holy sages out of their compassion for creature assembled at auspicious place near Himalayas and then they gained knowledge about Ayurveda. Likewise, in recent past, the surge of COVID – 19 disturbed days to day life of humans and no satisfactory answer was found by medical system. So, the world is hopeful about Ayurveda to fight against such newly emerging infections and also to prevent against them by boosting own immunity. So, it is important to study Vyadhikshamatva from Ayurveda perspective. Acharya Chakrapani has stated that one which attenuates the manifested disease and other which prevent its occurrence comes under Vyadhikshamatva. Many factors like equilibrium of dosha, strength of body tissue, wastes in proper proportion, proper diet, lifestyle, behaviour, adequate physical and mental strength of body, Oja, Vayu in normal state, normal digestive fire, normal body channels, purified blood, purification according to season, use of immunomodulator and aphrodisiac drugs, Aptopdesha and pratipatti, daiva, purushakara contribute to build Vyadhikshamatva. Out of these, ahara plays most important role. So, the present article focusses on to study the concept of Vyadhikshamatva from Charak samhita and role of ahara in it.

KEYWORDS: Ahara, diet, Vyadhikshamatva, immunity, Charak Samhita