A CONCEPTUAL STUDY ON MALNUTRITION ACCORDING TO AYURVEDA AND AYURVEDA MANAGEMENT OF KARSHYA (MALNUTRITION) IN CHILDREN
Dr. Priyanka Balasaheb Vapre*, Dr. Vishakha Vikas Pachore, Dr. Jayprakash Ashok Khairnar, Dr. Jasmin K. Gohel
ABSTRACT
Ayurveda emphasize prevention over cure. A balanced diet with proper dietetic rule can help avoid a lot of common health concerns. The source of life for all living beings is food, growth, strength, intelligence, satisfaction, all are established in food. Ayurveda classic haphazardly explain nutritional issues. Each and every disease is due to faulty Ahara and Vihara. Ahara vidhi is equally important to get optimum benefits from consumed food. Childhood malnutrition is thought to be the cause of 35% of all fatalities in children under the age of five, as well as 21% of total worldwide disability-adjusted life years lost in children. Karshya not only concerns with weight loss, but also compares with malnutrition-like disorders. In Ayurveda, Karshya is a disease as well as cause, prodromal symptoms, feature of different diseases and bad prognostic sign. Karsha is also a physiological in Vataja prakriti[1] individual.
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