Abstract

METHOD OF ORAL FOOD CHALLENGE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF FOOD ALLERGIES IN RELEVANCE WITH AYURVEDIC CONCEPT OF MATRA VIRUDDHA AHAR

Dr. Ditikshakumari Chaudhari, Dr. Dilip Jani, Dr. Janki Lukhi and Dr. Kinjal Unadkat

Abstract

Ahar, Nidra, Brahmacharya are three Upastambha describe in Ayurved. Among all of them Ahar is the first and foremost need for living a healthy life. Ahar is responsible for both health and diseases. Diseases are caused by the incompatible food. Viruddha Ahar can act as ‘Dhatupratyanik’ means it hampers the metabolism of tissue and hinder the process of formation of tissue. Viruddha Ahar can be correlated with the food allergies. Oral food challenge method is useful for the accurate assessment of food allergy. This method can also be useful for the assessment of Matra Viruddha Ahar.

Keywords: Incompatible food, Matra Viruddha Ahar, Oral food challenge.