Pathiyam is the word given specifically to stop food is not suites our body. Pathiyam treats a patient from pain and illness. Misconception of the word pathiyam among the public can be wiped off after reading this article.
Pathiyam word does not mean not to eat. Actually it means eating things according to individual Physical and virtual constitution.
Thirumoolar says Sidtha type of treatment is not only to give relief to the patients perhaps to prevent further occurrence of disease.
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Disease prevention is the concept of kaayakarpam.
Healthy person also need to follow some food restrictions to stay healthy and live longer.
These rules when followed strictly, keep us away from disease.
Thirumoolar in thirumanthiram says that maintaining a healthy body is essential as it holds a healthy mind which is required to attain salvation.
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This means that the environment is same within and outside our body which indicates that the body physiology must be tuned according to the habitat and the prevailing season as an adaptive and preventure measure for health.
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Intake of thuvarpu (Astringent) taste - eatables like flowers of musa paradisica, tender fruit pomegranate fruit, guava ( nattu koyya ) are useful to diabetic patients not only to control the disease and also to prevent the complications.