Journal:
:journal of fasting and health
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h shripathi adiga assistant professor, department of ayurveda, kmc, manipal university, manipal-576104, udupi, karnataka, india.
ramya s adiga ayurvedic consultant, w/o dr. shripathi adiga, ‘aryavartha’ hegde temple, handady, brahmavara-576213, udupi, karnataka, india.
ayurveda, manoeuvres mankind to head a healthy life in order to pursue four-fold bliss. with a view to combat physical and mental annoyances, classics have explicated two-fold therapeutic modalities; langhana/depletion and brihmana/nourishing. upavasa /fasting is one among ten depletion therapies explained. it is envisioned at all three levels of ayurvedic therapies- rational/objectively planne...