FOODS AROUND THE DAY

Siddha System of medicine not only deals with the diseases and medicine but also the day today life of a human being. For example it explains vastly about the types of food items to be consumed in each time of a day, ie., morning, noon and night.

 

 

According to siddha, morning is the time of 'Vatha', in which the Vatha humour among the three humours in the body is more predominant. The noon, it is the time of 'Pitha'. Evening time and early night the 'Kapha' humour predominates. The food items should be selected by considering the changes in the humours around the day.

 

According to 'Padarthaguna chinthamani', a siddha text:

 

Time of a day	Food items can be included in Diet.
Morning	Cereals – Rice, Wheat, Oats, Maize, Millet, Barley, Sorghum etc Pulses – Bengal gram, Pigeon pea dhal, Black gram, Hyacinth bean, Sesame Indian Mustard, Pepper, Dried Ginger, Asafoetida etc
Noon	Tubers, Fruits Vatha Natured Food (Potato, Tapioca etc) Heavy food, Greens, Curd, Buttermilk
Night	Light food items with more water content. Tender Hyacinth bean, Tender Drum stick, pigeon pea dhal, Brinjal, etc

There are three divisions of the day in which no food can be consumed viz, dawn, sunset and mid night.