@article{Mannat Marwaha_Sachin Yadav_2020, title={A CLINICAL STUDY ONMRIDVIKA RAAG (CHUTNEY/SAUCE): A PATHYA AHARA KALPANA (WHOLESOME FOOD PREPARATION) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ARUCHI (ANOREXIA)}, volume={8}, url={https://ijapr.in/index.php/ijapr/article/view/1402}, abstractNote={<p>Anorexia is the third most common chronic illness among adolescents and is associated with almost every disease as a first symptom to be reflected. <em>Aruchi </em>(anorexia) is recognized as separate disease and also as symptom of various diseases in Ayurveda. <em>Agnimandya </em>(decreased digestive fire) precedes <em>Aruchi. </em>One needs to correct <em>Agni</em> to treat <em>Aruchi</em>. Intake of <em>Pathya Ahara </em>(wholesome diet) as daily dietary item is must to provide day to day body needs in healthy and diseased both. <em>Raag</em>-<em>Shadav’s</em> are one of the <em>Pathya Ahara</em> (wholesome food) described in <em>Aruchi</em> and <em>Agnimandya</em>. Acharya Charak has mentioned <em>Mridvika Raag</em> as <em>Rochana </em>(interest in food) and <em>Deepana </em>(increases hunger) which is taken as <em>Pathya-Ahara</em> in this study. Total thirty four volunteers were studied (of which 04 were dropouts) and on observation 72.72%, 70.58%, 35.71%, 80.00%, 51.06%, 62.50%, 69.23%, 76.78% and 89.09% improvement was observed in <em>Dantharsha </em>(sensitive tooth)<em>, Karshavakrata </em>(astringent taste of mouth)<em>, Pootivakrata </em>(foul smell)<em>, Katu-Amla-Lavana Vakrata </em>(bitter-sour-salty taste of mouth)<em>, Mukhmadhurya </em>(sweetness of mouth)<em>, Mukhpaichilya </em>(sliminess in mouth)<em>, Anekrasavakrata </em>(presence of different/mixed tastes in mouth)<em>, Aagantuja Aruchi </em>(anorexia due to disease)<em>, Agnimandhya </em>(decreased digestive fire) respectively which was statistically highly significant.</p&gt;}, number={3}, journal={International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharma Research}, author={Mannat Marwaha and Sachin Yadav}, year={2020}, month={Apr.}, pages={12-19} }