Anupana - Drink rich in medicinal as well as nutritive property

Anupana ( अनुपान )

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Anupana so there are many questions what is Anupana, is it medicine, procedure, or what. 

Anupana = anu + pana, anu means after or together and pana means to drink, it means a type of drink which is consumed after a portion of food or medicine or together with food or medicine.

Anupana according to Ayurveda has many benefits, some of these are -

• It promotes digestion.
• Helps in breakdown of food particles to ease out the process of digestion
• Helps in softening the food
• Helps in instant diffusion of food 
• Provides refreshment to body
• Gives pleasure to the body
• Gives proper nourishment
• According to different diseases, a different type of Anupana is advised to increase the efficacy of medicine given in that disease.
• Accelerates the absorption of food and medicine.

As medicine depends on a person's body constituent, it's Prakriti and specific diseases. Anupana is also different for different persons, it is advised according to there dosha and their diseases.

It all depends on whether Anupana is advised to healthy well being or to a diseased person.

Some examples of Anupana - 

• For obese people, honey and water combination are best.
• for skinned person Mamsa rasa ( meat soup ) is advised.
• For a person who has physical field hard work milk is said to be the best Anupana for them.
• For Vata predominant disease such as generalized joint pain warm and greasy Anupana is best.
• For Pitta predominant diseases such as heartburn, acidity-sweet, and cool is good.
• For Kapha predominant diseases such as laziness, excessive obese person, a person who sleeps a lot for them warm and dry food substances are best.
• In diseases like diabetes or Prameha Aamla and Haldi is advised to use as an Anupana, in skin disorders Khadira Jala ( medicate drink ) is advised to patients.

Anupana worked as a multidimensional tool as in different diseases have medicinal property as well as nutritive property, also worked in the promotion of digestion, so overall Anupana has a great good impact in our body if we used it accordingly.

So next time whenever you concern with any Ayurvedic doctor asked them to give you a specific Anupana according to your disease which can accelerate your treatment.

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