FACTORS TO AVOID DURING PREGNANCY:-

FACTORS TO AVOID DURING PREGNANCY:-

Ayurveda has been stated certain factors to avoid during pregnancy, which can cause harm to the pregnant woman and fetus.

Some of these are as follows:-

1)Travel on irregular roads, travel in speeding vehicles

2)Wearing of red clothes

3)Sitting on hard and irregular surface

4)Intercourse, smoking, narcotic drugs, wine ,sedatives.

5)Sleeping in supine position

6)Taking fish in large quantity,

7)Food which is Guru( heavy to digest), Tikshna(irritative in stomach) , Ushna ( hot) 

9)Holding of natural urges

10)Excessive exercise

11)Predominant use of one taste in large quantity has following effect on child after birth.

-Sweet – Baby will be fat and may develop diabetes.

-Sour – Skin diseases, diseases of eyes and allergies.

-Salty – Hair become white early, graying hairs,wrinkles on the skin.

-Pungent – Weak and may cause infertility.

-Bitter - weak and dry.