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Milk and jackfruit

Charaka lists jackfruit (panasa) among the fruits not to take with milk, in a list that ends with 'everything sour'.

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What the texts say

तथाऽऽम्राम्रातकमातुलुङ्गनिकुचकरमर्दमोचदन्तशठबदरकोशाम्रभव्यजाम्बवकपित्थतिन्तिडीक- पारावताक्षोडपनसनालिकेरदाडिमामलकान्येवम्प्रकाराणि चान्यानि द्रव्याणि सर्वं चाम्लं द्रवमद्रवं च पयसा सह विरुद्धम्
tathā''mrāmrātakamātuluṅganikucakaramardamocadantaśaṭhabadarakośāmrabhavyajāmbavakapitthatintiḍīka- pārāvatākṣoḍapanasanālikeradāḍimāmalakānyevamprakārāṇi cānyāni dravyāṇi sarvaṃ cāmlaṃ dravamadravaṃ ca payasā saha viruddham
Likewise amra, amrataka, matulunga, nikucha, karamarda, moca, dantashatha, badara, koshamra, bhavya, jambava, kapittha, tintidika, paravata, akshoda, panasa (jackfruit), narikela, dadima and amalaka, other things of this kind, and everything sour, liquid or solid, are incompatible with milk.[1]

Panasa, jackfruit, comes late in Charaka's run of nineteen fruits, between akshoda and coconut. The run closes with 'everything sour, liquid or solid', and all of it sits in his passage on viruddha ahara, incompatible food.[1]

The modern view

We have not found a modern study that tests jackfruit eaten with milk. The rule comes from the classical text alone.

From the classical texts

Questions people ask

Can I drink milk some time after eating jackfruit?

Charaka's words are payasa saha, 'with milk', so his rule is about taking the two together.[1]

Related

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Milk and sour fruits

Charaka's own example of a bad food combination is sour food with milk. Sushruta and Vagbhata make the same rule.

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Milk and coconut

Charaka lists coconut (narikela) among the fruits not to take with milk, just before pomegranate and amla.

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Milk and mango

Charaka and Sushruta both list mango (amra) among foods not to take with milk. Charaka's list of fruits opens with it.

Sources

  1. Charaka Samhita, Sutra Sthana 26.84 (Atreyabhadrakapyiya Adhyaya).

Updated 4 November 2026

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