Diet and lifestyles to follow in various seasons

 friends hope you have gone through last blog regarding Immunity.

Today I want to discuss on "Rutucharya" - Regimen to follow in different Rutus ( seasons ) of year.

As we all know we fall prey to different kind of diseases in different seasons ; Likewise  in summer season there is increase in cases of kidney stones, in rainy season there is increase in pain of arthritis patients, in winter there is rise in cold and flu patients.

Thus when season changes, there is impact on human bodies. In Ayurveda, the time at which season changes (for example from summer to rainy and rainy to winter) is called as "Rutusandhikal".

 "Rutusandhikal" is also important in consideration of disease developmemt.

Ayurveda  has considered following 6 Rutus in one year and advocated different Regimen for every Rutu ;

Hemant

Shishir

Wasant 

Greeshma

Varsha

 Sharad

For sake of convenience if we consider English calender then every rutu will have two months in it.

1.Hemant :- November,December

2.Shishir :- Janaury,February 

3.Wasant :- March,April

4.Greeshma:- May,June

5.Varsha:- July,August

 6.Sharad:- September,October

We will further merge Two Rutus and will give Regimen to follow in every Season so it can be helpful to avoid seasonal diseases,  thus; 

Hemant & Shihir = Winter season

Wasant & Grishma =Summer season 

Warsha & Sharad = Rainy season.

Also Harada/ Haritaki is medicine which can be used in different seasons with different Anupan.

This is the concept of "Rutu Haritaki"( Haritaki in every season)stated in Ayurveda.

Anupan is substance which is to be taken after drug administration. So we will discuss how we can use Haritaki in every season to prevent diseases. 

So in next blog we will discuss what regimen we should follow and how Haritaki will be helpful for us in upcoming Rainy season.