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Ritucharrya is the 3rd Chapter of Ashtang Hrudyam
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The word Ritucharrya is made of two words-ritu means season’s charya means do’s and don’ts (regimen). This important chapter discusses in detail regarding different seasons and the regimen to be followed.
Uttarayan
- This is the main event occurring mid January to mid July now shishir, vasanta and girishma.
- Uttarayan is ascent of the sun towards north. The sun is becoming powerful day by day and it takes away strength of human being.
- Now the Rutu is Vasant.
Vasant
- Vasant Rutu is considered from mid march to mid may.
- It is season of flowering and origin of new leaves.
- Ayurveda divides the day to day regime in two parts diet (Ahar) and behavior (vihar). Ahar
- Kapha which is undergone in shishir (cold season) becomes liquefied by the heat of the sun in vasanta (spring). It diminishes the digestive fire (Agni).
- So food should also be selected to mitigate kapha I.e.
easily digestable, low calaroie and dry (fat free) are preferred. • Low calorie -pulses = mugda yusha Jayashree P. Ritucharrya is the 3rd Chapter of Ashtang Hrudyam. J Nat Ayurvedic Med 2018, 2(3): 000128.
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- With honey- soups of vegetables with sour taste.
- Herbal tea with Tulsi, Neem with honey. Vihar Physical regular exercises
- Stay at cool places.
- Use chadan.
- Dress light coloured
- Oil massage/dry massage.
- What to eat
- What not to eat
- Jawar bhakri
- Fatty oily food
- Honey
- Mitthai made up of milk
- Veg. soup with ginger
- Heavy food
- Mangoes
- Non veg
- Fresh ginger tea
- Milk shakes
- Horse radish- mula
- Shrikand basundi like sweets made up of a milk
- Fish can be eaten
- No alcohol
Table 1: Regular Diet control.
Ayurvedic treatment
- Vaman is advised to control the kapha quickly.
- Nasya ( nasal medication)
- Other oral Ayurvedic medicines to cover kapha vitiation.
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