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will be different and so the medications
In Ayurveda each season is described as
per Indian calendar and each season has 2
months too.
What should be eaten, what should not,
what to do and not to do, the regiments to
be followed etc. are clearly mentioned in
Rithucharya.
For eg: In Greeshma Ritu [Summer] one
should take day sleep but during Hemantha
Ritu [Winter] it is contraindicated. Also for
Varsha Ritu [Rainy season] one should take
vatahara food and medicated gruels and in
Hemantha Ritu [Winter] one should take
heavy food to resist the winter etc.
It is also mentioned to purify the internal
system during ‘Ritusandhis’ that is the time
where one season is going to finish and the
other one is starting. In order to purify the
metabolic wastes from the body Panchakarma
therapies like Vamana [Emesis], Virechana
[Purgation], Vasthi [Medicated enema],
Nasyam [Nasal medication], Raktha
Mokshanam [Blood letting] are mentioned
and there is a rule to do the Panchakarma
as per the accumulated toxins in the body
respectively of each seasons. So the food
and activities mentioned for each season is
different and the diseases for each seasons
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too. So if you follow these regiments
there wont be any life style diseases.
THREE PILLARS OF LIFE
The key to health depends not only in
the application of drugs but also on
the prime factors of life and vitality.
The three most important factors
according to Ayurveda are:
1. Aahaaram [Food]
Food sustains the life of all living
things so one should maintain a
proper rule for taking food. viz when
proper hunger arises, when previously
taken food is completely digested etc.
Quantity of food should be half the
capacity of stomach with ¼ of space
needs to be filled with water and
other ¼ should be spared to facilitate
smooth movement of air. So one is not
supposed to eat full stomach and if so
leads to various diseases.
One should take fresh and clean food
and to be consumed in a clean place with
comfortable environment, without talking,
laughing, with a peaceful mind and proper
concentration. Character, Intelligence,
Diseases etc. depends on the quality and
quantity of food we eat.
2. Nidra [Sleep]
As our body needs food to sustain and to
perform actively; mind needs proper sleep
or rest to perform well. Obesity, weakness,
impotence, loss of sensory activity, death etc.
are some results of improper sleep.
Ayurveda strictly warns about the day time
sleep as it impairs the digestion; but during
summer season, day time sleep is indicated.
Most people sleep without resolving their ten-
sions. This is termed nidra. Nidra means sleep, no
matter what or why, but yoga nidra means sleep
after throwing off the burdens. It is of a blissful,
higher quality altogether.
3. Abrahmacharyam [Proper martial life]
The depth and quantity of our intimate
relationships with family and friends is an
important part of our well being that is often
overlooked by the society. A balanced,loving
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