How to be healthy in rainy season (Versha Ritucharya)

 Dietetics and Regimen for Rainy Season  (Versha Ritu)

By Dr Kavita Vyas

Because in summer digestive fire is weak in human being, so when rainy season comes that weak digestive fire with the help of vitiated vata dosha and other dosha becomes more weak In this season heat will come out from the earth as the rain will fall from the sky. So in Rainy season –

- One should avoid day sleeping.
- One should also avoid exercise and seating in sun light.
- One should also avoid to get wet in rainy water or to take bath in river.

Food for rainy season

- One should mix honey in all food items.
- One should take salty & sour food. Also more butter.
- One should intake old barley, rice and wheat. Also the soup of green gram. The green gram (mung dal) prepared with ginger, black pepper and long pepper powder is digestive. Taking mango and corn is good for health in this season.
- It is said that one can avoid drinking milk and butter milk, as cows eat fresh grass in this season so milk quality is not good. In this season One can have Haritaki churnam(Terminalia chebula) 5 gm with little rock salt(Saindhava lavan), it has rejuvenation effect.
- One should take the leukwarm water.
- Scrubbing the body, taking bath, applying the sandalwood paste will be better.
- One should wear dry and clean cloths. One should avoid staying in a damp place.

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Food to eat in rainy season

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