Rainy Season and Life Style (Varsha Ritu Charya)

Normally in India Rainy season comes in between the months of June to September. The first two months or less are considered to be Prabrut Kala (Pre monsoon). The second two months or more are considered to be Brut or Rainy season. 

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As usual the human-being has to respond positively to the change of seasons with his/ her own life style. The rainy season comes after a long hot and hectic summer season that left everything dry and dust. Simultaneously there is a downfall in the Agni (appetite and digestion power). The sudden onset of rain and the seasonal effect create a toxic atmosphere inside and outside the body. Ultimately that brings in diseases like flue, diarrhoea, fever, throat infection, respiratory infection, joint disease etc.

Ayurveda suggests guided food habit and life style during rainy season. This is called Varsha ritu Charya.

1. As a preventive major for Vata dosha Asthapan Basti may be programmed by an Ayurvedic doctor.

2. The advisable food style is as follows:-

- Old rice

- Mutton soup added with ghee/ oil and ginger powder.

- Green gram soup.

- Old honey.

- Old wine prepared from grapes.

- Food cooked with herbal decoction of Sauvarchal Lavana, Pippali, Pippali Moola, Chavya, Chitrak,   Sunthi.

- On a heavy rainy day dry food with salt and sour taste and added with ghee/ oil is advised.

- Light food is a mandatory.

3. Living inside dry room, avoiding heavy rain is advised.

4. Please avoid river water, day sleep, heavy exercise and intake of Sattu          (powder of peas) with water.

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The Benefit of eating Garlic

Lashuna : Garlic : Allium Sativum

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Lashuna in Sanskrit is called garlic in English. Botanista say that is Allium sativum. 

According to Ayurveda this is Tikshna i.e.

very hot and sharp. Its Rasa (taste) and Vipaka (the final taste after the digestion is over) is Katu (Pungent). It is rather a sara (laxative) than a constipative. Due to its tikshna, katu and sara properties, this is very good for heart. This is snigdha (oily) and good for the health of the hair. This is a very good appetizer and digestive. As a very good quality aphrodisiac it has its own identity. It helps in fractured bone calcification. It provides youth full spirit and strength. 

This noble drug is highly praised by all the ancient scientists of Ayurveda, Even Maharshi Kashyap has written a special chapter only on Lashuna.

This is indicated in the management of skin disease, piles treatment, abdominal disorder, urino-genital disorder, worm, joint and neuro diseases, hiccough, running nose, asthma, cough etc.

It is a very good general Geriatric tonic or Rasayana.

Discussion:

Due to its tikshna, ushma, sara quality and Katu rasa n Vipaka, this is the first drug of choice of the cardiologists. It manages the dyslipidemia or hyperlipidemia. That is why this is Hridya or good for heart.

This is deepaniya (appetizer), Pachaniya (digestive), but guru (heavy) and snigdh (oily). Deepana, Pachana and Tikshna guna (quality) no where stops the process of metabolism and attains the ultimate final stage of metabolism (dhatu Poshana). The out put of Sukra Dhatu is facilitated by the presence of Snigdha and guru guna, because sukra is snigdha. That is why Lashuna is Vrishya (Aphrodisiac). 

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Migraine Pain Headache and its ayurvedic Treatment

Migraine Pain Headache and its Ayurvedic Treatment

There is nobody in the world who did never have come across a bad headache. Head due to stress, strain, infection, sinusitis and migraine headaches pain are common. Migraine is profusely found problem among the developed group of people.

Migraine is mostly characterized by a bad headache that gets worse with time and lasts for two to three days without any remission. Associated symptoms like flash of light, sense of vomiting, vomiting followed by remission are also observed.

Fasting, late night bed, empty stomach, exposure to sun heat, anger, stress are some of t he trigger factors.

As I have mentioned earlier this is a head ache associated with acid peptic disease, we should go for both the treatment to get control over migraine. There are very good medicines for migraine described in Ayurveda classics. People around the world take benefits of Ayurveda treatment for Migraine, sinusitis and other head aches.

Also Ayurveda treatments like Vamana, Virechana, Nasya, Siro basti, Siro dhara are very much helpful for the treatment of migraine.

Dr A P Nayak

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