S No. |
Name of Ritu
(Season)
|
Month
|
Recommended
|
Restricted
|
Diet
|
Regimen
|
Diet
|
Regimen
|
1.
|
Shishir
|
Maagh and Phalgun (About Mid January to Mid March)
|
Unctuous, Sweet, sour taste diet. Meat of animals of damp region
Wine, honey, Milk, milk products, sugarcane products, New Cereals,
edible oils ,hot water.
|
Massage Sudation
|
Much Spicy, Bitter, Astringent taste diet Light and cold food
|
Much travelling
|
2.
|
Vasant
|
Chaitra and Baishakh (About Mid March-Mid May)
|
Barley, old wheat, honey, roasted meat, Beverages
such as asava (fermented infusion), sidhu (fermented sugarcane juice),
|
Emesis (Vaman) Physical exercise. Dry massage. Medicated
smoke inhalation Keeping medicated liquid in mouth APPLY camphor
or sandalwood Intercourse.
|
Heavy, sour, sweet, unctuous food
|
Sleeping in day time.
|
3.
|
Grishma
|
Jyasth and Aasadha (About Mid-May to Mid July)
|
Sweet, cold, unctuous, light, liquid food Beverages with sugar.
Meat of birds, quadrupeds, cold water milk
|
Sleep in day time at a cool place Apply sandalwood paste on body.
|
sour , salty and spicy food
|
Exercise, intercourse
|
4. |
Varsha |
Shraavan and Bhadrapad (Mid July to Mid September) |
Food and drinks should be taken with honey Sour, salty, fatty food
Old cereals Like barley, wheat, rice Meat of Arid animals
Vegetable soup For drinking use boiled cool water |
Rub the body Take bath Wear aromatic garlands Wear light and
clean apparels Live in a place devoid of humidity |
Groat diluted in excess Water of rivers |
Sleeping in day Excessive exercises Moving in Sun Sexual
intercourse |
5. |
Sharad |
Ashvin and Kaartik (About Mid September to Mid November) |
Sweet, light, cold and bitter food and drinks Meat of Common
quail, antelope, sheep, rabbit etc Cereals like wheat, rice, barley
Ghee medicated with bitter herbs Water exposed to the sunlight for
whole day and to the moonlight in night in this season is called as
'HANSODAK' and this water should for drinking, Bathing and swimming
|
Purgation Blood letting Clean cloths for wearing Garlands made
of seasonal flowers Staying in moonlight in evening |
Oil meat of aquatic and marshy animals alkaline salt preparations
curd
|
Sun bath Sleeping during day time Exposure to easterly wind and
frost |
6. |
Hemant |
Margshirsh and Pausha (Mid November - Mid January) |
Unctuous, sour and salty taste food Meat of borrow dwelling animals
and aquatic animals and animals who eat food by snatching Wine with
honey Milk and milk products Sugarcane and its products Oil
New rice Hot water
|
Massage Apply hair oil Fomentation Live in basement or inner
heated house The vehicles, seat and bed should be properly covered by
silk cloth or blanket etc Wear heavy and warm cloths May indulge
in sexual intercourse |
Light food and drinks Intake of gruel starvation |
Exposure to cold wave |