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| Early winter ([[Hemanta|Hemanta]])

| Early winter ([[Hemanta|Hemanta]])

| Foods predominant of [[Madhura|sweet]], sour & salt<br/>Fatty foods (Unctous) <br/>Milk & milk products <br/>Sugarcane products <br/>Cereals like New rice, wheat & flour preparations <br/>Pulses like blackgram ([[Masha|Masha]]) & Sesame (Tila) <br/>Meat & meat soup of aquatic animals <br/>[[Madira|Madira]] & seedhu (Wine prepared from sugar cane juice) type of alcohol &  Honey   

| Foods predominant of [[Madhura|sweet]], sour & salt<br/>Fatty foods (Unctous) <br/>Milk & milk products <br/>Sugarcane products <br/>Cereals like New rice, wheat & flour preparations <br/>Pulses like blackgram ([[Masha|Masha]]) & Sesame (Tila) <br/>Meat & meat soup of aquatic animals <br/>[[Madira|Madira]] & seedhu (Wine prepared from sugar cane juice) type of alcohol &  Honey   

| Full body oil massage & powder massage  <br/>Head massage <br/>Using room heaters  <br/>Wearing heavy and warm cloths  <br/>Wrapping the body with silken cloth &blankets <br/>Warm water bath <br/>Anointing body with saffron & Aquilaria agallocha(Agaru) paste <br/>Use of medicated smoking  <br/>Physical exercise  <br/>Sun bath <br/>Excessive sexual intercourse   

| Full [[Sharira|body]] oil massage & powder massage  <br/>Head massage <br/>Using room heaters  <br/>Wearing heavy and warm cloths  <br/>Wrapping the body with silken cloth &blankets <br/>Warm water bath <br/>Anointing body with saffron & Aquilaria agallocha(Agaru) paste <br/>Use of medicated smoking  <br/>Physical exercise  <br/>Sun bath <br/>Excessive sexual intercourse   

| Foods which are easily digestible and likely to vitiate vata <br/>Foods which are  cold & dry  in nature  <br/>Avoid underfeeding (Pramitahara) <br/>Intake of gruels <br/>Food which causes indigestion <br/>Cold drinks   

| Foods which are easily digestible and likely to vitiate [[Vata dosha|vata]] <br/>Foods which are  cold & dry  in nature  <br/>Avoid underfeeding (Pramitahara) <br/>Intake of gruels <br/>Food which causes indigestion <br/>Cold drinks   

| Exposing to strong & cold wind(waves) <br/>Day sleep   

| Exposing to strong & cold wind(waves) <br/>Day [[Nidra|sleep]]  

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| Late winter (Shishira)  

| Late winter (Shishira)  

| colspan="4" | Similar in nature of early winter except more dryness in the body and more cold because of cloud, wind and rains prevail. So in this season entire prescription of early winter regimen should be followed. Cereals and pulses, wheat/gram flour products, new rice, corn and others are prescribed. Even Ginger,Garlic, fruits of termianalia chebula, fruits of piper longum, sugarcane products, milk and milk products are advised in the diet. <br/>In this season speciallly spending more time in windless & warm houses, avoiding foods & drinks possessed of pungent, bitter & astringent taste and as well as cold diet and drinks are prohibited and sleep at late night should be avoided.   

| colspan="4" | Similar in nature of early winter except more dryness in the [[Sharira|body]] and more cold because of cloud, wind and rains prevail. So in this season entire prescription of early winter regimen should be followed. Cereals and pulses, wheat/gram flour products, new rice, corn and others are prescribed. Even Ginger, Garlic, fruits of termianalia chebula, fruits of piper longum, sugarcane products, milk and milk products are advised in the diet. <br/>In this season speciallly spending more time in windless & warm houses, avoiding foods & drinks possessed of [[Katu|pungent]], [[Tikta|bitter]] & [[Kashaya|astringent]] taste and as well as cold diet and drinks are prohibited and sleep at late night should be avoided.   

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| Spring (Vasanta)

| Spring (Vasanta)

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[Cha. Sa. Sutra Sthana 6/46 & Su. Sa. Uttara Tantra 64/20]  

[Cha. Sa. Sutra Sthana 6/46 & Su. Sa. Uttara Tantra 64/20]

== Contemporary approach and researches ==

== Contemporary approach and researches ==