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===== Sharad ritucharya (Dietetics and Regimen for Autumn) =====

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~~Ahara Vihara~~

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Grahya (suitable) – madhura(sweet), tikta(pungent) and kashya(astringent) dravya, laghu (light for digestion), ruksha(rough) and sheeta(cold) dravya, wheat, rice, barley and mudga (green gram), milk, sugar and sugarcane, tikta sarpi (ghee prepared out of bitter drugs), river water, Hansodaka, JÁngala mÁnsa(meat of arid animals) Grahya (suitable)- virechana(medical purgation), raktamokshana (bloodletting), living under moon light, wearing of flowers, pearls, clean clothes

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Varjya( avoidable) – amla(sour), katu (pungent), tikshana(sharp) and ushna(hot dry) dravya, kshara(alkaline preparations), oils and fat, curd, ginger, anupa (animals of marshy land) and audaka mansa (aquatic animals), liquor Varjya(avoidable) – divasvapna (day sleep), vyayama (physical exercise), eastern wind, living in dew, atapa sevana(exposing body to sun light)

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• Common Diseases due to Non-observance of ritucarya

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! !! Ahara (diet) !! Vihara (regimen)

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! rowspan="1" style="text-align: center;" | Grahya

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| rowspan="1" style="text-align: center;" | madhura, drava, sheeta, laghu and snigdha dravya, mantha with sugar, rice, ghee, milk, shali rice, Jangala Mansa (meat of terrestrial animals)

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| rowspan="1" style="text-align: center;" | divasvapna, living and sleeping in cold place, protection from heat, bathing with cold water, chandana lepa, wearing of light clothes

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! rowspan="1" style="text-align: center;" | Varjya

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| rowspan="1" style="text-align: center;" | lavana, amla, katu and ushna dravya, curd, liquor

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| rowspan="1" style="text-align: center;" | vyayama, atapa sevana, intercourse

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*Common Diseases due to Non-observance of ritucarya

Many diseases described in Ayurveda have their own peculiar causes to develop in particular season, like jwara, tamaka shvasa, pratishyaya, amlapitta, siraíshula, sandhi-shula, atisara, sheetapitta, kushtha etc.

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~~1. Jwara (fever)~~

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#Jwara (fever) is of two types, viz., prakrita (natural) and vaikrita (unnatural) based on prognosis. On the basis of prakriti (nature) of time the fever is termed as prakrita (natural). Kaphaja jwara occurs in vasanta and pittaja in sharada (autumn), are known as prakrita (normal) and are easily curable, while vatika jwara in prakrita season (pravrita) is not easily curable. Fever occurs in seasons other than that responsible for vitiation of the concerned dosha is known as “Vaikritua” (unnatural) which is troublesome.12

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Jwara (fever) is of two types, viz., prakrita (natural) and vaikrita (unnatural) based on prognosis. On the basis of prakriti (nature) of time the fever is termed as prakrita (natural). Kaphaja jwara occurs in vasanta and pittaja in sharada (autumn), are known as prakrita (normal) and are easily curable, while vatika jwara in prakrita season (pravrita) is not easily curable. Fever occurs in seasons other than that responsible for vitiation of the concerned dosha is known as “Vaikritua” (unnatural) which is troublesome.12

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#Tamaka shvasa (bronchial asthma) is aggravated by cloudy, cold, rainy weather and easterly wind and kapha increasing factors. On the other hand warmth relieves the symptoms.

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2. Tamaka shvasa (bronchial asthma)

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#Pratishyaya (rhinitis): Seasonal irregularity is one of the causative factors of pratishyaya.16 Thus pratishyaya can occur in any season if we do not follow seasonal regimen and especially in exposure to too much of cold.

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~~Tamaka shvasa~~ is aggravated by cloudy, cold, rainy weather and easterly wind and kapha increasing factors. On the other hand warmth relieves the symptoms.

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#Amlapitta (acid peptic disorder) is prevalent in rainy season because natural accumulation of pitta in rainy season. Indulgence in foods which are incompatible, spoiled, very sour, causing burning sensation in epigastrium cause increase of pitta to produce amlapitta, in persons in whom pitta has already increased.17

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3. Pratishyaya (rhinitis)

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#Shirashula (headache) is a common feature of all types of shiroroga and is of three types:

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Seasonal irregularity is one of the causative factors of pratishyaya.16

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Thus pratishyaya can occur in any season if we do not follow seasonal regimen and especially in exposure to too much of cold.

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4. Amlapitta (acid peptic ~~disorders~~)

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~~Amlapitta~~ is prevalent in rainy season because natural accumulation of pitta in rainy season. Indulgence in foods which are incompatible, spoiled, very sour, causing burning sensation in epigastrium cause increase of pitta to produce amlapitta, in persons in whom pitta has already increased.17

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5. Shirashula (headache)

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~~Headache~~ is a common feature of all types of shiroroga and is of three types:

Vatika shiroroga:

Aggravating factors: Cold season; Rainy season and cloudy days

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