The change of weather outside can significantly influence on your health! Yes, seasonal (Spring Season) changes affect the body and causes certain disease.
So if you want to stay healthy and improve your immunity then synch yourself to adopt changes mentioned in Ayurveda. Let’s see the Ayurveda ways to make changes for Spring season.
Adopt 3 Seasonal Changes to Stay Healthy this Spring Season
Spring in India is from Mid-March to mid-May
This season is considered a period of flowering and the beginning of new leaves. Cold winds from the mountain and Heat from the sun cause kapha dosha to increase in the body. Hence Strength of the person remains at medium degree and digestion remains mild so should use easily digestible foods
1. Changes in Diet
As our digestion in spring remains mild, so taking less fat and easily digestible food makes you healthier. These are the minor changes we need to make in our diet to stay healthy & reduce Kapha
- Among cereals Wheat, jowar, millet, rice or Shali rice, should be consumed. All grains should be at least one-year-old.
- Pulses like lentils and green gram are to be taken.
- Vegetables like fenugreek leaves, bitter gourd, radish, brinjal, Amaranthus and onion leaves; spices like dry ginger, black pepper, garlic, coriander, cumin, turmeric, etc
- Those who drink can have Red wine/Draksharishta in this season or Alcohol made out of honey.
- Roasted or Barbequed meat is healthy in this season (Ayurveda never said not to eat meat)
- Dishes like wheat baati are good for increased kapha dosha
- Ginger boiled water or water boiled with chandana
- The foods that are hard to digest are to be avoided, Like new grains, curd, cold drinks, and so on.
2. Lifestyle Changes in Spring Season
Weather changes from cold winter to warmer temperature thus kapha in the body get liquefied. So regular exercise in this spring season can bring lot of benefits
- Change from hot water to warm water for bathing purpose
- One must do exercises regularly
- Take massages like Udavartana/ Utsadana (Powder massages).
- Avoid sleeping in the daytime during this season
3. Herbs and therapy to Improve Health
Common seasonal diseases in the spring like pollen allergy and dust allergy cause Respiratory disorders, colds & coughs.
Also other digestive diseases such as Indigestion, Agnimandya (Dyspepsia).
So One can easily use Ayurveda herbs and therapies to overcome these problems
REMEDY Herbal preparation Rutu haritaki: Haritaki + Honey can be taken internally
Suggested Panchakarma for the Spring Season
Vamana – Emesis Therapy
This treatment is done under the supervision of doctors as a preventive and rejuvenation therapy. Vamana can be done in Vasantha Ritu. Vamana is the first Panchakarma treatment majorly used in kapha-dominated conditions, such as weight gain, asthma, hyperacidity, allergies, skin disease, hypothyroidism etc
Nasya – Nasal Cleansing
This treatment focuses on cleaning of the head and neck area and good for headaches, hair fall, sleep disorder, neurological disorders, sinusitis, chronic rhinitis and respiratory ailments which are common in spring season
Udvartana
paste massage is a popular ayurvedic massage therapy very commonly seeked by those looking for a natural weight loss. Dry herbal powder is massaged on the body helps to tones up the skin and muscles, improves complexion, alleviates Vata and Kapha doshas thus bringing lightness to the body.
Conclusion
Following the above said guidelines of Ritucharya is the greatest investment to lead your life healthier. Hence adopting the lifestyle changes and diet helps in maintaining health. The main aim is its to “live longer and live healthier” This guideline are potent enough to stop the disease even before it starts