Summer is coming.. This is the season of so many diseases.. Wat to be done to avoid these diseases.
Summer starts at the march and end in may . According to ayurveda this time period is composed of two rthus, vasantha and grishma. This two reasons varies in north and south of india.
North India
In north india, there will be severe hot during summer season. Heavy dry wind is also blowing.. That wind contains many dust particles also. These will gives rise to many diseases,
South India
In south india there is no heavy summer and no heavy dry wind. So there will not be vatha prakopa like north, so there is pitha vitiation and it will gives rise to pithaja diseases like smallpox etc. Wat to be done to prevent this. First you should do starvation (upavasa) because there is kapha vitiation in the body because of the coldness of the last winter. After upavasa you should do hot relieving things. Drinking cold beverages, eating food having cold potency, any thing which relieves the hot can be taken. Cold here not suggestive of chilled things. Cold means naturally cold things like tender coconut, cucumber , water lemon , etc can be taken as drinks. cucumber, tubers , etc can be taken as the foods. Egg meat etc should be reduced because of its hot potency. Alcohole should not be used in summer. Air condition can be used but cooling should be minimum because the the sudden change of atmospheric temperature may make some imbalance in the body. Same thing should be noted when you are drinking some cold items also. Extreme coldness may not be good for your body.
A good drink to prevent diseases in summer
take the below mentioned herbes
chukku, chandanam, muthanga, irveli,parpadakapullu, ramacham,(all these names are in malayalam) take these herbs in a vessel and poar water in that, kept overnight.. You can drink it frequently this drink is very good for thirst, to prevent diseases due to pitha and make your digestive fire sharp.. This is the famous 'shadanga paneeyam' Try it..
