Happy Monsoon with Ayurveda
Monsoon is a season of romance. The cool breeze and damp smell of the earth after a long roasting summer turns the mind ecstatic. Jumping in the puddles, dancing in the rain, going for a long drive etc add to the pleasure. However, it continues to remains so until an individual holds good health as rainy season brings plethora of diseases alongwith. It has been observed that there is an increased occurrence of air and water borne diseases in rainy season. Ayurveda lays emphasis on prevention of diseases rather than to cure them. Based on the analytical reasoning, Ayurveda recommends different regimens of diet and lifestyle for different seasons to ward off the imbalances in the body and thereby helps in boosting immunity and maintaining good health. This concept of following a specific diet and lifestyle modification in a specific season to prevent various diseases is described as Ritucharya . Ritucharya is derived from two words – 1. Ritu (Season) and 2. Charya (Regi