Try out juices of grapes, watermelon, banana,
jack fruit, lemon and pineapple during summer. Consumption of
fruits and juices reduces body heat and benefits in controlling
body temperature.
SUMMER is one of the six seasons of the year.
Every two months will make a season or Ritu. Summer is in between
the 16th May to 15th July. The strength of the body will be
lost during this period. People feel tired and exhausted during
the season due to extensive heat rays of the sun, the watery
portion (or Kapha) of the body of people, animals, plants, foods
and the entire environment will become dry and the vata will
become more in the body and the atmosphere. The skin will become
dry and may precipitate skin diseases as eczema..
What to Drink and Eat: One must drink the juices
of grapes, watermelon, banana, jack fruit, lemon and pineapple.
This is to say foods and juices of sweet and cold and easily
digestible must be consumed. The preparations of sugar, barely/green
gram, sharbats, buttermilk with sugar candy are to be used daily
to cool the body. One must take the food of white rice with
meat soup of meat of animals reared in cold areas.
The juices of dry grapes, cucumber, kharjura
with Dalchini, Cardamom must be drunk along with pure cold water
kept in a pot or a freezer or these must be kept at night in
moon light and used along with buffalo's milk. Water with parijatha
flowers and usheera can also be used for drinking.
- One must not take foods of pungent, sour, dry
and salty foods. Foods of rice with milk, sugar candy, butter
milk, lassie are good for good health. Ghee can be used.
- Coffee and tea are not all good as they stimulate
the central nervous system. Taking them on empty stomach is
harmful as they mix with acid and circulated all over the body
producing several diseases.
- Alcohol is a hot drink and must not be used
druing this season, either avoid it or drink it with plenty
of water.
REGIMEN
One must spend time in a place surrounded by
water and green trees, or mountains, with the family and children.
Must sleep during day. Swimming is also advisable in a pond,
lake or river. Stay exposed to moon's rays at night. Should
wear light cotton clothes. Must have minimum coitus during this
period.
Wear Pearls and flower garlands. Body must be
anointed with sandal and usheera paste which cools the body.
Cold-water bath is good for the body. Exercise must be limited.
Avoid exposure to sun's rays especially during peak hot time.
Man is a microcosm of the universe that is macrocosm.
Man is made up of Panchamahabutas in mini form and the universe
is made up of Panchamahabutas in mega form.
Any changes in the environment of nature will
have deleterious effects on the health of people. So one must
adjust and adopt measures suitable for the particular season
for maintaining good health.
In this season satvic type of foods is
advocated to promote and to preserve good health.
