Built from passages of the source by the curated extraction. Pending human review.
Names and synonyms
- Sanskrit
- ऋतुचर्याऋतुसात्म्य
- Hindi
- ऋतुचर्यामौसम के अनुसार दिनचर्या
- English
- Seasonal regimenseasonal routineseasonal regimenritucharya
- Romanized
- ritucharya
What the text says
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Diet1
After learning the diet suited to each of the six seasons, one should give a person, according to the time and the state of his hunger, food and drink that are wholesome for the body and agreeable to his nature; this is said always to protect the body.
Regimen3
For the person of medium body, emesis is to be given in spring, enema therapy in the rainy season and purgation in autumn.
A footnote explains that by the nature of the season kapha is aggravated in spring, vāta in the rains and pitta in autumn, and that emesis, enema and purgation are given in turn to overcome them.
Having learned the divisions of time, the physician should arrange food, drink, conduct and medicine suited to each period for living beings.
All references
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