Important Ayurvedic Aspects as per Indian Calendar System

Six seasons as per Indian system:

1.Shishir – Magh and Phalgun         2.Basant – Chaitra and Vaishakh

3.Grisham – Jyeshtha and Ashadh   4.Varsha – Shravan and Bhadrpad

5.Sharad – Ashwin and Kartik          6.Hemant – Margshirsh and Paush

Assimilation, Aggravation and Neutralization of various humors in the six seasons: 

Dakshinayan and Uttrayan

Dakshinayan : Varsha, Sharad ad Hemant.

Uttarayan :       Shishir, Basant and Greesham.

In the three seasons of Uttrayan Sun gets powerful while in the three seasons of Dakshinayan, moon attains power. In Uttrayan power of the jeevas get increased and so do Bitter, Astringent, Tart ras (रस) develops; while during dakshinaya Sour, Salty and Sweet ras (रस) get increased in the creation.

Humor        Season of Aggravation

Vaayu          Varsha, Hemant and Shishir.

Pitt               Sharad and Greesham

Kaph            Basant

Day-Night Divisions                            Humor Affect

1^st Prahar of Day – (Basant)           Kaph Aggravated and Pitt stabilized

2^nd Prahar of Day - (Greesham)     Vaat Assimilated

3^rd Prahar of Day – (Pravrit)           Vaayu aggravation and stabilized

4^th Prahar of Day – (Varsha)            Pitt Assimilation

5^th Prahar of Day – (Sharad)            Pitt aggravation and Vaat stabilized

6^th Prahar of Day – (Hemant)          Kaph Assimilated

                     VAAT                    PITT                      KAPH

1

Assimiltion  Grisham                 Varsha                    Hemant

2^nd Prahar of day    4^th Prahar of day     Previous night

                     Vaish. & Jyes.        Bhdon & Kwar       Paush & Magh

                     (Maesh & Vrish)     (Singh * Kanya)     (Dhanu & Makar)

2

Aggravation Pravat                     Sharad                    Basant

                     3^rd Prahar of day     Mid night               1^st Prahar of day

                     Asha & Shravan     Kartik & Aghan     Phalgun & Chaitra

                     (Mithun & Kark)     (Tula & Vrishchk)  (Kumbh & Meen)

3

Balance        Sharad                    Basant                    Pravrit

                     Mid Night              1^st Prahar of Day    3^rd Prahar of day

                     Kartik Aghan         Phalgun & Chaitra  Ashad & Shravan

                     (Tula & Vrishchk)  (Kumbh & Meen)   (Mithun & Kark)       

                         Reference from Chikitsa Chandrodaya, Babu Haridas Vaidya, Publisher: Haridas & Co Pvt. Ltd.

Three Humors in Human Body - Part 3 (Kaph)

Its white, heavy, smooth, cool, base desires (tamoguni/ तमोगुणी), sweet and is of five types, namely, Kledan¹, Avlamban², Rasan³, Snehan⁴ and Shleshman⁵.

Location: Stomach (Kledan¹), Heart (Avlamban²), Throat (Rasan³), Head (Snehan⁴) and all the joints (Shleshman⁵).

Functions of Kaph

Kledan Kaph: moistens the food and thus binds the food together. It goes to heart etc. and takes different ras, satiates all the senses (indriyas) and help keep the joints bound together.

Avlamban Kaph: Maintains the joint where head meets both the arms, it props up heart with the seminal secretion.

Rasan Kaph: Rasna and Rasan kaph are endowed with gentle qualities. Both stay close by. Both Rasan (tongue) and Rasna Kaph residing in the throat know each other.

Snehan Kaph: Providing smoothness, it satiates all the senses.

Shleshman Kaph: It binds well all the joints in the body.

Symptoms of Kaph Imbalance:

Heaviness in the stomach felt without eating anything, excessive sleep, whole body seem heavy, lethargy felt, sweet taste in the mouth all the time, formation of too much saliva in the mouth, kaph generated again and again, frequent belching, increased bulk of stools, throat feels to be covered with kaph, body becomes white, urine and eyes white in colour, one feels little cold.

Symptoms of decrease in Kaph:

Dryness, burning sensation inside, joints feel loose, feeling thirsty, body feels depleted, one cannot sleep.

Symptoms of increased Kaph:

Urine, Stools, whole body, eyes become whitish, feeling of cold, heaviness, sleep etc.

Time: it gets aggravated immediately after taking of food during winters (cold food), especially in Spring season (बसन्त), first part of the day and first part of the night. During childhood period, it’s generally aggravated.

Causes:

Sleeping during the day, keeping sitting all the time at home without doing any work, lethargy, more intake of sweet, salty and sour foods, more intake of heavy, smooth, cold things; rice, Black gram, wheat, sesame seeds, curd, milk, khichari, Sugarcane products, flesh of water animals, stalk of lotus, guava etc sweet fruits, kakadi etc, eating afresh without digesting the previous food taken.

Keeping awake at night, sleep more during the day, drinking cold water, living in a cold country, milk drinking, eating sesame seeds, sugar cane. At the end of the day and before the start of the day, at the end of the night and before the digestion of eaten food, kaph is aggravated.

How to sooth its aggravation:

Astringent, Spicy, hot and dry food be taken. Perspiration, exercise, vomiting, hard work help control it. Vomiting is the best alternative. It is said that hot milk, remaining with women, black eye-liner (अंजन), riding horse or elephant, massaging oil on body, to drink honey mixed with water, drink warm water, to stay in warm house, take trifla (त्रिफला), Chickpeas (chana/ चना), moong/मूंग, garlic, brinjal, Azadirachta indica (neem नीम), onion etc. reduce kaph.   

                                                                   Reference: Chikitsa Chandrodaya, Babu Haridas Vaidya, Haridas & Co. Pvt. Ltd.  

Three Humors in Human body- Part 2 (Pitt)

Pitt is a kind of thin liquid which is heating in nature. It is blue in colour if mixed with Aam and yellow in colour if not mixed with it. It is light, acrid and smooth in nature. In taste, it is sour. It is of five kinds as follows: Pachak¹, Ranjak², Sadhak³, Alochak⁴ and Bhrajak⁵.

It resides in Pancreas, Liver, Spleen, Heart, both eyes, whole body and skin. In Pancreas, it resides as Pachak¹ pitt, in liver and spleen it resides as Ranjak² Pitt, in the heart it resides as Sadhak³ pitt, in both the eyes as Alochak⁴ Pitt and in whole body and skin as Bhrajak⁵ pitt.

Pachak¹Pitt: Staying in Amashaya (Stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas) and Pakvashaya (Duodenum). It digests food, increases the fire, separates sap, urine and stool etc. It also helps strengthen skin, eyes and yakrit (liver). It is also called jatharagni or digestive fire. In big bodied, it is of the size of barley, in small bodied it is size of a sesame seed while in moths etc it is of the size of hair only.

Ranjak² Pitt: It generates blood.

Sadhak³ Pitt: it generates intellect, memory.

Alochak⁴ Pitt: it generates form and because of it only anyone can see.

Bhrajak⁵ Pitt: It generates glow in the body. It dries up oil or other such things massaged on to the skin.

Symptoms of reduced pitt: reduction in digestive fire, body’s heat reduces and glow of the body gets reduced.

Symptoms of increased pitt: body becomes pale, one desires cold things, sleep reduces, body power reduces, senses become depleted, urine becomes pale, eyes become pale and one may experience fainting.

Symptoms of Pitt Excess: whole body felt on fire, it feels like smoke is coming out, sour belching, excessive heat felt, too much perspiration, body smells, red boils appear on the body, taste of the mouth becomes bitter (कडवा). Darkness appears in front of eyes. Skin becomes greenish or like the colour of turmeric. Stools becomes liquid, excessive thirst experienced.

Causes: Anger, fear, grief, distress, excessive work, fasting, indulgence in sexual activity, sour and salty foods, Sesame seeds, oils, Sarson (Mustard), Alsi (flax), Goh (a kind of lizard), fish, flesh of goat and sheep, sour curd, kanji, all kinds of liquors, sour fruits, black mustard (राई), horse gram (कुलथी), reddish, to indulge in sexual activity during hot season and anger, to indulge in drinking while feel heat in the body etc.

Time: Summer season, Autumn (Sharat Ritu), middle of the night and while food is digesting in the body and during youth.

Remedies: start Virechan (make quick stool passages), Indian Gooseberry (Amla), dry grapes (Munakka), Banana, Cucumber (Kakadi), Cucumber (Kheera), Bitter gourd (Karela), Old rice, Wheat, Pommegranate (Anaar), Misri (a kind of prepared sugar), Milk, Sugar, Ghee, Pigeon peas (Arhar), Butter, Trifla, Chandan, bed of banana leaf or lotus leaf, smear white chandan, on body, slow breeze, Asparagus (Shatavari) etc.

Trust above is clear.

                                                                        Reference: Chikitsa Chandrodaya, Babu Haridas Vaidya, Haridas & Co. Pvt. Ltd.        

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Three Humors in Human Body - Part 1 (Vaat)

 

Out of the three humors, Vaat is the main cause of diseases in our body.  it takes the attributes the element with which it joins. if it comes with Sun, then it generates heat, if it comes with Moon then it generates coolness in our body. when it joins with Pitt, it works as Pitt but when joins with Kaph it behaves like Kaph. 

It helps various different secretions, food, blood etc. to move to respective places inside and stool and urine etc. to move outside the body. All doshas are considered lame without element of air, as they cannot move without it. 

Places of Vaat: Throat, Heart, Digestive fire, Rectum and whole body. These are five in number, namely, Pran¹, Apaan², Samaan³, Vayaan⁴, and Udaan⁵.

Pranvayu¹ (Vayu means Air): it carries the pranic energy, moves in the space of mouth and responsible for eating and drinking. If it gets imbalanced then it causes hiccups and other diseases concerning breathing.  

Apaan-vayu²: it remains in the digestive system. It helps in the movement of purging gases from the body, semen, deliver of babies, throwing urine and stools out of the body. Diseases like diabetes etc along with those of Vyaan vayu occur due to it.

Samaan-vayu³: moves in stomach, lever and joins with digestive fire to digest food ingested. It separates urine and stools from the food. If imbalanced, causes decrease in digestion, excessive stool movement (if more and flows downwards), constipation (if less and flows upwards), excess of gas formation in our body.

Vayaan-vayu⁴: Helps in the follow of secretions of various glands inside the body, movement of the blood and sweat. It affects opening and closing of the eyes, walking and moving up and down.

Udaan-vayu⁵: it moves in the area of throat and controls our speech function. Without it we cannot talk or sing its imbalance causes diseases of the throat.

Symptoms of its imbalance (when decreased): Lethargy, depression, sadness, introversion, decrease in memory power.   

Symptoms of its imbalance (when increased): Hard skin, thin body, desire for heat and warmth, less energy, feel like sleeping, hard stools, decrease in amounts of stool.

Time of Imbalance: After 2pm during the day and 2am during the night. After digestion of food in the body. During old age also it gets increased. During rainy season, Hemant (middle of October to middle of December), Shishir (mid-January to mid-March).

To balance Vaat: Consume Sendha salt, cow’s milk, Moong daal, wheat, Misri, Munakka, warm water, apply oil on the head, have body massage, sleep where flow of air is less, work hard to generate perspiration, eat heavier foods, while bathing go under water.

Causes: Excessive vomiting, excessive exertion, diarrhoea, constipation, stopping urine forcefully, yawning, excessive worrying, excessive blood flow from the body, excessive sexual activity, excessive talking, eating excessive carrots and onions. Desist from eating cold rice, too much fasting, stale food and excessive swimming.

                                        reference Chikitsa Chandrodaya - Babu Haridaas ji Vaidya, Publisher: Haridas & Co Pvt Ltd, Mathura.

Trust, above shared information will be useful for the readers............Om!..........Shaktanand.