Ayurvedic Ritucharya
Importance of “Ayurvedic Ritucharya” in Winter
“Early to Bed, Early to Rise makes a person Healthy, Wealthy and Wise.” We studied in primary section that there are
mainly three seasons in one year. 1. Winter 2. Summer 3. Monsoon Each season consist of four months, but we don’t know the correct motto and reason behind these three.
Human body and cosmic energy are connected to each other. They are communicating with each other at every stage and every time. When there is any positive event in cosmos or our environment, it effects on human body and mind and gives positive energy. When some negative or harmful event in cosmos or our environment occurs, it affects us and gives negative energy. In this article, we are going to understand its relation. By understanding it we can use its positive energy for our wellbeing and prevent negative energy from harming us. The Ancient Ayurveda | Nov-Dec 2020 | Page 09
What is Ritucharya: What is Ritucharya? It means the seasonal change occurring in every season and some methods to adopt the change. By understanding Ritucharya we can understand how the environment affects our body, we can learn how to adopt this change and we can use it for our wellbeing and prevent our body from various diseases. In winter there is coldness in nature. The soil, wind, water etc. become cold due to cold attribute of nature. The environment becomes dry so our body also becomes dry. The day becomes shorter and night becomes longer because of changing earth-sun orbit. Sunlight becomes less and weaker. Relation of winter Ritucharya in Ayurved: Ayurved consider six ritus instead of three because it further divides each ritu in other two ritus.
