🔘 HEMANTA RUTU & SHISHIRA RUTU

*HEMANTA AND SHISHIRA RUTU:-* 

√ HEMANTA RITU (WINTER SEASON) :-

👉🏻 Duration:-

- Mid-November to Mid-January(Margashira-Pausha)

👉🏻 Environmental changes:-

- Blow of cool breezes begins and chillness is felt so the 

air,water and other subjects become very cool and cold.The nights are longer than day.

👉🏻Bodily changes:-

- Dominating Rasa amid this season is Madhura and the 

overwhelming Mahabhutas are Prithivi and Apa. 

- The energy and strength of an 

individual stays on highest grade and vitiated Pitta Dosha gets assuaged.Because of 

coldness blood vessels gets constricted to prevent heat loss of body so internal body 

heat and digestive fire increases. 

👉🏻 Ahara(Diet):- 

- One should eat 

unctuous, sweet, tarty, and 

salty foods. 

- Among grains and 

pulses, new rice, flour 

arrangements, green gram, 

Masha, etc., are suggested to 

be eaten.

- Different meats, fats,

milk and milk items, sugarcane 

items, Shidhu (fragmented 

preparations), Tila (sesame), 

etc., are likewise to be 

incorporated into the eating 

regimen.

👉🏻 Apathya ahara:-

- Vata aggravating foods, such as, Laghu (light), cool, and dry foods 

are to be stayed away from. 

- Consumption of colddrinks is likewise contraindicated. 

👉🏻 Vihara(Lifestyle):-

- Vyayama,Snana with kashaya dravya prepared jala, Lepana and 

kumkuma kalka,Agaru dhupana,For shoucha sukhodaka should be used, covering the 

body with ushna and laghu praavarana,Vyavaya,Paadatranam,Residing in underground 

cellar,Taking rest on bed covered with Ajina,Kausheya etc. 

👉🏻 Other viharas including treatment procedures:-

- Abhyanga,Murdha taila application, 

vimardana with taila which is vatahara and Jentaka swada. 

👉🏻 Apathya vihara:-

- Vata prakopa aharas like Laghu,Sheeta and ruksha guna 

predominant and sheeta jala are contraindicated during this season. 

👉🏻 Predominant rasa:- Madhura 

👉🏻 Predominant guna:- Snigdha,sheeta,guru 

👉🏻 Effect on dosha:- Pitta prashamana 

👉🏻 Dehabala and agnibala:- Pravara(Maximum) 

👉🏻 Rashi of sun:- Vruschika,Dhanu 

👉🏻 Common disorders during season:-

- Physical risks are Heart attacks,blood pressure, 

Hypothermia, Gaining weight, disturbance in sleep cycle etc.

- Diseases which are 

common during this season are Colds and flu,Influenza,Sore throats,asthma, 

Migraines, swelling in joints, irritation in eyes etc. 

👉🏻 Importance of following proper regimen:-

- In hemant ritu there is cool environment 

so the common diseases like cold,flu,cold fever,asthma etc. are common.So person 

should take ushna and laghu ahara and follow ritucharya properly so it will be prevent 

the occurrence of diseases.

 *SHISHIRA RUTU:-* 

👉🏻Duration:-

- Mid-January to Mid-

March(Magha-Phalguna) 

👉🏻 Environmental changes:-

- Severe cold 

and dry winds, intense sunlight,dense mist 

and rains,so atmosphere is more cold and 

shivering. 

👉🏻 Bodily changes:-

- Digestive fire is 

increased as cold weather blocks heat in the 

periphery of one’s body(vasoconstriction) .

Accumulation of deranged kapha dosha

begins, which leads to diseases like asthma,common cold, diabetes mellitus, 

Atherosclerosis etc. 

👉🏻 Ahara(Diet):-

-  Foods having Amla as the overwhelming taste is preffered. Cereals and 

pulses, wheat/gram flour items, new rice, corn, and others, are suggested. Ginger, 

garlic, Haritaki (fruits of Terminalia chebula), Pippali (products of Piper longum), 

sugarcane items, and milk and milk items are to be incorporated into the eating 

regimen. 

👉🏻 Apathya Ahara:-

- Foods having Katu (pungent), Tikta (bitter), Kashaya (astringent) 

dominating Rasa are to be stayed away from. Laghu (light) and Shita (cool) foods 

should be avoided. 

👉🏻 Vihara(Lifestyle):-

- Vyayama,Snana with kashaya dravya prepared jala, Lepana and 

kumkuma kalka,Agaru dhupana,For shoucha sukhodaka should be used, covering the 

body with ushna and laghu praavarana,Vyavaya,Paadatranam,Residing in 

underground cellar,Taking rest on bed covered with Ajina,Kausheya etc. 

👉🏻 Other Viharas including treatment procedures:-

- Abhyanga,Murdha taila 

application, vimardana with taila which is vatahara and Jentaka swada. 

👉🏻 Apathya viharas:-

- Exposing itself to direct and strong wind and Diwaswapna. 

👉🏻 Predominant rasa:- Tikta 

👉🏻 Predominant guna:- Ruksha,Laghu and Sheeta 

👉🏻 Deha bala and agni bala:- Pravara(Maximum) 

👉🏻 Effect of dosha:- Kapha chaya 

👉🏻 Rashi of sun:- Makara and Kumbha 

👉🏻 Common disorders during season:- 

- Physical risks are Heart attacks,blood pressure, 

Hypothermia, Gaining weight, disturbance in sleep cycle etc. Diseases which are 

common during this season are Colds and flu,Influenza,Sore throats,asthma, 

Migraines, swelling in joints, irritation in eyes etc. 

👉🏻 Importance of following proper regimen:-

- In Shishira rutu there is Kapha chaya 

condition, So most of the diseases occuring during this season having the sympotoms 

of kapha dosha like common ,Flu,Asthma etc. So the diet which is having opposite 

properties from kapha if taken during this season .so it will prevent that diseases.For 

example Pratishyaya is common in Shishira ritu so if person takes herbs like 

Haritaki,Ginger,Pippali etc.which reduces kapha dosha so automatically diseases will 

prevent.So person should follow seasonal regimen properly. 

👉🏻Health benefits:-

- Burning fats, Reduction in disease carrying organisms.