\u201cThis is the time of the year when my phone keeps buzzing,\u201d laughs Dr M R Vasudevan Namboothiri, former director of Ayurveda medical education department. \u201cPeople keep calling with queries, just like you.\u201d <\/p>\n
Discussing the spike in interest, he explains that ayurveda equates a human body to the universe. \u201cThe changes in weather, environment, and food pattern will have an impact on the body too. Hence, \u2018rithucharya\u2019 or seasonal regimen is crucial in ayurveda.\u201d <\/p>\n
For example, as the intense summer gives way to the rains, the temperature cools down. \u201cJust as the agni (fire\/heat) in nature reduces, so will the agni within the human body. This can cause internal imbalance and consequent ailments,\u201d says Dr Vasudevan. <\/p>\n
\u201cMoreover, during this period, our body\u2019s immunity will be low. So, naturally, ailments set in \u2014 cold, caught, fever, fatigue, indigestion, inflammation, joint pains\u2026 the list goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though \u2018Karkkidaka treatment\u2019 is a relatively new packaging, the concept is ancient. Ayurveda has texts and records about \u2018varshakala\u2019 (rainy season) treatment and rejuvenation. <\/p>\n
These, however, have become more relevant in modern times. \u201cSedentary lifestyle, unhealthy food habits, being seated for long hours at work, and stress obviously take a toll on people,\u201d notes Dr Remya Vijayan, assistant professor at Government Ayurveda Medical College, Tripunithura.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThis is the time of the year when my phone keeps buzzing,\u201d laughs Dr M R Vasudevan Namboothiri,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[2669,97,16418,16417,243,16419],"class_list":{"0":"post-17598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-ayurveda","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-kanji","11":"tag-karkkidakam","12":"tag-medication","13":"tag-panchakarma"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}