Ayurveda specifies practices for each season because the seasons affect the doshas. Since this happens, Ayurveda has guidelines to balance the doshas for each season. Since we are in fall, the following guidelines are helpful for keeping doshas in balance during this time.
Fall Ayurveda Foods
Sugar cane, Jujubs, Brinjals, the leaves of Palakh, raw turmeric and wheat. (Kapha dosha, avoid wheat and reduce sweet). Favor: Sweet, pungent and astringent taste. This includes: Medicated Ghee, Navar Rice, Green gram, Amalaki, Resins, Mulethi, Shatavar, Pitta Churna and Pitta tea.
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Fatty and sweet foods are recommended in order to compensate for loss of energy due to cold (inner organs dry up). A tablespoon of Flax oil each morning helps.
Foods to Avoid in Fall
Yogurt, Heavy meals and alcoholic drinks. If desire Lassi, drink mid-day when digestion is highest and blend 1 part yogurt to 4 parts water. Scrape foam off top before adding spices.
Ayurveda Lifestyle Habits for Fall
Light and clean clothing, swimming, warm oil body rub each day and ghee or sesame oil in nostrils and mouth as often as needed to keep moist and enjoy moon light.
Ayurveda Lifestyle Habits to Avoid for Fall
Long stay in direct sunlight, sleeping in day hours and walking in dew.
Simple Guidelines, Perfect Health
By following these simple Ayurveda Fall practices, one can keep the doshas in balance and enjoy good health. Kapha dosha must especially follow these guideslines because they are the most affected by cold, wet weather. All doshas benefit from the use of warming spices to assist in keeping warm during cold, wet seasons. Be sure to check which spices are best for your dosha, Kapha and Vata can use most spices.
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