Ayucafe – Live chat - Healthy diet in Monsoon

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Ayucafe – Live chat Topic of Discussion: Healthy diet in Monsoon

Ayulink Ayurveda: Usually we Ayurveda people believe that Monsoon is a season with Mandagni and food must be controlled in this season. Most religion has accepted the concept of fasting in this season.

Ayucafe 03201979: As season is cold and appetite is reduced best one is hot water mixed shunti dhaniya omam

Ayulink Ayurveda: Fasting is advocated in rainy season, only to prevent aama production

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Vd. Dhruti Kagrana: Steamed and well-cooked food  are very good for health during the rainy season.

Ayulink Ayurveda: yes, steamed food, hot water is aama controlling

Ayucafe 03201979: Shunti ksheera paka

Ayulink Ayurveda: Sunthi is the same, aama controlling and increasing agni. Monsoon brings mandagni...so all digestive disorders are on high in these days.

Ayucafe 03201979: In this season dieating is as per religious it's called shaakha vratha where all types of vegetables nd pules not taken for a month.. Only shunti jeera mango seed powder butter milk are used. Dairy and outside foods should be avoided

Ayulink Ayurveda: Heartburn , acidity, indigestion, burping, flatulence, constipation, colitis, muco-colitis, IBD, IBS - all kind of GI disorders have high chances of aggravation. India is a vast country. We have very different diet traditions in all corner . Yes. Less food and easily digestible food is good

AFP: What about buttermilk?

Ayulink Ayurveda: Basically rainy season aggravates Vata - so Vata controlling diet is good

Dr. Bhavin Chavda: Even charak has told that. Sneha is good for Agni deepana so Gujarati people make bhajiya ( potato chips covered with horse gram Powder and fried in oil.).  Oily thing must be happily accepted in this season . Right?

Ayulink Ayurveda: Yes, several ayurveda doctors recommand deep fried pakora in rainy season - particularly Dalvada made of udad dal

Ayucafe 03201979: Cream should be removed from curd and it should be churned added more water nod added with shunti jeere onion hingu nd served.

Vd. Dhruti Kagrana: Six taste

Madhur, Amla, Lavna - Vata shamak

Katu, Tikta, Kashaya - Vata aggravated

Ayucafe 03201979: We can mix hot water for buttermilk

Dr. Bhavin Chavda: Even people advise to take hot water.

Dr. Rishabh Singh: But udad dal being kaphvardhak can lead to mandhagni ?

Dr. Bhavin Chavda: Which is Agni Deepak aama phachak. But it is mixed with oil so .gunantaradhan should be done... Expert please tell about this .

Vd. Dhruti Kagrana: oil also vatashamak

AFP: Moringa is good in this season

Ayucafe 03201979: We can heat it. So hot water can be milk.. If we heat butter milk looses water quantity reduces. Fired oil abhishyandi.

AFP: Methi is also good. Can we have sweets?

Ayucafe 03201979: Guru ahara

Vd. Dhruti Kagrana: Yes. Ghee made from cow’s milk is very good during this season as it helps digestion.

Dr. Jwalit shah: Aardraka swarasa or lavanardrak also good in varsha rutu

Ayulink Ayurveda: Dalvada recipe is having udad dal, spices, garlic, chilli and onion.....so good for Vata control - BUT agni factor is also very important.

 Yes, that is imp to understand....According to agni, one can eat deep fried food. Not good for all. ginger water, methi, garlic are good to consume.

 Dr. Jwalit shah: This 3 months there is culture to took sudarshana ghanvati in village area..

Vd. Dhruti Kagrana: Green Gram Lentil (Moong Dal) is the most easily digestible

Ayucafe 03201979: Preferably should have night dinner within 8.30 is best. Should be freshly prepared foods

Dr. Jwalit shah: Khichdi made of moong dala. Is that abhishyandi or light for digestion?

Vd. Dhruti Kagrana: Easy to digest

Ayucafe 03201979: If it's hot it's light for digestion.Ginger tea is best recipe.

Ayucafe 03201979: Dashamoolarista useful medicine in this season

Vd. Dhruti Kagrana: Jambu - Syzigium cumini  Fruit in this season

Ayucafe 03201979: Instead of morning tiffen we go with vilepi or peya type of food

Dr. Jwalit shah: Makai also used to ingest in this season

Vd. Dhruti Kagrana: Makai with salt & lemon juice

Vd. Dhruti Kagrana: Rosted corn

Dr. Jwalit shah: Karela (karvellak) also, Tikta rasatmak

Ayulink Ayurveda: Corn is vata aggravating, so be careful

Dr. Dhanwantri Tyagi: Avoid direct airflow of cooler, maintain ac on monsoon mode, do not use cold/chilled drinks after exercise/immediately when sweating.  Avoid use of heavy foods, consume fresh water, fresh food. Use trikatu in food/drinks. Avoid milk muth fruits/ milk at morning/ milk with salty foods.

Dr. Rishabh Singh: Haritaki swras is very beneficial during rainy season.

Ayulink Ayurveda: Karela (karvellak) is good

36077: Use Honey

Ayulink Ayurveda: what about all green leafy vegetables?

AFP: Leafy vegetables are heavy to digest as they are having Jala mahabhuta

So one should avoid it

Dr. Dhanwantri Tyagi: In North India, one should avoid using any leafy veg except mint, basil, curry leaves, coriander.

Vd. Dhruti Kagrana: Patra/ Patrode is a dish of Konkani cuisine from India. It is made from colocasia leaves (taro, kesuve or arbi) stuffed with rice flour and flavorings such as spices, tamarind, and jaggery (raw sugar).Good in rainy season

Dr. Dhanwantri Tyagi: Rt

36077: Avoid milk ... Which is strictly prohibited in shravan ritu. As u can't stop to milk a cow so there is tradition to fetch a milk to lord Shiva. As lord Shiva has drunk poison for the sake of world. Thou need to honor with milk ... So as per Indian tradition n milk is avoided 👌

Ayulink Ayurveda: Any shak (Vegetables) good for this season?

Vd. Manhar Prajapati: Its pitsanchay kal so beware to use katu amla and lavan ras...extra spicy salty

Ayulink Ayurveda: what about ajwain? ajwain pakora?

Vd. Manhar Prajapati: It’s time for agnimandhy janit rog so easy to digest light food are applicable

Dr. Dhanwantri Tyagi: Another custom- the milk should be kept in earthen pot with half amount of water added. Let it boil on very slow flame for at least 5 hours. One should consume this milk at night during rainy season.

Vd. Dhruti Kagrana: Yes. Ajawain is good..

Vd. Manhar Prajapati: Milk should cow’s milk.

Vd. Dhruti Kagrana: Gujrati tradition of Ajwain bhajiya (pakora) is good when raining

Dr. Dhanwantri Tyagi: In North india, villagers used Buffalo and cow’s milk. Sometimes mixed. This was centuries tradition which lost in urbanization.

Ayulink Ayurveda: Methi ladu is also known in Gujarat during this season. vegetable made from besan + saragavo (sahinjana) fruits are very popular in Gujarat during this season

Vd. Manhar Prajapati: Yatha pinde tatha bhramande so rainy season vat aggravate on earth as well as body so best vat shamak is oil so oliiy food pakoda bhajiya dalwada demanded.

Vd. Dhruti Kagrana: Saragvo - vata shamak

AFP: What about cold drinks and ice creams?

45969: Onion bhajiya.  Very famous. Onion- vat anulomak  N bhajiya wen being eaten fresh increase Agni. Madhur, sheet, strictly must avoid

Vd. Manhar Prajapati: Avoid

Ayulink Ayurveda: Any special food for person having respiratory problems?

Vd. Dhruti Kagrana: For respiratory problem - Ajwain is good

Ayucafe 03201979: Haridra and shunti churna

Ayulink Ayurveda: Herbal tea- Kahva - kavo (a recipe from Girnar Tea co) available in the market , which is really effective in rainy season to prevent cold, cough, respiratory problems, mandagni etc.

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Compiled by - Dr. Dhruti Kagrana