Ritucharya (seasonal routine) Ayurvedic literature divides the whole year into six seasons and recommends a specific dietary regimen for each season, including:
1. Spring season:
Hot, astringent and bitter foods are recommended.
Eat barley, wheat, honey syrup, and fruits such as mango and jackfruit
Avoid sweet, salty and sour foods.
2. Summer season:
Liquid, cold, sweet and oily diet is recommended.
Eat rice, sugar, ghee, and drink milk and coconut water.
Avoid excessive spicy, hot, salty, and sour diet.
3. Rainy season:
Hot, sour, sweet, salty, dry, and easily digestible foods are recommended.
Eat wheat, barley, rice, and mutton soup.
4. Pre-winter and winter seasons:
Hot, sour, sweet and salty diet is recommended.
Have rice, sugarcane, oils and fats.
5. Autumn season:
Bitter, pungent and sweet foods are recommended.
Consume ghee processed with bitter drugs.
Following a light diet and blood-letting and purgation are recommended.
