¹Dr Gokhale M.V*, ²Dr  Chorghade S. A.

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/ijahm/v7i4.11

¹Professor,  Sumatibhai Shah Ayurved,Mahavidyalaya,Hadapsar,Pune Panchakarma department. 

²Assistant Proffesor,Panchakarma, Sumatibhai Shah Ayurved Mahavidyalaya,Hadapsar,Pune

   DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/ijahm/v7i4.11

  ABSTRACT:

Shodhana chikitsa has preventive as well as curative importance .In classical texts of Ayurveda Dinchrya and Rutucharya are priscribed.These chapters quote different Shodhana procedures.  Indian population is suffering from seasonal diseases .Ayurveda as science of life was a part of culture of Indian lifestyle. Six seasons have been described in texts .Change in seasons cause different diseases .To avoid these diseases Ayurveda suggests lifestyle according to seasons called rutucharya. Six seasons are Vasant, Grishma, Varsha, Sharada, Hemanta and Shishir. For this every season Aahara (food habits) and Vihara (activities like travel, exercise) are suggested. Diseases arising due to seasonal weather are also explained with remedies.Ayurveda remedies are of two basic types Shodhana and Shamana. For prevention of diseases different Shodhana treatments are prescribed according to seasons. If an Ayurveda practitioner carryout these Shodhana treatments in healthy individuals they overcome seasonal diseases. Patients suffering from chronic allergic seasonal diseases can prevent these conditions by this seasonal Shodhana prescribed in rutucharya.Ayurveda treatment has this speciality of Rutucharya treatments.Rutuchrya chapters are there in Brihatrtayee that is Charak,Sushruta and Vagbhata .Compilation of these Rutucharya from all these Classical text will    help  practitioners.WHO has identified epidemics according to seasons. We can correlate seasonal detoxification according to Bruhadtrayee and epidemics of modern era.

KEYWORDS: Rutucharya, Shodhanna, Bruhatrayee, Epidemics

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