How to Spend the Seasons - Autumn -
Ayurveda provides guidance on how to spend each season.
Autumn is a time when "Pitta" from the summer has accumulated in the body, and the key is to adjust it so that Pitta does not increase any further.
--Generally from the Autumnal Equinox (September 22nd-24th) until just before the air becomes cold and dry--
Pitta* is the "force that creates change," such as digesting food and turning it into nutrients, understanding thoughts, and maintaining body temperature, as well as leadership and judgment. When it increases too much, it leads to irritability, frustration, indigestion, inflammation, and a feeling of heat.
<Change, Heat, Intelligence>
*One of the three doshas: Vata, Pitta, and Kapha
For example,
・Enjoy moon-viewing and moonlight bathing (instead of solar radiation) → Moderately cools the body
・Exercise → In autumn, you have moderate physical strength, so you can move with a reasonable level of exercise intensity
・Oil treatments (Abhyanga) should use oils like coconut oil → Moderate cooling properties
・(For healthy people) Do not take naps
・Do not consume too much fat (except for ghee)
・Do not eat meals that are strongly sour or spicy
・Old rice, which is easy to digest, is good (By the way, as is said in Japanese tradition, eating this year's new rice should wait until the "Niiname-sai" festival on November 23rd. New rice is somewhat heavy to digest, and winter is a time when physical strength and digestive power increase. It is well-designed!)
・Consciously eat foods with bitter and sweet tastes (without overdoing it)
・Green tea is good, about 2-3 cups a day, do not drink too much; other warm milk is also good
・Well-ripened grapes, apples, bananas, lotus root, cabbage, cucumbers, root vegetables, melons, and leafy vegetables are recommended
---Basic eating habits throughout the year---
・Eat only when you are hungry (at a time when digestive power is high)
・Eat until 80% full (eat an amount that suits you, do not create undigested matter, and maintain digestive power and doshas appropriately). Also, if you aim for 20 minutes for a meal, the satiety center will activate, making it easier to understand how much 80% full is.
・Eat freshly prepared food (satisfaction of the meal, nutrition/Ojas)
・Avoid packaged foods as much as possible (because time has passed since they were made, and there is a high possibility that they contain many unnatural things)
・Do not combine milk with salt/fish/sour fruits (causes clogging of the body's pathways)
・Do not consume cold things
etc.
(Reference: Classical Ayurveda texts)
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