Varsha Ritucharya- (Ayurveda seasonal regimen for rainy season) – Mid July – Mid
September

In rainy season, the agni (digestive activity) is weak. It is already debilitated by summer, it undergoes further decrease and gets vitiated by the Doshas. The Doshas get aggravated by the effect of thick clouds full of water, cold wind having snow, dirty water because of rain, warmth of the earth and sourness.
The poor strength of digestive activity the Doshas start vitiating one another and cause many diseases.
Hence all general measures to mitigate imbalanced Doshas and to improve digestive activity should be adopted.
One should undergo Panchakarma therapies. After that the person should also be administered asthapana basti (decoction enema therapy). He should use old grains for food, meat juice processed with spices etc.
Meat of animals of desert-like lands, soup of pulses , wine prepared from grapes and fermented decoctions, which are old or mastu (whey, thin water or curds) processed with more of Sovarchal salt and powder of panchakola, should be used. Rain water or water from deep wells, well boiled should be used for drinking. On days of no sunlight at all, the food should predominantly sour, salty and unctuous, dry, mixed with honey and easily digestible.
Person should not move about on foot (move only on vehicles) should use perfumes, expose his clothes to fragrant fumes, dwell in upper stories of the house, devoid of heat, cold and snow.
Avoid – River water, udamantha (beverage prepared with flour of corns mixed with ghee),
sleeping at daytime, exertion and exposure to Sun.