Time hostility (Kala viruddha)

Time hostility (Kāla Viruddha)

          Kāla is time. This is basically of two types Hot and Cold. According to concept of ṛtucaryā (Ritucharya the seasonal regimens) in hot season we should eat foods having cold properties and vice versa. If we eat cold food in cold season then it will become time hostile. If we eat hot food in hot season then also time hostility will occur.

        Cold and hot nature of different food articles should be known from texts of ayurveda only. As by observing its external features it is not always possible to know the same. Following example will clear the matter.

          

          Curd (Dahi) is advised to be eaten in cold season. Curd is hot in nature. Although refrigerator processed curd resembles as cold from its external appearance it is hot in nature as it has gone through the process of fermentation. So, it should not be eaten during hot seasons like Grishma, Vasant and sharad.

          Buttermilk is hot in nature and not at all cold as per common myth. So, it is advised to drink it in cold season and to avoid it in hot season. Generally, all are used to eat buttermilk in summer assuming that it is cold in nature. But classical texts of ayurveda like sushrut clearly states that curd is hot hot and hot only.

          There is no limit for examples. I will try in some other time to provide a wide comprehensive list of hostile food in later posts.

          Did you know these concepts previously? No ? Then you might have questions in your mind.

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