A SURVEY ON PITTA PRAKOPA IN SHARAD RITU

Ayurveda, the holistic healing science propagates health for mankind with the motto of prevention is better than cure. The severity of heat and cold vary according to the movement of earth dividing the year in to various seasons. This cause changes not only in the external environment but also it affects the level of Dosha in the human b ody. The seasonal variation of dosha is considered natural. Though these variations are natural, they will show their effect on body if they are not handled properly. The pitta dosha undergoes chaya, prakopa and prashama stages in varsha , sharad and hemant a ritus respectively. A total of 2207 volunteers were surveyed for the features dosha prakopa between mid - September to mid - November of the years 2010 - 12. The data was collected by a questionnaire framed on the basis of features of dosha prakopa. Majority o f the volunteers appreciated features of both pitta kapha and kapha prakop a. Usually the rain fall is not seen in sharad ritu. But in the three years of the study, there was heavy rainfall in the months September and October. The cooling effect caused by r ainfall has the effect on pacifying effect on pitta and aggravating effect on kapha dosha. Ritu vaipareetya is cause in the altered level of dosha.