If you are in the ‘God’s own Country’ called Kerala, you’ll definitely agree that a discussion on ‘Karkidakam’ is never complete without the magic of Ayurveda. Kerala state is situated in the southwestern tip of Indian peninsula.

The Malayalam month of Karkidakam season will remind you of the routine of smearing ointments and tailams (medicinal oils) all over one’s body for medicinal baths during the season of monsoon. States rich traditions in Ayurveda and homegrown cultures always host better ways to become thoughtful human being every day.

Kerala is divided into three geographical regions: Highlands, which slope down from the Western Ghats onto the Midlands of undulating hills and valleys into an unbroken chain of long coastline with many picturesque backwaters, interconnected with many canals and rivers. The wildlands are mainly covered with dense forests, while other sub-regions lie under tea estates, spices and coffee plantations, or other forms of cultivation. Most of the state is engulfed and deep-rooted in rich greenery which fully ensures a very calming and rejuvenating experience at all seasons of time.

In Karkidakam, every mid-July to mid-August period is considering the best Ayurveda season for rejuvenation, therapies, meditations, conscious diets, and self-discovery traits of your body and mind. Also considered as the healing season of conscious diets, mindful eating, monsoon rains, and herbal healing therapies. According to Ayurveda physicians, Karkidakam is the ideal period for rejuvenation treatments and therapies to purify the whole body and mind. Due to the moist controlled climate, all the pores in the human body will be open, clear and Ayurveda medicines are more effective during this season.

During the time of Ayurveda therapy, a vegetarian diet is strictly recommended by Ayurveda practitioners for this season. The rains are slowly declining, or balanced sunlight, and this is the time considered to be most ideal for undergoing Ayurveda-based body rejuvenation therapies. Ayurveda oil therapies and those prescribed under the Panchakarma way of treatment are recommended during this season for cleansing the body system.

During this dreadful period or gifted season associated with ‘God’s own Country’, people resorted to spiritual thoughts, meditation practices, and physical fitness. They followed strict diets to remain fit, clean, and healthy. They relied on Ayurveda treatments to get relief and healing to the body. Time has changed a lot, but some traditional rituals are still practiced in certain households of Kerala.

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Karkidakam Kanji or Oushada Kanji is an integral part of rejuvenation or healing treatments. It is a rice porridge with 24 medicinal herbs. These herbs have magical powers during the period of Karkidakam to revitalize the human body. It is prepared using Njavara rice, a unique rice found only in Kerala.

Ayurveda treatments are capable of curing even the health problems caused by modern lifestyles. We consider this practice as a gift from nature to recreate the healing cycle of the earth.

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