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== Rasa as a guiding tool for preventive and promotive health ==
=== Seasons and Rasa<ref>AyuSoft Team. Rasa-Siddhaanta Tastes: All Useful all Over [Internet]. 2006 [cited 2022 Oct 9]. Available from: https://ayusoft.ayush.gov.in/rasa-siddhaanta-tastes-all-useful-all-over/</ref> ===
<div style='text-align:justify;'>The tastes of naturally growing substances differ according to climatic conditions and and seasons. The table represents names and basic characteristics of the common seasonal divisions in India. The sun moves to the north or south, but it always rises in the east and sets in the west. The movement to the north removes a lot of water from the overall environment, but the movement to the south allows water to enter or stay in the plants' surroundings. This is what determines whether plants in an ecosystem have access to fewer or more main elemental (mahabhuta) components. The plant kingdom's domination of one taste is due to their diverse contributions. This discovery regarding the taste of the majority of plants and the related characteristics of five element dominance has led to an understanding of the percentages of elements contributing.</div>
{| class="wikitable" style="align:left;"
! Name of season
! Ayana Solar move to direction
! Mahaabhautika dominance as observed
! Rasotpatti Dominant taste
! Veerya of the Rasa
! Dosha Dominance
|-
| Shishira (Cold)
| Uttara (north)
| Vayu+ Akasha
| Tikta (bitter)
| Shita
| Kapha
|-
| Vasanta (warm)
| Uttara (north)
| Vayu + Prithvi
| Kashaya (astringent)
| Shita
| Kapha
|-
| Greeshma (hot)
| Uttara (north)
| Vayu + Teja
| Katu (pungent)
| Ushna
| Vata
|-
| Varshaa (rains)
| Dakshina (south)
| Jala + Agni
| Amla (sour)
| Ushna
| Vata
|-
| Sharada (moist hot)
| Dakshina (south)
| Prithvi + Teja
| Lavana (salty)
| Ushna
| Pitta
|-
| Hemant (cool)
| Dakshina (south)
| Prithvi + Jala
| Madhura (sweet / bland)
| Shita
| Kapha
|-
|}
=== RituHaritaki- changes in administration of medicines as per season ===
<div style='text-align:justify;'>Here is an illustration of how judicious combinationof different substances with varied tastes along with haritakiserve the purpose of mitigating illeffect in six seasons. This is one among the many applications of rasa theory in ayurvedic practice. The details are as follows: <br/>The drug is significantly prescribed intherapeutic as well as preventive use and processof restorative or alternative indication (rasayanakarma), and it is classically recommended as rituharitakifor using the drug during the course of different seasons viz.,
* Varsha (rains) –saindhavalavana (rock salt)
* Sharada ritu(autumn)- sharkara(sugar)
* Hemanta(cold/winter)-Shunthi (dry ginger)
* Shishira (latewinter early spring)- pippali(long pepper)
* Vasanta (spring)- madhu(honey)
* Grishma(summer)- guda(jaggery)<ref>Ram TS, Bandari S, Ala Narayana. Pragmatic usage of Haritaki (Terminalia chebula retz): an ayurvedic perspective vis-à-vis current practice. Int J Ayurveda Pharma Res. 2013;1(3):72–82.</ref> </div>
== Theses done ==
# Kalpesh Panara. A Phytopharmacological Study on Certain Amla Rasa Predominant Plants w.s.r. to their Atiyoga. Post Graduate dissertation. Department of Dravyaguna Vigyan. I.P.G.T.& R.A., Jamnagar. 2012.
# Krutika Joshi. A phytopharmacological study of certain Katu Rasa predominant plants wsr to their Atiyoga. Post Graduate dissertation. Department of Dravyaguna Vigyan. I.P.G.T.& R.A., Jamnagar. 2012.
# Rasika Kolhe. A Phyto-pharmacological Study on Certain Kashaya Rasa Predominant Plants w.s.r. their Atiyoga. Post Graduate dissertation. Department of Dravyaguna Vigyan. I.P.G.T.& R.A., Jamnagar. 2012.
# Shital Mehta. A Phyto-pharmacological Evaluation on Certain Tikta Rasa Predominant Plant w.s.r. to Atiyoga. Post Graduate dissertation. Department of Dravyaguna Vigyan. I.P.G.T.& R.A., Jamnagar. 2012.
== Future scope of research ==
<div style='text-align:justify;'>The exact mechanism of action of rasa to cause disorders needs to be researched and elaborated further. Taste sensitivity can be a valuable tool for the diagnosis of various systemic disorders. The biomarkers for diagnosis of diseases, and identification markers for plants based on taste perception can be investigated.
'''Acknowledgment:''' The technical contribution of Dr Shruti G, SRF (Ay.), and Dr Satyavrat Nanda, R.A (Sanskrit), NIIMH, Hyderabad is duly acknowledged. </div>
== References ==
== References ==