9 Must-Have Monsoon Foods to Reduce Vaat and Boost Natural Wellness

🌧️ 9 Must-Have Monsoon Foods to Reduce Vaat and Boost Natural Wellness

The monsoon season brings joy, lush greenery, and a break from the summer heat. However, in Ayurveda, this season is known for aggravating the Vaat dosha, which can lead to various health issues like:

• Joint and body pain
• Constipation and bloating
• Irregular periods and menstrual pain
• Indigestion and fatigue

To counteract this, your daily diet must include vaat-pacifying (वातशामक) foods that are warm, nourishing, grounding, and easy to digest. Here's a list of 9 powerful Ayurvedic foods you should include during the monsoon to maintain natural balance and wellness.

1. 🌿 Moringa (Drumstick Leaves)

Why it's essential:
Moringa is a tridoshic leafy vegetable but is especially powerful in pacifying Vaat during the rainy season. It is warm, slightly bitter, and improves digestion and joint flexibility.

How to consume:

• Add Moringa bhaji (subji) in your lunch or dinner.
• Use fresh leaves in dal or make it as a stir-fry with garlic and ghee.

✅ Regular consumption prevents joint pain, gas, and constipation during monsoon.

2. 🧄 Garlic

Why it's essential:
Garlic is a potent Vaat-shamak spice. It improves digestion, removes gas, reduces inflammation, and increases warmth in the body—perfect for cold and damp monsoon weather.

How to consume:

• Make garlic chutney using dry red chillies, oil, and salt.
• Add sautéed garlic to dals and vegetables.

✅ It relieves body ache, bloating, and stiffness in joints.

3. 🧅 Onion (Especially Red Onion)

Why it's essential:
Onions are known to balance Vaat, reduce dryness, and increase internal warmth. They also aid digestion and reduce acidity caused by monsoon-induced sluggish digestion.

How to consume:

• Eat raw red onion with lunch as a salad (with lemon and black salt).
• Use in curries, subjis, and chutneys.

✅ Keeps your stomach cool and joints flexible.

4. 🫘 Udid (Black Gram)

Why it's essential:
Black gram is a Vaat-pacifying legume, rich in protein and helpful in constipation. It is slightly heavy but very nourishing when used in the right quantity.

How to consume:

• Fry and eat Udid papad during meals.
• Prepare Udid dal with Jagwonder A2 Gir Cow ghee and garlic.

✅ Helps relieve constipation and strengthens bones and joints.

5. 🌰 Flaxseed (Jawas)

Why it's essential:
Flaxseeds are rich in Omega-3 fatty acids, which lubricate joints and reduce inflammation. Their warm nature helps reduce Vaat buildup in joints and the colon.

How to consume:

• Make flaxseed chutney roasted with garlic, cumin, and red chilli.
• Add ground flaxseed powder to curries or chapati dough.

✅ Supports hormonal balance and relieves menstrual pain and body stiffness.

6. 🟤 Sesame (Til)

Why it's essential:
Sesame seeds are deeply nourishing and grounding. They generate internal heat and balance excess vaat in the colon and joints.

How to consume:

• Make sesame chutney with roasted seeds, garlic, and red chillies.
• Eat roasted sesame seeds with Jagwonder Jaggery daily.

✅ Prevents dryness, stiffness, and constipation.

7. 🌿 Ajwain (Carom Seeds)

Why it's essential:
Ajwain stimulates agni (digestive fire) and clears vaat from the stomach and intestines. It’s also effective in gas, bloating, and cramps.

How to consume:

• Mix ajwain with black salt and warm water for digestion.
• Roast and grind it into daily chutneys or add to paratha dough.

✅ Especially helpful for women with period cramps and weak digestion.

8. 🔶 Hing (Asafoetida)

Why it's essential:
Hing is a powerful anti-vaat spice. It stimulates digestion, reduces gas, and prevents abdominal pain.

Best way to consume:

• Heat a spoon of Jagwonder A2 Gir Cow Ghee, add a pinch of hing, and mix it into dal or rice.
• Take hing with warm water and black salt after heavy meals.

✅ Best remedy for bloating and indigestion during monsoon.

9. 🍬 Dry Fruit Laddu (Made with Jagwonder Ghee and Jaggery)

Why it's essential:
Dry fruit laddus are nutrient-dense, rich in healthy fats, minerals, and warmth. Using Jagwonder A2 Gir Cow Ghee and Jagwonder chemical-free jaggery ensures purity and enhanced wellness.

How to consume:

• Eat one laddu in the morning with milk or as an afternoon snack.

✅ Strengthens bones, boosts immunity, and provides lasting energy.

🍃 Final Thoughts: Balance Vaat Naturally with Food

Monsoon is not the time to suppress symptoms with pills—it’s the season to align your diet with nature’s rhythm. Every ingredient mentioned above is a natural Ayurvedic solution to monsoon-related health issues. Include them in your daily meals and feel the difference in your energy, digestion, and joint health.

Jagwonder products like Jagwonder A2 Gir Cow Ghee, Jagwonder Jaggery, and herbal-infused laddus made with jagwonder jaggery and Jagwonder A2 Gir Cow Ghee are made using authentic traditional methods for maximum health benefits.

Wishing you a healthy and peaceful life,
Bandu Pralhad Pawar
Founder – Jagwonder
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