Monsoon, Winter and Summer in Pune: The Seasonal Pattern in a Clinic
A clinic in Pune sees a fairly predictable rotation of complaints, and knowing the pattern helps you get ahead of yours.
Dr. Aarti Gadhavi, BHMS
Classical Homoeopath, Magarpatta, Pune
Medically reviewed by Dr. Aarti Gadhavi, BHMS, on 31 July 2026
A Pune clinic sees a recognisable seasonal rotation. The monsoon brings mould and damp related allergy, fungal skin infection and mosquito borne illness. The weeks afterwards bring air quality problems and respiratory complaints. Winter brings dry skin, eczema flares and joint stiffness. Summer brings heat related skin problems and digestive upsets. Knowing your own pattern is what lets you prepare rather than react.
Work in one city long enough and the seasons announce themselves through the appointment book. This blog describes the pattern a Pune clinic sees, which is useful chiefly because it lets people who recognise themselves in it prepare rather than react.
The monsoon
Humidity is the theme, and several unrelated complaints share it as a cause.
House dust mite populations rise, because mites take water from the air, so people with dust allergy are reliably worse. Mould grows in damp corners, on walls with a leak, and in clothes dried indoors, adding a second allergen.
Fungal skin infection increases sharply, because warmth and moisture in skin folds is exactly what it needs.
And mosquito borne illness rises, which is the part that is not merely uncomfortable. Fever during the monsoon in India is treated seriously and tested rather than waited out.
After the monsoon, into winter
Air quality deteriorates as the rain stops and particulates are no longer washed out, and this is when respiratory complaints climb. Allergic rhinitis worsens, asthma becomes harder to control, and coughs linger.
As it becomes drier and cooler, the pattern shifts again. Eczema flares because the barrier loses water faster in dry air, hands crack, and joint stiffness becomes more prominent in the mornings.
Sinus problems are common through this period too.
| Season | What the clinic sees more of |
|---|---|
| Monsoon | Dust and mould allergy, fungal skin infection, mosquito borne fever, digestive upsets |
| Post monsoon | Rhinitis, cough, asthma flares, sinus problems as air quality falls |
| Winter | Eczema and dry skin, joint stiffness, respiratory complaints continuing |
| Summer | Heat rash and fungal infection in folds, digestive upsets, dehydration |
| Festival periods | Smoke and incense triggered respiratory symptoms, and dietary flares |
Practical preparation, season by season
- Before the monsoon. Fix leaks and damp rather than repainting over them, service and clean air conditioner filters, and plan how you will dry washing without hanging it indoors for weeks.
- During the monsoon. Keep skin folds dry, change out of damp clothes and footwear, wear loose cotton, and remove standing water around the house for mosquitoes.
- Post monsoon. Review respiratory treatment before the air quality drops, and keep windows shut during the worst hours.
- Winter. Increase moisturiser before the skin cracks rather than after, use thicker preparations, and shorten hot showers which strip the barrier.
- Summer. Attention to hydration, food hygiene as temperatures rise, and keeping folds dry.
- All year. Bedding hot washed weekly, which matters most in humid months.
Constitutional case taking asks why this person reacts to a season that everybody else lives through unremarkably.
Most seasonal complaints are a nuisance. In monsoon particularly, some are not.
- Fever with severe body ache, headache behind the eyes, or a rash, which needs testing for dengue and other mosquito borne illness.
- Fever with bleeding gums, bleeding from the nose, or bruising, which is an emergency.
- Fever with severe abdominal pain, persistent vomiting, or drowsiness.
- Any fever lasting more than three days without a clear cause.
- Breathlessness or wheezing at any point in the year.
- A cough lasting more than three weeks in an adult, which must be checked for tuberculosis.
- Diarrhoea with blood, or with signs of dehydration such as passing very little urine.
Why the pattern matters clinically
A complaint that arrives with the same weeks every year is telling a practitioner something a single snapshot cannot. It points at an environmental trigger rather than an internal change, it makes prevention possible in a way that a random pattern does not, and it is genuinely useful information to bring to any consultation.
This is why keeping even a rough note of when things start and stop across two years is worth more than most people expect. It converts a vague sense of being worse in the rains into something specific.
Where classical homoeopathy takes an interest
In the fact that a whole city shares the same monsoon and only some people react to it. The season is the same for everybody.
The response is not, and that difference is what constitutional case taking is built to examine.
A homoeopathic case will ask specifically about weather: better or worse in damp, in cold, in heat, before a storm, in a draught. Those responses are treated as characteristics of the person rather than as complaints about the climate, and they carry real weight in selecting a remedy.
The remedy is chosen for the individual, so none is named here. What can honestly be offered is treatment aimed at the person who reacts, alongside the practical preparation above, which does a substantial share of the work on its own.
The blog on seasonal allergy goes into the trigger question in detail, and dust allergy in an Indian home covers the monsoon measures properly.
Common questions
Why do my allergies get worse during the Pune monsoon?
Humidity is the common factor. House dust mites take water from the air so their populations rise, and mould grows on damp walls, in corners and in clothes dried indoors, adding a second allergen. Both peak through the humid months and settle again as it dries.
Should I worry about fever during the monsoon?
Yes, more than at other times. Mosquito borne illness rises during and after the monsoon in India, so fever is tested rather than waited out. Fever with severe body ache, headache behind the eyes, a rash, bleeding gums or bruising needs prompt medical attention.
Why does my eczema flare every winter?
Dry air pulls water out of the skin faster, and the skin barrier in eczema is already leaky, so it dries and cracks more readily. Increasing moisturiser before the skin cracks rather than after, using thicker preparations and shortening hot showers all help through that season.
Why does fungal skin infection increase in the rains?
Warmth and moisture in skin folds is exactly what fungus needs, and the monsoon supplies both generously. Keeping folds dry, changing out of damp clothes and footwear promptly, and wearing loose cotton all reduce the conditions it depends on.
How can knowing my seasonal pattern help?
It lets you prepare rather than react. Dealing with damp before the monsoon rather than during it, and reviewing treatment before your worst weeks, is considerably more effective than responding once symptoms have started. A rough note of when things begin and end across two years is genuinely useful.
Written for the clinic of Dr. Aarti Gadhavi, BHMS, a classical homoeopath practising in Magarpatta, Hadapsar, Pune. It carries no remedy names, no cure claims and no invented statistics, because none of those belong on a doctor's website. If something here does not match what your own doctor has told you, your own doctor knows your case and this page does not.
