WANT TO FEEL ENERGETIC AND RADIANT THIS HOT SUMMER , LET SEE HOW????

                                   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         SUMMERS / GRIHSMA HRITU BRINGS WARM  ATMOSPHERE , LONG DAYS AND SHORT     NIGHTS.

NATURAL COOLING AGENTS ON EARTH LOOSE THEIR PROPERTIES DUE TO DRY WINDS AND HOT  RAYS BY THE SUN. AS PER AYURVEDA PITTA DOSHA INCREASES SEASONALLY DURING THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. OUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM BECOMES A LITTLE SLOW DUE TO INCRAESED PITTA DOSHA .

COMMONLY PEOPLE SUFFER FROM THESE SEASONAL DISCOMFORTS:

1. DEHYDRATION

2.SKIN IRRITATIONS.

3. ACIDITY/INDIGESTION

4.SWEAT RELATED SKIN RASH, HEAT RASH.

5. PEOPLE WHO HAVE PILESOR FISSURE OR FISTULA HAVE SOME PAIN OR DISCOMFORT ISSUE.

6. HEADACHE

7. EXTREME WEAKNESS AFTER OUTING IN SUN.

8. VOMITTING OR NAUSEA .

9. MENTAL FATIGUE EVEN WITH LESS PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ACTIVITY.

10. THROAT  IRRITATION AND COUGH.

REMEDIES FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED DISCOMFORT.

1. DEHYDRATION:

DRINKING AT LEAST 8 GLASSES OF WATER A DAY WILL HELP YOU KEEP HYDRATED THROUGHOUT SUMMERS. SWEATING IN SUMMERS MAKES US MORE DEHYDRATED.ALONG WITH WATER WE CAN ALSO DRINK FRUIT JUICES FOR VIT C AND ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE. IF YOU ARE DOING HEAVY EXCERCISE YOU MAY ALSO NEED TO REPLENISH ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE BY CONSUMING ORS SOLUTION. BEST HOME MADE ORS CONATAINS 2 TBSP SALT AND SUGAR IN 1 LITRE OF WATER WITH  LEMON JUICE MIXED WITH IT. PLEASE REFER THIRST QUENCHERS BLOG FOR MORE OPTIONS.

2.SKIN IRRITATION:

USING NEEM LEAVES SOAKED WATER FOR BATHING IS ADVISED IN SUMMERS. WE CAN ALSO ADD SOME KHUS/VALA HERB TO THE WATER FOR ITS COOLING EFFECT ON THE BODY. A MILD SCRUB PREPARED BY MIXING  ALOEVERA GEL+LEMON JUICE+ MASOOR DAL POWDER HELPS TO REMOVE DRY SKIN AND ANY SKIN IRRITATION. USING SOOTHING MOISTURIZER CONTAINING SARIVA, MANJISHTHA , VALA, CHANDAN HERBS REDUCE SKIN IRRITATION. USE OF ANTIFUNGAL POWDER AFTER BATHING HELP FIGHT SWEAT RASH. APPLYING CHANDAN POWDER ALSO HELPS REDUCE IRRITATION. USE OF HERBAL OR AYURVEDIC MOISTURIZERS AND TALCS WILL HELP TO HEAL YOUR SKIN IRRITAION NATURALLY.

3.ACIDITY/INDIGESTION:

NOT FOLLOWING MEAL TIME CONSISTENLY, HAVING TOO MUCH OILY FOOD, NOT DRINKING ENOUGH WATER DURING THE DAY, HAVING FOOD THAT IS ALLERGIC TO AGAINST YOUR PRAKRITI(CONSTITUTION), NOT SLEEPING FOR 8 HOURS EVERY NIGHT, MENTAL STRESS, ANXIETY ALL ARE THE REASON FOR ACIDITY / INDIGESTION. CONTROLLING THE ABOVE MENTIONED FACTORS WILL REDUCE YOUR ACIDITY 50%. HAVING BUTTERMILK BEFORE FOOD HELPS REDUCE ACIDITY. IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING MAKE SURE YOU ARE HYDRATED . YOU CAN ALSO HAVE SOME ORS SOLUTION WITH REGULAR WATER AS VATA DOSHA ALSO INCREASES WITH PITTA IF WE TRAVEL IN SUMMERS.HAVING EXCESS AMOUNT OF WATER WIL ALSO SLOW DOWN YOUR DIGESTION SO UNDERSTAND THE NEED OF WATER OF YOUR BODY.

4.SWEAT RELATED SKIN RASH /HEAT RASH.

ONCE YOU HAVE HEAT RASH OR SWEAT RASH YOU NEED TO USE ANTI FUNGAL POWDER ON IT. USE LEPA ON THE RASH MADE FROM MANJISHTHA+SARIVA+NEEM+VALA+SHATAVARI TO REDUCE THE OCCURANCEOF THE RASH.TRY NOT TO DIRECTLY SCRATCH THE RASH AS IT MAY LEAD TO MORE DISCOMFORT.

5.DISCOMFORT FOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM PILES ,FISSURE, OR FISTULA.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM THESE SHOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING THAT CAN CAUSE CONSTIPATION. ACTIVITIES LIKE TRAVELLING, CONTINUOUS SITTING ACTIVITY , HORSE RIDING, SITTING ON COLD SURFACES MAY CAUSE CONSTIPATION. THESE CAN CAUSE PAIN IN PILES, FISSURE AND FISTULA. KEEP THE ANAL AREA LUBRICATION WITH MEDICATED CREAM,OILS OR OINTMENTS.

6.HEADACHE:

HOT SUN RAYS, DRY WINDS, DEHYADRATION MAY BE SOME OF THE CAUSES FOR HEADACHE. MOTION SICKNESS, EATING PITTA DISTURBING FOOD ALSO INCREASES HEADACHE. HAVING BLOOD PRESSURE ISSUES MAY ALSO RESULT IN HEADACHE. CONSUME WATER SOAKED IN VALA HERB IN SUMMERS THIS WILL HELP REDUCE PITTA EFFECT ON THE BODY. SHIROLEPA MEANING HEAD OF FOREHEAD LEPA APPLICATION WITH HERBAL CHURNAS LIKE VALA+ TRIPHALA+CHANDAN+SARIVA WILL HELP REDUCE HEADACHE. GULKAND I.E A SUGGARY PREPARATION FROM ROSE PETALS WILL HELP REDUCE PITTA DOSHA INTERNALLY . WHILE GOING OUT PROTECT YOUR HEAD WITHA SCRAF OR A HEAD BAND OR CAP. NOW A DAYS WE GET VALA/KHUS CAP AS WELL WHICH HELP REDUCE  EFFECT OF HEAT.

7.EXTREME WEAKNESS AFTER OUTIN IN SUN.

A PERSON NOT ONLY GETS DEHYDRATED BY HIS ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE ALSO OCCURS IN SUMMER OUTINGS. WEARING PROPER SUMMER GEARS LIKE CAP, GLOVES COTTON CLOTHES WILL HELP REDUCE THIS WEAKNESS. DRINKING FRESH JUICES, ORS SOLUTIONS , MEDICATED WATER WILL HELP REDUCES HEAT INTERNALLY THEREBY REDUCING WEAKNESS AND BODY PAIN. IT IS ADVICED TO TAKE REST OR SLEEP IN THE AFTERNOON IN SUMMERS. BODY NEEDS REST FROM THAT SUN AND HEAT.

8.VOMITTING AND NAUSEA:

THIS OCCURS DUE TO AGGREVATED PITTA DOSHA AND VATTA DOSHA. PITTA INCREASING FOODSTUFFS , DRINKING LESS WATER, MENTAL STRESS CAUSES NAUSEA AND VOMITTING . DRINKING BUTTERMILK IS ADVISED TO REDUCE NAUSEA AND VOMITTING. IT ADVISED NOT TO ALWAYS TAKE ACIDITY TABLET IN SUMMERS RATHER TAKE DIGESTIVE TABLETS FOR PROPER DIGESTION. EATING FENNEL SEEDS, FLAX SEEDS, SUNFLOWERS AFTER FOOD INTAKE HELPS IN PROPER DIGESTION AND REDUCES NAUSEA AND VOMITTING SENSATION.

9.MENTAL FATIGUE:

NOT ONLY OUR BODY /PHYSICAL WELL BEING BUR MENTAL WELL BEING IS AFFECTED IN SUMMERS. PRACTISING PRANAYAMA IS THE BEST SOLUTION FOR REGULATING PITTA DOSHA AND VATA DOSHA IN THE BODY. YOGASANAS LIKE PADMASAN, DANURASANA, MATSYASANA ALONG WITH SURYA NAMASKARA HELP REDUCE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL FATIGUE. WE SHOULD PERFORM THE ASNAS EARLY MORNING AND EVENINGS ONLY.

10.THROAT AND EYE IRRITATION:

WITH SUMMERS WE TEND TO CONSUME ITEMS WHICH ARE COLD OR MADE OR PROCESSED WITH ICE. ALONG WITH THAT IF OILY AND STALE FOODSTUFF IS CONSUMED WE GET THROAT INFECTION AND COUGH. PITTA MAY ALSO CAUSE THROAT DISCOMFORT WHICH CAN CURED BY TAKING COUGH SYRUPS AND DOING MEDICATED GARGLES. IF THE SYMPTOMS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FEVER THEN YOU MUST CONSULT A DOCTER. TRY TO AVOID FROSTY ICECREAMS I.E WHICH HAS ICE SOLIDIFIED ON ITS COVER, THAT IS A AGENT TO CAUSE THROAT DISCOMFORT. EYES NEED TO BE PROTECTED WITH GOGGLE/SHADES IN SUMMERS. ROUTIELY U CAN APPLY GULABJAAL OR CUCUMBER WATER OR ALOEVERA WATER TO SOOTH EYE IRRITATION. WE GET FDA APPROVED MEDICATED EYE DROPS FOR EYE REDNESS AND DRYNESS USING THEM WILL ALSO HELP REDUCE EYE IRRITATION.

ALONG WITH THESE DRINKING ALCOHOL, CONSUMING CIGARETTES OR PAN MASALA IS PROBHITED IN SUMMERS AS IT AFFECTS THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.

PROPER DIET AND EXCERCISE CAN HELP YOU ENJOY SUMMERS PEACEFULLY.