Summer health care


Summer health care                

General info about summer season (Greeshma Ritu)

Mid-May to mid-July (approximately) is considered as Grishma (summer) season. Environment is prevalent with intense heat and unhealthy wind. The river-bodies dried and the plants appear lifeless. The predominant Rasa is Katu (pungent) and Mahabhuta are Agni and Vayu. The strength of the person become less, deposi.........................Read more



Body dosha in summer

As per Ayurveda, Each one of us is composed of combination of Tridoshashas  (Vata, Pitta and Kapha) When these doshas are in balance, these leads to perfect health and when they are out of balance these Doshas leads to symptoms and these sym.........................Read more





Common summer Health problems

• Skin rashes, sunburns, hot tempers and dehydration.

• Digestive discomforts : ulc.........................Read more



Some tips 

1) keep you body hydrated and cool.

          - Drink coconut water / sugarcane juice – twice / thrice a week. Or you should also try the traditional aam paana.

           - During hot weather body demands more liquid to maintain homeostasis thus keeping body hydrated. But drinking more liquids effects the digestive fire thus we often experience decrease in appetite. but we must take care not to disturb the digestive fire by drinking ice cold liquids during and after meals.

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Include cool nature/potency or high water content food such as Include ghee, raisins, cucumber, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, almond, dates, Banana, coconut water, watermelon, lemon, Mango, berries, pineapple, oranges, bitterguard, bottleguard, pumpkin, Tomato, Papaya, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, etc in diet.

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6) Soak 5 raisins and 5 almonds in water at night and eat them in next day morning. 

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2) Have light sweet food frequently, which helps to pacify your pitta.

             - Sweet and bitter food cool down the body.

             - Avoid chemically refined sugar, instead prefer Jagger, mishri, etc.


For burning of eyes – dip a cotton swab in rose water and apply it to closed eye for five minutes. Or put cucumber slices on eyes.

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9) Before night sleep apply chandan paste(made with rose water) to body(including feet, palm, back and chest also) and try sleep in open air or on the roof, which keeps you cool.  Or cold food bath for 10-15 minutes.

      - This not only not only cools you but also it enhances concentration, makes you calm, get rid acne, pimples and any of the skin problems.

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10) Add a teaspoon of coriander seed powder in cup of water and leave it for whole night and drink this water on next day morning on empty stomach.

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Avoid these things

1) Drinking too much caffeine or in moderation especially in summers (coffee, tea and soft drinks).


2) Less water or glucose based fluids or consuming too much of synthetic fluids. These include artificial fruit juices.


3) Intake foods with high salt content, pungent foods. And sour food (except lemon and amla).


4) High protein diet can cause mild dehydration due to increased water loss.


5) Do not perform vigorous physical activities in sun.


6) Avoid alcohol (or sho.........................Read more



Some recipies and food(diet) you should try in this summer which keeps you cool and calm


• Foods of sweet taste, coolant foods, liquid diet, oils, fried foods and drinks are desirable during summer.


1) The most famous drink summer is lemon water. Prepare a lemon water by adding lemon, jaggery, rock salt, Ginger with little amount of cumin and cardamom.

         - This recipe not only keeps you cool but also helps to get rid of digestive discomforts.

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2) Try some fruit juices along with jaggery, rock salt and cumin powder : include mango watermelon, sweet melon, etc.

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3) Panchasara – drink prepared with equal quantity of grapes, licorice, Kashmarya i.e. Gmelina arborea, Parushaka i.e. Grewia asiatica and sugar(jaggery), added with essence of camphor for fragrance and taste, and made cold.

          - It is a coolant fruit juice drink mentioned in Ancient Ayurvedic text book – Ashtanga Hrudaya. 

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4) Drink fragrant cold water, where as cooling should be done in mud pot. Or you should try rose lassi, rose milk, etc.

              - rose petals is the best inthe summer which keeps you cool and aromatic.

              - drinking fragrant cool water keeps you calm emotionally.

              - Gulkand is best known for relieving excess heat.


5) Aloevera juice is also the best cooling drink along with some lemon juice, Jaggery, cumin seeds, coriander seeds powder and Cinnamon.

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6) Drink buttermilk along with coriander seed and cumin seeds powder along with rock salt. As per your need you can add jaggery/mishri in it.


7) Mantha: take equal quantities of dried grapes, dates and figs, soak it in water for an hour, churn it well.

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8) Saktu: make a fine powder of dry roasted barley, channa dal mix it with wat.........................Read more



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Reference : 

1) Ashtanga Hrudaya

2) Sushruta samhita

3) local tradition and knowledge

4) Ayu. 2011 Oct-Dec;  PMCID: PMC3361919

5) Madhav University

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