If you can’t stand heat, you feel thirsty all the time, you experience a lot of sweat, overbleeding, hair fall, greying of hair, acidity, skin pigmentation, pimples and anger bothers you then note that this is an indicator that you have excess heat in the body. But don’t worry, there are some easy and effective ways that will naturally cool down the body and resolve these problems from its root. So without any further delay, let’s get started.
Hello friends! Welcome to Body Boliyan. No matter what you use to cover it up, until you reduce the fire within, these symptoms will keep cropping up. Let us talk about 5 ways to reduce this body heat as mentioned in ayurvedic scriptures.
Cover the Head
Have you seen a labourer working under the hot sun? Chances are that he might not be wearing full clothes on his body but his head would be covered. Just covering the head, protects him from sun stroke and many other body heat related problems. There is no doubt that sun is nature’s doctor but in india, 11 am to 4 pm, sunrays are extremely harsh. When this harsh sunlight falls directly on head, it sucks the energy out of our body like a straw.
To reduce body heat, we should prefer staying indoors at this time. In case you are outdoor, make sure to cover your head either using an umbrella, cap, scarf or even a handkerchief will do. When riding a bike, don’t forget to wear a helmet. Many people prefer taking hot water baths. On body hot water does relax the muscles but one should avoid pouring hot water directly on head, especially during summer season. Else, this can become a reason for hair fall and premature greying of hair. In fact, to keep body heat in check, it will greatly help if you take cold water baths.
So, avoid heat exposure to head and you will notice this small thing is such a relief on body heat problems.
Gond Katira
If there is one thing that is most effective in reducing heat in the body, its gond katira. Gond katira or tragacanth gum is a natural gum obtained from dried sap from a tree bark. Soak just a little bit in water and it will swell to form a jelly like thing. It is extremely cooling. Nimbu paani is our go to drink in summer. If you just add a spoonful of gond katira into it, the cooling quotient of nimbu paani will get to another level. Do you often feel burning in eyes? Gond katira is an excellent eye pack. It will instantly cool down burning in eyes, redness and eye strain. It is effective in reducing dark circles as well. Applying gond katira on forehead and soles of feet relaxes the mind and cools the body almost instantly.
Gond katira can easily be bought from any grocery shop at rs 30 per 100 grams. Just make sure that you ask for gond katira and not just gond which we use in winters for binding laddoos.
Kansa Katori
Foot massage to reduce body heat, going through ayurvedic scriptures there is one practice that one can’t afford to miss. Its foot massage using kansa katori. Just how watering the roots, nourishes the whole tree. In the same way feet is the root of our body. Massaging it, our whole system gets rejuvenated. But, you must be wondering, what is this kansa? Kansa is bronze, an alloy of copper, tin and zinc. One can easily get it from any utensil shop. Kansa metal has this peculiar property to instantly bring out excess heat from the body by stimulating the vital nerves that terminate to the feet. Yes, you can watch it happen. In fact, it’s a test to find out if your body is acidic within or not.
To do this foot massage, you can either use coconut oil or ghee. Apply on the soles of your feet. Then with kansa katori self massage the back of your feet. You might notice the oil turning black. Don’t worry. These are infact the toxins in the form of acidity that kansa metal draws out. Note, darker the black colour, more acidity is within your system. But it’s a good thing that it is getting removed. Massage for 5-5 minutes on each sole and then wipe it off using a wet towel. Better keep a hand towel especially for this. The best time to do this massage is before going to sleep at night. After this massage you feel extremely light, as if something heavy has been drawn out of the body. It is probably the best practice to calm down the excess heat in the body and mind. Do it daily or as often as possible, you will be amazed to experience its benefits.
Cool Drinks
A common symptom of increased body heat is excessive thirst. When we always feel like drinking something. And to curb that thirst, we often reach out to carbonated drinks. This is like adding fuel to fire. Cola and other carbonated drinks might seem cool but are extremely acidic that disturb the PH of the stomach. Its time we choose cool drinks over cold drinks. Sugarcane juice, for example is available almost everywhere these days. It is a tonic for the liver and effectively brings down the symptoms of excess body heat. Gulkand should find a place in your kitchen. Fine paste of rose petals, you can mix it with milk to enjoy cooling gulkand shake. Chana sattu and barley sattu are cooling as well. Apart from these, aam panna, jal jeera, buttermilk, kokum sharbat and thandai are the real cooling drinks that your body craves for.
Mitti Bartan
If you start using mud pots, body heat related problems will automatically come down. Foremost, strive to buy a mitti ghada to store water. Refrigerated water feels cool to touch but it actually heats the body from within. On the contrary, water kept in matka is appropriately cool, it doesn’t cause sore throat, it naturally has more minerals a and most importantly, when we drink it, our body gets cool from within. You can store water in a mud pot and drink it first thing in the morning. Cool matka water acts like a medicine in problems like gastritis, acidity and sun strokes. In comparison to any other utensil material, food cooked in a clay pot is less heating for the body. The earth material is such that it pushes food cooked in it towards alkalinity.
Yes, clay pots can be used normally like any other utensil on gas and it is not such a hassle as it seems to be. So use this ecofriendly and economical option to get relief from body heat.
Summary
Excessive sweat, overbleeding, hair fall, premature greying of hair, acidity, anger, pimples and pigmentation are the signs of increased heat in the body. Indulging is heating, spicy and fried foods is a major reason behind it. To reduce body heat, cover your head when you are out in the sun during daytime. You can use an umbrella, cap, scarf or even a handkerchief. Avoid pouring hot water on head. You should get your hands on gond katira. Add a little water and it swells up. Add it in nimbu paani to enhance its cooling quotient. Gond katira can be used as eye pack. Applying it on forehead and soles of feet reduces body heat. Avoid ice cold refrigerated water as it heats the body from within. Use mud pot instead. Usage of mitti bartan is an economical and ecofriendly way to keep heat at bay. Ditch the cola and other cold drinks as they are extremely acidic for the body. Drink real cool drinks like sugarcane juice, gulkand shake, aam panna, jal jeera, buttermilk and thandai instead. Every night before sleeping, massage a little ghee or coconut oil on the soles of feet and then massage them with kansa katori for 5 minutes. Then you can wipe it off with a wet towel. If you do these things properly, your body will get cool from within and body heat problems will be a thing of past.
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