Monday, April 2, 2018

Summer Tips From Ayurveda


Hi friends, it is time of farewell to spring and welcoming summer. Time for prickly heat, bad odour of sweats, dry skin and exhaustion. This time , let beat the heat with simple Ayurveda tips. These small things will bring big change.
1.Get up early in morning & do some relaxing exercises, but avoid exertion.
2.Practice sheetali or sitkari or nadishuddhi Pranayam daily. It will protect your body from heat.
3. Prefer cold showers.Use rose water or essence of sandal or khas in your bathing water.
4.You can use chandan, khas, spiked ginger lily , dry rose petal, dry orange peel, kushta like herbs for dry powder massage, it will reduce bad odour.
5.Use light fragrance perfume or ittar.
6. Use pure cotton clothes of light shades.
7.Add sweet , sour and salt taste in your diet.
   Add curries and salads.
 8.welcome adequate desi cow ghee in your diet.
9.Diet should be light to digest, liquids are preferable.
10.Avoid spicy, dry  and oily diet like snacks, farsan and bhajiyas.
11.Use vegetable having sweet in taste & bulky.
12.Use adequate seasonal fruits.
13. Have plenty of fluids.Avoid tea,coffee or carbonated drinks. Instead have homemade lime water, raw mango drinks or kokam sharbat. Tender coconut is also beneficial.
14. Abhyanga i.e. oil massage with oils having cool herbs or coconut oil is good for skin, it relieves fatigue.
15.Avoid liquor in summer, if unavoidable have much diluted.
16. Avoid direct exposure to sun. Use scarf, goggles and Suncoat. Protect your head from heat.
17. Take adequate sleep, one can have naps during the day if feels exhausted.
18.Avoid curd in summer.
19. Water boiled with cumin & coriander seed will help to relive burning sensation.
20. If there is complain of burning frets, one may massage frets with ghee or coconut oil.
21. For exertion one may use amla oil or coconut oil for head massage. It will improve sleep.

Follow above tips & make your summer happy.

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