Body Heat Remedies | Natural Treatment to Reduce Body Heat
What is Internal Body Heat
Summer is the time of the year when heat and energy is high in the environment. This results in a feeling of weakness and lethargy that affects everyone.
But for some persons are affected more due to their physical constitution and other properties and these persons could feel bloated, tired and acidity and may experience swollen hands and feet.
These persons have a tendency towards acne and acidity. They have a large appetite and have a medium body size.
How to Reduce Body Heat and Remedies for body heat
Following measures can be adopted to reduce this heat energy
- Foods that are astringent are good for reducing body heat. Vegetables are cooling and consuming of lots of vegetables and vegetable juices are very helpful in summer.
- One should eat well during the day and less at night as the food is required in the stomach during the day time to prevent acid build up.
- Drink plenty of liquids, coconut water, butter milk, fruit juices and at least 10 glasses of water daily.
- Eat light food, avoid hot, spicy and oily foods and opt for foods high in water content including fruits, salads, soups and buttermilk.
- Avoid alcoholic beverages and tea and coffee.
- Smoking should be completely avoided.
- Barley is very good for cooling the body and also good for kidneys. Barley can be eaten as salad or barley flour can be mixed with wheat flour for making bread.
- Mix barley flour in butter milk and boil. Keep it aside overnight and drink the next morning.
- Avoid sour and fried foods and also avoid vinegar.
- Nuts are heat generating and should be avoided.
Certain foods which bring down the body heat are
- Unpolished rice, barley, wheat bran.
- All bitter vegetable, leafy vegetables, celery, cucumber, sprouts and pumpkin.
- Cooking oils like rice bran oil and olive oil.
- All fruits, excepting mangoes, which must be eaten in less quantities.
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I suffer from body heat, and because of the heat I am prone to severe heat boils in my face. I drink plenty of water. How can I reduce the heat in my body?
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How old are you?
Apart from boils and pimples do you suffer from any other symptoms? Like flushes? Headaches?
Ways to cool your body down:
• Drinking adequate amounts of water is important. Drink a minimum of 3 to 3 ½ liters of water everyday. Water regulates the body temperature effectively.
• Drink plenty of other fluids through the day – coconut water, fresh fruit juices, and buttermilk.
• Include cucumber, beet, and watermelon in to our diet. These are cooling foods and help reduce the heat in the body.
• Avoid aerated beverages and processed juices.
• Stay away from foods that are high in fats and salt.
• Practicing Pranayama will remarkably help lower body temperature. Pranayama slows down the body and normalizes the body’s heat.
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