Dehydration and heat exhaustion — water and salts crashed in heat.
Also known as: pani ki kami · पानी की कमी · निर्जलीकरण · जल-क्षय
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Watermelon two or three times a day replaces water and minerals. Tender coconut water, two glasses daily. A small piece of jaggery with a pinch of rock salt in water restores lost salts. Buttermilk with roasted cumin and black salt at midday.
Watermelon two or three times a day replaces water and minerals.
Traditional
नारियल · Coconut
Tender coconut water, two glasses daily.
Traditional
गुड़ · Jaggery
A small piece of jaggery with a pinch of rock salt in water restores lost salts.
Traditional
छाछ · Buttermilk
Buttermilk with roasted cumin and black salt at midday.
Traditional
खरबूजा · Melon
Watermelon, unchilled, twice a day — it replaces both water and minerals.
Traditional
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Sip water with a pinch of rock salt every fifteen minutes; rest in the shade.
Cool wet cloth on the whole body; avoid the midday sun.
Bhojanveda
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