Cooling drinks for heat exhaustion, burning and summer thirst.
Food Remedies
Main remedy
In summer heat and Pitta imbalance, cooling fermented drinks like aam panna, kokum, solkadhi and rose lassi bring down body heat, replace salts lost in sweat and guard against heatstroke.
Bel (wood-apple) pulp in water — deeply cooling, soothes the gut lining and prevents summer heat problems.
Traditional
गुलाब लस्सी · Rose lassi
Lassi with a little rose water — deeply cooling for the body and mind in Pitta heat.
Traditional
सोलकढ़ी · Solkadhi
Kokum and coconut-milk cooler — soothes the gut after a spicy meal and cools Pitta.
Traditional
गुड़हल कोम्बुचा · Hibiscus kombucha
Kombucha flavoured with hibiscus — ruby-red, cooling and good for blood pressure.
Traditional
आम पन्ना · Fermented aam panna
Raw-mango pulp fermented with jaggery and cumin — the classic drink against summer heatstroke.
Traditional
कोकम शरबत · Kokum sharbat
Fermented kokum cordial — sour-sweet, deeply cooling and good for acidity.
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
Drink these cool but not ice-cold, and sip through the hottest hours.
Aam panna and kokum are the classic Indian answers to heatstroke.
Bhojanveda
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