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topic for discussion: Body coolant in summer according to Ayurveda
Dr. Vivek D.
Shah: All Sharbat kalpana, Banafsa
preparation, Ushir jal, Udumber juice, Gulkand etc. These all have very good
coolant effect can b use in summer.
Vd. Pritam Bharat Veer: Cooling means used to subside pitta dosha ,
heat produced in side body . According to ayurveda , we can give Dhanyak and
Jirak fant or him. Ushirasaw, Chandanasava simply daily intake of water
containing ushir which we get in market. Also takra with Dhanyak and Jirak
powder.
Vd. Avni Kaneria: Fennel seeds + sarkara sarbat -Dhanyak him
Vd. Pritam Bharat
Veer: Avoid katu tikt kashay amla ras. you
can give sali shasthik along with khadisakhar. Gulkand sidha dugdha best can be
given as Gulkand + milk 1 cup + 1 cup water bring it to boil till 1 cup
remains. Cool it and take. Very nice cooling effect I observed personally. Moravala
also has good result. Externally you can apply shatdhout ghrut. Daily ghrut
paan also useful. Kumari swaras but freshly prepared without adding any
preservatives. Pitta increases in ushna gunha so we need pittaghna chikitsa
also like praval , mouktik , kamdudha , amruta satwa , ananta.
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Dr. V B.
Maheshwari: For body coolant ushir is best. Many
market preparation are available in market which contains ushir only like SHEET
SUDHA (SDL) .It's a very good coolant for this greeshm ritu. Shadandpanneya is
also good for this purpose. It is very good in pitta shaman as well as agni
correction. Can we use these coolant in swedadhikya (hyperhydrosis)
Dr. Krishnapriya:
Sariva is also good i think its essence is available
in market
Vd. Pritam Bharat Veer: Also we get fresh Durva , coriander leaves of
which you can draw swaras by use of mixture grinder. 10 ml BD. Enough. Mainly
there is loss of water and electrolytes in the form of sweat. So you have to
replace it. You can add khadi shakkar to it.
Dr. Mahendra
Sharma: We also suggest sarivasav or
usheerasava which r available easily
Dr. V B.
Maheshwari: But swedadhikya
is a disorder of pitta (I think bhrajak) so only by ushir it can be pacified?
Vd. Pritam Bharat Veer: Also Dadimavleha. I used to tell my pt the
recipe of Dadimavleha in the season of dadim. Many of them have prepared and
stored. And taking on daily basis.
Dr. Jyoti Ashok: Draksha &daniya hima coolas the body.
Shail H. Bhavsar:
Shadang paniya content: Musta, Purpat,
Ushira, Udichhya, Chandan, Nagar (sunthi) also act as coolent . It removes
Anorexia , constipation and Jirna Jwara too. Alos use Swami Ayurved Pratisthan
Khamgaon made Drakshavleh.
Dr. Piyush
Dodiwadiya: Should we use MATKA water or refrigerator
water? Because water itself coolent
Vd. Pritam Bharat Veer: Matka water is very good cooling agent. As we
all know according to ayurveda things which are kept in refrigerator become
ushna guru avasthambhi.
Dr. Madhuri Patil
Chaudhari: Coolant are Sadya Santarpaniya
dravyas. Kharjuradi manth is best , Charak Samita. Madhur, Amla rastmak but
Laghu in attributes. Easily digestible quickly.
Dr. Kalpesh Vani: Takra is ushna then how can we advice takra
Dr. Madhuri Patil
Chaudhari: Dadhi is Ushna and Guru, Takra is not that much Ushna but Laghu.
In Mutrakruccha Chapter in A H Takra
with Yavkshar along with other dravyas is mentioned. As a coolant.and as an
alkaliser of urine to reduce burning micturition.
Ayulink: Bottle guard vegetable is my favourite as a coolant - bottle guard (lauki or dudhi) soup is best
Vd. Hardik bhatt:
Aaragvadh-- garmalo is very good coolent . Because it is pit virehan.
Once in a week . one can feel very cool
in summer . Aaragvadh-- flowers gulkand is also very good coolent , Aamra panak
kachi Keri no pano is very good .
Dr. Kalpesh Vani: Yavakshar is used for its bhedan karma
Vd. Jignesh
Thakkar: Dah prashaman and trushna nigrahan
gan can be used in general. In food milk can be used as great coolant for
digestive tract. Ushir for skin. Giloy for fever. For hast pad dah cow ghee can be used as coolant
Dr. Kalpesh Vani: Dadhi and takra has gamitwa towards vrukka
so yavakshar and takra are used
Vd. Jignesh
Thakkar: In fruit draksha is good . People
use more watermelon but it is not cool
Ayulink: Particularly black grapes are more coolant,
it is my experience .
Dr. Madhuri Patil
Chaudhari: Yes Melons are Guru, so not
Santarpaniya.
Vd. Sachin Kadlag: To remain in cool homes in day time and to
be under the cool moonlight in the night in summer is part of summer rutucharya
Dr.
Shantanandkumar: GRAPES are
cool. But now a days using so many chemical to grow fruits especially grapes.
So I think using grapes may leads adverse effect with out any beneficial
Gary Yuen: Modern methods of agriculture may have
changed benefits. As far as chemicals, soaking in vinegar or 10% salt has been
shown to remove up to all pesticides. Would yava be more appropriate than sali?
Among sali, sastika? Would mandukaparni as a vegetable be among best? Listed
first among cooling vegetables. Still used as such in the south. Greco-roman
(Hippocrates*) i think mentions only yava during summer. In parts of south
Asia, mandukaparni tea is used. In unani, vamana is used. Is there a reason?
Vd. Dhruti Nirav
Bhatt: Amalki sharbat, Parushak(Falsa)+Munna
ka+ Sharkara+ Khajur(Dates) maje Sharbat
(Panak).It has coolent effect that is my experience. Bottleguard,Pumpkin,
Coconut water, We can put Ushir in
Earthen pot to cool water. Chandan ,Ushir,Rose Petels ,Orange fruit bark make a
paste and use as udvartan .
Dr Piyushbhai
Prajapati: Dhanyak Him.. In Noon to evening ..
Once . Keeps you away from the burning of eyes and foot due to heat.
Dr Piyushbhai
Prajapati: Even in this season,Patol as
Vegetable is good for food.
Vd. Hardik bhatt:
Kushmand-- kolu is very good vegetable
in this season.
Dr Jayesh Patel: Sometimes we are using bilva sarbat.
Dr. Rachana
Mumbai: I don't know if someone has
mentioned this before. Manuka+dhanyak+sof+khadi shaker. Gives very good coolant
effect. Those who have excess pitta problem can keep dudhi on foot Or
madyantika on foot Or do massage of go ghrt on foot
Dr. Dipa Mehta: Gud, water and chincha also gives coolant
effect
Gary Yuen: I don't remember texts mentioning raw food
except harmful effects in excess. Perhaps some to induce cooling? Though if
it's heavier and requires greater agni, when lower in summer, is there some
right amount according to strength of agni?
Dr. Ravibhusan S
Sonawale: All him kalpna are very good .
Dr. Vasupradha R: Jalam+ gudam+ shunti powder + karpuram(if
necessary) is traditionally used to rejuvenate body This is offered as prasadam for Lord Narasimha.
Dr. Navneeth
Krishnan: Drakshadi kashayam is good for pitta samana and reduces daha,
murcha etc. Amruta shadangam another variant of shadanga where shunti is
replaced by Guduchi is also good.
Dr. Piyush
Dodiwadiya: Please share your views on TAKRA. Is
it usna? Should we use in summer or not Is it coolent? Because in different
sthan it mentioned different guna
Dr. Dipa Mehta: Takra when it is prepared with one fourth
jala. Rasa - madura, amla, anurasa, kashya, virya ushna, laghu ruksha by
sushrut. Most of acharya said takra nishedha kala Grisham rutu
Dr. Vivek D.
Shah: There are 5 types of takra hv been described
and all 5 have there different properties...may b it is described in bhav
prakash...not sure abt referance..
Shail H. Bhavsar:
In shastra it is described about takra
is ushna. Gujaratis are taking chanchhika which is shita.
Dr. Dipa Mehta: Yes true
Vd. Jignesh
Thakkar: Dadhi,tarka,mastu,ghol ,
udaschit,chacchika are types. Almost all are usna. We have wrong believes
towards this that is why we are using it to get will effect
Ayulink: Onion is pitta increasing, but onion juice is
indicated for the treatment of sunstroke. Like as a coolant. Why? Any idea?
Vd. Sachin Kadlag: May be in sunstroke drava guna of pitta is
decreased though overrall pitta will be
increased but with ushna and tikshna guna
, so onion juice may be acting in sunstroke by increasing drava that is
liquid in the body. may be due to its tikshna gandhatva and sukshmatva it may
be having faster and deeper action as
expected in treatment of sunstroke.
Dr. Kalpesh Vani: Red onion is pittavardhak and White onion is
Pittashamak.
Ayulink: Similarly unripe mango is sour and considered
as pitta increasing, but a drink made of unripe mango (baflo or mango panak) is
best drink as coolant in the body.
Dr. Vasupradha R: They're in two types Big one n Small one. Do
not know about the qualities of big sized onion. Small sized onion is used for
treating chiken pox which must a coolant. It's also used in Arshas and male
infertily for pitha shamanam.
Dr. Bhavesh Modh: Overall, red onions contain a higher amount
of antioxidant compounds. They are higher in total flavonoids than white onions
and yellow onions are considered to be in the middle. Red onions contain 415 to
1917 mg of flavonols compared to yellow ones, which only contain 270 to 1187
mg.
One of the most beneficial compounds
in red onions is quercetin, which is a polyphenol compound. Quercetin is a
powerful compound which is beneficial for scavenging free radicals in the body.
Red onions are also richer in anthocyanins which give them the red/purple
color. Red onions were found to contain at least 25 different anthocyanins.
Acc to Ayu red onion property
पित्तहृत् चरक सू.अ.27 , शोणितपित्तशस्तः सु. सू. अ. 46, कफपित्तहरो - राज निघंटु , कफकृन्नाति पित्तल- भावप्रकाश
use of onion
नासिकास्त्रुते रक्ते - च. चि .4, रक्तार्शःसु - च. चि .9 so red onion
is not पित्तवर्धक।
Dr. Kalpesh Vani: Red-- Pittavardhak-raj-tamo guni And
White---pittashamak- satva guni
Slovenia Anoop S.
Anand: I think Onion and kairi panna are
not coolants in real sense in Summers when external heat is high internal body heat
(metabolism/jatharagni) decreases from my understanding Sunstroke may be
associated with further decrease in jatharagni followed by indigestion and
strotorodh..leading to high fever At that time onion with its
ushna-teekshnatva..opens up the clogged strotasa and helps dissipate heat and
reduce fever Same way i think kairi panna is digestive and carminative so it
supports digestion..because it relieves of the digestive upsets associated with
summer..so may be people call it coolent..
Dr. Bhavesh Modh: सत्व - पित्त , रजस् - वात,
तमः- कफ
Dr. Madhuri Patil
Chaudhari: Sushrut differs a bit.sha.sthan 1st
chapter.
Satva bahul Aakash, Rajobahul vaayu, SatvaRajobahul
Agni, SatvaTamobahul Jal
Tamobahul Prithvi. Panchbhautik
constitution of SatvaRajTamo.
Manoj Advaith: Chincha panaka , Dhanyakadi hima, Indrayava
pramathya.
Canada Nitin
Shah: Bilwa panak and ushirasawa
Dr. Nehal Shah: Falsa panak
Dr Avadhut Mohite: Body Coolants for Beating summer heat can
be:
1. Ushirasav 2. Chandanasav 3. Pravaal
Pishti 4. Dhanyakadi Heem 5. Gulkanda
Dr. Jigar Joshi: Simply VARIYALI
Vd. Khyati
Jariwala: By adding valo,gulab pankhudi,dhanyak,
variyaali in dinking water
Vd Raksha Shukla: Raw mango sharbat (bafalo)
Dr Jigar Joshi: Aa amla ras hova chhata kem ? Logic behind ?
Dr. Vishva Joshi: Aam panna
Dr. Nehal Shah: Munnaka panak, Kajur Manth
Vd. nikul patel: Any one have receipe of this?
Vd Limesh Khatri: Aam panna kai rite collent hoi sake? Apakva
aam amla che
Dr. Nehal Shah: It's described in bhaishjya vigyan book
Dr. Vishva Joshi: Yes sir,but in summer we mostly prefer aam
panna for drink. May be we r adding jira and gud etc so in this process the
effect would be beneficial in summer .
Dr. Nehal Shah: Aam panna should be made with Rock sugar and
cardamom powder or mint for freshness, then it will be given coolent effect.
(Raw mango has first boiled with water and discard the cooked boil water to
reduce sourness and tangyness.)
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Compiled by - Dr. Dhruti Kagrana
Compiled by - Dr. Dhruti Kagrana
