Body coolant in summer according to Ayurveda

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Next 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