Keeping Cool During Heat Waves and Wild Fires #38

We had a few heat waves this summer, so I had plenty of opportunities to try out herbs and foods to stay cool! I made cold infusions instead of hot teas with cooling and moistening herbs like Hibiscus and Rose, and switched my regular body massage oil to cooling coconut oil. Ayurveda gives us lots of insights into the energetic qualities of herbs, and this includes how foods and herbs affect our body temperature. I will review a list of dietary recommendations for Pitta, because as we know Pitta is hot and wet, so this can give us some ideas about how to adapt our diet and herbal protocol during summer (Pitta time!). I will also mention some herbs for the lungs that are helpful if you have been close to a wildfire. In this case, we can combine cooling and demulcent herbs with lung tonics and expectorants. Plantain, Mullein, Licorice, Linden, Thyme, Coltsfoot, Elecampane, Schidsandra berry, Nettle, Cordyceps, Vasaka, and Astragalus come in very handy during emergencies like this.
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