The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine recommends that people take care of their health with Thai traditional medicine to cope with Thailand’s hot weather crisis. With Thai traditional medicine and herbs, promote aromatic medicine recipes, herbal medicine recipes, food menus, and drinks that are suitable to eat to cure common diseases during the summer season.
Dr. Kwanchai Wisitthanon, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine, said that during this period, the Meteorological Department has announced that Thailand has officially entered the summer season. The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine would like to recommend that people turn to take care of their health with the science of Thai traditional medicine to stay away from diseases during the summer season. Diseases that often occur during the summer season include dizziness, heatstroke, acute diarrhea, and skin diseases.
For the group of symptoms of dizziness or heatstroke due to the hot weather, people with health problems or those who have to work outdoors are directly affected. Therefore, it is recommended to carry a herbal medicine recipe with you because herbal medicine is a herbal medicine recipe that has been with Thai people for a long time. It has properties to relieve wind, nourish the heart, relieve dizziness, nausea, vomiting, relieve colic, etc. The recommended herbal medicines include Ya Hom Thep Chit, Ya Hom Thipsot, Ya Hom Nawakoth, etc. And during the summer, it is recommended that people always carry herbal inhalers. Properties to relieve dizziness, lightheadedness, which are convenient to carry and inhale when symptoms occur.
Another disease that most people tend to have symptoms in the summer is acute diarrhea. Herbal medicines that we would like to recommend to keep at home and with you during the summer include: Yellow medicine to close the ocean. Properties: Alleviates non-infectious diarrhea, such as no mucus or blood in the stool, and diarrhea without feces. Yatha Bunchob. Properties: Alleviates symptoms of abnormal stool elements, non-infectious diarrhea, and diarrhea without fever. Raw or unripe bananas: Eat half to 1 banana, or cut into slices, dry, grind into powder, and drink 4 times a day before meals and before bed. Andrographis paniculata treats non-infectious diarrhea.
Skin care in the summer is also important. Common symptoms are rashes, itching, sunburn, and skin inflammation. Recommended herbal medicines include lotion/calamine lotion in cases of sunburn. The herb that can help relieve these symptoms is aloe vera because it contains moisturizing agents for the skin. Peel the green skin of aloe vera and wash off the yellow latex. Then, slice the jelly inside thinly and apply or stick it on the skin morning and evening. Cucumber properties help moisturize the skin. Slice it thinly and apply or stick it on the skin to improve the complexion. Another herb that should not be overlooked is Centella asiatica. It is recommended to dissolve Centella asiatica powder in water and apply it to areas of skin inflammation from sunlight or hot weather. Another method is to use fresh Centella asiatica, pound it, and squeeze out the juice to apply to the inflamed skin, which will help heal the inflamed skin faster.
Dr. Khwanchai continued that it can be seen that during the hot summer, the weather causes an imbalance of the four elements: earth, water, wind, and fire. In particular, people with the fire element as their ruler (born between January and March) are at higher risk of imbalance than other elements because the sweltering heat from the air causes the fire element to flare up easily, such as headaches, heatstroke, canker sores, acid reflux, constipation, diarrhea, sunburn, rashes, itching, and dermatitis. This also causes other elements to imbalance, such as an imbalance of the wind element (dizziness, fatigue, exhaustion, physical discomfort, insomnia), a deficiency of the water element (thirstiness, dry skin, constipation, and affecting the functioning of the earth element (all organs in the body). Therefore, the fire element in the body must be taken care of by controlling the body temperature so that it does not rise too high. Eat bitter, pungent, and cool foods, whether vegetables or fruits, and cook them into food or drinks. Avoid foods that are too spicy, sour, salty, or too oily. Do not work too hard. Wear breathable clothing and keep your mind calm.
For food and drinks that are recommended to eat during the summer, you should eat all 5 food groups, but focus on vegetables and fruits that are mainly cool. Recommended cooling dishes include stuffed bitter melon soup. Bitter melon has important properties as a heat-reducing medicine, reduces fever, relieves thirst, relieves heatiness, reduces inflammation, and relieves sore throats. Shrimp galangal soup (reduced spiciness) is a local dish made from various vegetables such as morning glory leaves, betel leaves, zucchini, bottle gourd, straw mushrooms, and fingerroot. These vegetables are beneficial to the body. Hot shrimp galangal soup can help you sweat and make your body feel light. Soup dishes such as green pumpkin soup, morning glory soup, and sesbania soup are considered suitable for eating during this hot season. As for recommended drinks, Triphala water is made from 3 types of fruits: Indian gooseberry, Indian gooseberry, and Indian gooseberry. It is a medicine to adjust the elements during the hot season. It has the property of helping to balance the 4 elements of the body. It can be consumed by people of all ages and can be used with all elements. Yanang juice and Yanang leaves have a cooling effect, adjust the balance, and reduce heat in the body. Gotu kola juice relieves heat in the body, thirst, reduces symptoms of one-sided headaches, nourishes the brain, and nourishes the heart. Roselle juice has the property of helping to treat heat in the mouth, reduces blood clots, and pandan leaf juice helps to nourish the heart, reduces thirst, and makes you feel refreshed.
