- It is a condition occurring in those persons who get exposed to excessive heat from the sun or severe heat wave. It is common in temperate regions during summer.
- It is caused by prolonged exposure to external heat specially sun altering normal temperament of the body and resulting in elevated body temperature along with other symptoms of excess of heat.
- It is characterized by headache, elevated body temperature, warm eyes and head, dry skin and face and dry mouth.
- It is a condition occurring in those persons who get exposed to excessive heat from the sun or severe heat wave. It is common in temperate regions during summer.
- It is caused by prolonged exposure to external heat specially sun altering normal temperament of the body and resulting in elevated body temperature along with other symptoms of excess of heat.
- It is characterized by headache, elevated body temperature, warm eyes and head, dry skin and face and dry mouth.
- Oral administration of Zulāl-i Amba Khām (Decanted water of unripe Mango.) sweetened with sugar.
- Oral administration of Pannā (a drink prepared with pulp of roasted unripe mango, water and sugar).
- Pāshoya (Foot bath) with Barg-i Bed Sāda (Leaf of Salix alba Linn.), Gul-i Chāndnī (Flower of Ipomoea alba Linn.), Gul-i Nīlofar (Flower of Nymphaea alba Linn.), Sabūs-i Gandum (Wheat husk), Shora Qalmī (Potassium nitrate).
- Inhalation of Sandal (Santalum album Linn.), Rose water, Kāfūr ( Cinnamomum camphora Linn.), Nīlofar (Flower of Nymphaea alba Linn.), Gul Surkh (Rosa damascena Mill.).
- Natūl (Irrigation) on scalp with the cold mixture of following ingredients.
- Rose water 1 part, Roghan-i Gul ½ part, Vinegar 1 part
- It is followed by Takmīd (Fomentation) of the scalp and chest with a muslin cloth soaked in the above mentioned mixture superadded with Sandal (Santalum album Linn.) till the body temperature gets normal. Thereafter, Hammām is advised. Hammām is followed by application of Roghan-i Banafsha/Roghan-i Nīlofar /Roghan-i Kadū on the scalp.
Compound drugs:
| Sharbat-i Banafsha | 24 ml. with Pomegranate juice |
| Sharbat-i Nīlofar | 24 ml. with Pomegranate juice |
| Sharbat-i Bihī | 24-48 ml. with Pomegranate juice |
| Sharbat-i Fālsa | 24-48 ml. mixed with plain water |
| Sharbat-i Tamar Hindī | 24-48 ml. mixed with plain water |
| Sharbat-i Turanj | 24 ml. with Pomegranate juice |
- Keep the patient in dark and cold room.
- Wash the hands and feet with cold water.
- Sit in water tub having cold water.
- Chilled water mixed with equal quantity of Rose water.
- Chilled Mā’ al-Sha‘īr sweetened with sugar. - Barley water
- Chilled and sweetened Sattū (prepared with roasted barley seeds).
- Aghziya Latīfa - Food stuffs which are easy to digest but have little nutritional value, and produce such a sanguine which is normal in viscosity. These are of two types i.e. Mahmūda (that produces good humour) and Ghayr Mahmūda (that produces morbid humour) e.g. garlic, radish, spicy and salty foods, etc.
- Black mulberry, plum, pomegranate, grapes.
- Boiled rice prepared with curd of cow milk and grated cucumber and pumpkin.
- Avoid exposure to extreme heat especially direct sun.