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How To Prevent Heat Stroke

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Heat stroke occurs when your body becomes too hot because the temperature of the body rises fast and the body can’t cool down easily. Heat stroke is very serious thing and is related to heat disorder. If not treated immediately it can lead to death. Heavy sweating, headache, fainting, rapid heartbeat, thirst, pale skin are some of the symptoms associated with heat stroke.

By following some tips you can prevent heat stroke easily. For example you should keep in mind never to have too hot tea. Let us now go through the 5 tips to prevent heat stroke :

Ways To Prevent Heat Stroke

Make Proper Arrangements

You should always wear loose clothes light in colour and mostly cotton clothes. You should wear hats and use umbrellas. You should always apply sunscreens or other sun blocks before going out in the sun and use sunglass.

Whenever you are going out somewhere like for an evening walk or running or cycling in the morning ask your friends or any family member to accompany you if possible because if you feel uneasy, then your friend or family member can help you to feel better by taking immediate actions or by taking you to the nearby hospital.

Avoid The Heat

You should try to avoid going out in the sun if it’s too hot and never over exercise like walking, running, cycling, yoga or aerobics. You should always exercise early in the morning or during late evening; never exercise when it’s very hot. You should examine your body weight before starting the exercise.

You should always balance your activity time and resting time and thus have some water in between the exercise (after every 10-20 minutes). You should always try to stay in shades when exercising. After exercise, have necessary amount of water and always take a shower.

Rehydrate

In summer, you should increase the water intake. Drink plenty of water, cold drinks, and fruit juices every day. Add ice cubes to a glass of water and have it. You should have fruit juices of watermelon, strawberry.

You should have orange juice because it has high vitamin C which will also help to keep your body cool and refreshed. You should always avoid coffee and alcohol as they cause dehydration. Instead you should have tea, especially green tea or any herbal tea as it will keep you relaxed and stress free.

Chinese Skullcap, Elder Flower

Using Chinese skullcap will reduce the body temperature and will help the body to release heat thus preventing heat stroke. Elder flower mixed with peppermint leaf is also a great way to prevent heat stroke.

Cayenne Pepper

Cayenne pepper stimulates the sweat glands and lowers the body temperature. Take cayenne pepper powder, olive oil, methanol crystals and peppermint or rosemary oil.

At first add 4 tablespoon of cayenne pepper powder to 1 cup of olive oil. Heat them and mix them well, stir and then pour it into a clean jar and add methanol crystals while it is still warm. When cooled add peppermint oil and then have it.

So getting rid of heat stroke is not that difficult and by following the above 5 herbal remedies you can easily get good results within a very short time.