Although summers have many benefits, they can pose some serious problems too. The heat becomes burdensome for all birds, animals and humans. Everyone tries to fight back against the heat wave by drinking something or the other. But often the artificial drinks that many opt for can be damaging for our digestive system. Due to the summer heat, headaches are quite likely and people become tired quickly too which can lead to a person being unconscious too. Heart rate increases too. In this condition it is vital to keep the patient in a cool environment. Also one must not use cold water and instead go for medium level cold water. Sandal sherbet is quite effective in these days too. Along with this sandal sherbet, one can try and use gond kiteera, sat melathi which help retain the water level in the body. Juice of mangoes that are not ripe yet is quite beneficial too. This counters the effect of hot air in summers. Experts recommend that:

1. 1.      One must drink at least 13 glasses of water in summer.
2. 2.      Tea, coffee, cola should be avoided.
3. 3.      Cover your head when walking in the heat and preferably use a white coloured material.
4. 4.      Drink a glass of water before leaving the house.
5. 5.      And upon entry into the house, drink water too.
6. 6.      Milk and water or lassi should be used frequently too.
7. 7.      Try and avoid darker colours in summers since they absorb a lot of heat and instead go for pastel colours.
8. 8.      Leather sandals can be used too since they are less prone to absorbing heat.
9. 9.      Entertain your guests with homemade drinks rather than carbonated or artificial drinks.
10. 10.  Keep use of sherbet sandal and sherbet bazoori in summers.
11. 11.  Goond kteera, isphago, sattu, should be used after adding some balango.
12. 12.  If you urinate soon after drinking water and fell thirsty all the time too then use melathee 3 4 times in the day. This will prevent loss of water from the body.
13. 13.  Water melon is quite effective in summers but its use should be accompanied by some salt or pepper. Those who suffer from blood pressure should use pepper only.

Keeping the climate of Pakistan in mind, over the centuries quite a lot of drinks have been invented that help counter the summer season. The list of some of these drinks is mentioned below:

1. Lassi.
2. 2.      Juice of ganay.
3. 3.      Sandal sherbet.
4. 4.      Red sherbet.
5. 5.      Bazoori ka sherbet.
6. 6.      Sattu sherbet.
7. 7.      Avoid all carbonated or artificial juice drinks. 

Diet for summers:

Kulfa vegetable:

This herb helps promote secretions which come in handy when passing urine is painful. Seeds of this vegetable can be used in water to make a joshandha. Take one teaspoon oil that is made from the seeds of kulfa and add it in the water from a coconut that is not ripe. Drinking this three times in a day helps in curing the irritation or pain while urinating.

Drinking the juice from the stem of kulfa can help counter heat pimples or irritation on the hands and feet. Rubbing the mashed up form of the leaves of kulfa helps cool down the chest.

Mehndi:

Mehndi has a colour too but not only that, it also has many medicinal benefits too. It can prove to be beneficial to the skin too and it helps cure pimples that come up due to the heat. Mehndi leaves when mashed should be applied to the areas where heat pimples have come up. Feet also heat up in summers and applying some mehndi after mixing it in water can be beneficial too. When suffering from a headache, apply the paste of mehndi flowers and vinegar on the head.

Sandal:

This is a white perfumed herb. This is a refreshing tonic for the body and so any drink that has sandal in it is quite healthy. Sandal paste when applied over heat pimples is also a good cure. Rose water and mashed up powder of sandal wood gives a refreshing feeling too.

Green illaichi:

Green illaichi sherbet can be quite soothing and helps cure the irritation while urinating too. Seeds of illaichi mashed one tablespoon along with leaves of banana and amla juice should be used three times a day to cure irritation in the digestive system or while urinating.

Illaichi drink in summers can be very beneficial and counters the smell of sweat.

Coriander:

Drink in summers lowers cholesterol in blood, improves kidneys and allows urine to pass easily. Coriander drink can be made after boiling coriander seeds in water and staining and cooling it down.

Isphagol:

This has a refreshing effect on the digestive system and should be used in the morning or at night with milk or water.