Article by Dr Raghuram Y.S. MD (Ay) & Dr Manasa, B.A.M.S
What’s warmth intolerance? Issues to find out about,
Warmth intolerance is a situation by which the physique finds it tough to manage up with warmth or scorching climate. One might really feel dizzy, weak or nauseous. In brief, the physique struggles to deal with excessive temperatures and regulate to the identical.
A variety of uncomfortable signs together with dehydration, fatigue and extreme sweating are precipitated because of warmth intolerance.
Warmth intolerance is an impact or symptom of many well being circumstances like thyrotoxicosis, Grave’s illness, hypertension, infections, psoriasis, psychological sickness, anxiousness issues and so on. It might even be precipitated because of the impact of many drugs and substances together with antibiotics, blood stress medicines, antipsychotics, caffeine and so on.
Signs of warmth intolerance are completely different in numerous people and will typically embrace basic weak point, temper fluctuations, immense fatigue, complications, elevated heartbeat, nausea, vomiting, extreme or absence of sweating, muscle cramps and so on.
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Warmth Intolerance: Ayurveda Understanding
Right here, we will focus on Ayurveda understanding of warmth intolerance from the standpoint of what causes this situation from exterior in addition to within the physique.
Extrinsic components for warmth intolerance
Adana Kala – Sizzling local weather and seasons are the primary causes for warmth intolerance. This occurs when the seasons and their affect are on the upper aspect of extremes. Subsequently, the extrinsic components could be the adana kala – the warmth predominant seasons – Summer time Solstice and the lack of the physique to regulate to the identical.
Physique can tolerate temperature to an extent and to restricted extremes. Equally, the tolerance ranges and limits could also be completely different for various people. Subsequently, intolerance might not present up in everybody.
The one that has warmth intolerance might really feel even a gentle enhance of warmth to be extraordinarily insupportable whereas the others round are extraordinarily snug with it.
Warmth intolerance could also be a response and response of the physique to variations occurring within the adana kala – summer season solstice. Adana Kala includes three seasons that are predominantly scorching in nature. Solar is predominant in three seasons in accordance with Ayurveda – Shishira – late winter season, Vasanta – spring season and Greeshma – summer season season.
Sharad Rtu is the season for aggravation of pitta. Pitta too is scorching in nature. So, there’ll clearly be warmth intolerance to an extent on this season. However we have to see that this season doesn’t fall within the adana kala. Actually, it falls in visarga kala. So, Sharad Rtu principally falls in between the top of Varsha Rtu wet season (whereby the solar glows after the clouds disappear and rain stops) and starting of Hemanta Rtu i.e. early winter (whereby as soon as once more the warmth of the Solar fades with onset of chilly season) The rise and reduce of warmth in between two seasons of visarga kala is the season for pitta enhance. On this season, there may be accumulation of warmth within the physique as an impact of the skin warmth together with growing pitta contained in the physique.
Likewise, Varsha Rtu – monsoon / wet season favours of accumulation of pitta, which when not monitored by way of seasonal routine can cross boundaries of enhance and go to the stage of aggravation within the following season i.e. Sharad Rtu. It’s fascinating to see that Varsha Rtu too falls underneath Visarga Kala.
Additionally, in Sharad Rtu there may be pure lower of vata, so the coldness within the physique reduces which additionally facilitates enhance in pitta and warmth.
No matter occurs in Sharad and Varsha Rtu is because of the affect of nature / season on pitta and relative affect on different doshas.
Coming to Adana Kala – summer season solstice, the six months included right here and comprising 3 seasons of two months every, as talked about above, are principally scorching seasons. They too will certainly have an effect on pitta and warmth. In Greeshma Rtu – which is part of adana kala, there may be depletion of kapha and accumulation of vata (however not aggravation of vata) which as soon as once more favours enhance of pitta and consequent warmth.
Consumption of pitta aggravating meals and actions in seasons favouring their enhance i.e. Varsha and Sharad Rtus, might add as much as irregular enhance of pitta dosha, resulting in manifestation of warmth intolerance.
Common consumption of scorching meals and publicity to warmth or working in scorching and humid circumstances for very long time intervals might make one more and more illiberal to the warmth.
Habituated consumption of pitta aggravating meals and way of life actions for longer period are additionally the extrinsic components which might contribute in the direction of warmth intolerance.
One ought to discover ways to adapt to completely different seasons. This adaptation will come naturally to 1, with ageing and coaching. That is referred to as Rutucharya – seasonal routine.
Rutu Sandhi is the transitional interval between two seasons. Ayurveda explains about seasonal transition and advocates one to coach self in the course of the transitional interval. This consists of proper seasonal decisions of meals and actions and behaviours.
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Intrinsic components for warmth intolerance
Pitta is a dosha which is principally scorching in nature. It is usually the primary intrinsic issue for warmth intolerance.
In response to Ayurveda, extreme warmth within the physique is principally because of irregular enhance or aggravation of pitta.
Improve in pitta can construct up warmth within the physique and when it hits excessive, it could trigger warmth intolerance. When there may be warmth intolerance, it additionally displays that there’s a relative lower within the ‘chilly’ doshas of the physique i.e. vata and kapha and their subtypes.
Hearth and pitta are carefully and inseparably related. Hearth naturally resides within the pitta and in a state of stability, it helps in sustaining and regulating warmth within the physique. When this pitta goes past its state of stability it builds up warmth within the physique past the degrees of tolerance, thus inflicting warmth intolerance.
This elevated warmth would overshadow the coldness of vata and kapha, that are the antagonist doshas for pitta.
Extreme warmth within the physique can also be attributable to the ailments attributable to morbid pitta. These ailments when not handled correctly or when pitta isn’t managed in time might result in warmth intolerance.
This elevated warmth in pitta issues will probably be related to signs of these ailments. These signs embrace burning sensation, raised warmth and redness attributable to elevated pitta.
The pitta issue – In brief, Pitta is the intrinsic issue accountable for warmth intolerance. Warmth is in truth the consultant of fireside and Solar contained in the physique. The physique warmth is regulated and maintained by ‘pitta in a state of stability’. When pitta goes off stability, in the direction of increased extremes, the individual won’t be able to tolerate warmth.
So, irregular pitta enhance (excitation, vitiation or aggravation) is the primary trigger accountable for warmth intolerance. Pitta aggravating meals and actions are accountable for irregular pitta hike within the physique.
Pitta aggravating thoughts entities like ‘extreme anger’ is accountable for irregular enhance of warmth within the physique and thoughts, which is accountable for many well being circumstances. Pitta enhance in the long run is accountable for many inflammatory reactions and modifications within the physique.
Rakta and Sweda issue – Pitta is situated within the blood tissue and sweat. Irregular enhance in rakta – blood and non-elimination of sweda – sweat might construct up warmth within the physique and put the tissues and physique parts to warmth exhaustion to some extent of intolerance.
Mixed components – The mix of intrinsic and extrinsic components can also be accountable for warmth intolerance.
Likewise, teekshnagni – extreme and irregular enhance in depth of digestive hearth / energy on the intestine stage will affect all the physique and all dhatus – tissues. This can trigger burn outs at numerous ranges of the physique. This can even overshadow even the minimal coldness wanted to buffer the warmth within the physique, as contributed by vata and kapha and their coldness. Placing it the opposite approach, teekshnagni would dominate and overrule vata and kapha and their actions within the physique.
The seasons, meals and actions which worsen pitta and produce associated signs are direct causes for warmth intolerance other than the pure enhance of the dosha past the extent of auto-pacification.
The Vata Issue – Vata and Pitta i.e. air and hearth type a lethal mixture when they’re severely aggravated and related. Aggravated vata ignites and aggravates pitta and the hearth in it. So, the affiliation of vata ought to be recognized and addressed.
Ayurveda Therapy Ideas for Warmth Intolerance
Ideas – Therapy and administration would come with pitta balancing meals, way of life modifications, seasonal diversifications and behaviours. Virechana could be the very best remedy to expel morbid pitta out of the physique and to result in its stability. Likewise, medicated ghee for inner consumption is suggested for pitta balancing.
Nidana Parivarjana – Avoidance, isolation or preserving away the causative components of the illness is the chief precept of prevention or remedy of all ailments. The identical shall be adopted in administration of warmth intolerance.
The primary causative components of warmth intolerance, be it intrinsic or extrinsic ought to be recognized and remoted (saved away). This can assist in placing brakes to the development of pathogenesis resulting in warmth intolerance, to get aid from the signs of the identical and in addition to stop the recurrence of signs. The extrinsic components finally imbalances the doshas and trigger ailments. Subsequently, the physique shouldn’t be uncovered to those components.
Particular administration of doshas – This consists of balancing pitta which is aggravated in case of warmth intolerance or treating pittaja ailments promptly.
The opposite treatments embrace –
–    Utilizing chilly comforts, meals and medicines – when there may be extreme warmth within the physique or warmth intolerance, there’ll clearly be a want for chilly meals and comforts. Sheetakamitva i.e. liking in the direction of chilly issues displays irregular enhance of pitta within the physique.
–    Treating pitta and rakta vriddhi – pathological enhance of pitta and rakta – blood (by which pitta is situated) since each contribute in the direction of warmth of the physique
–    Treating vata and kapha kshaya – pathological lower of vata and kapha since they contribute in the direction of enhance of pitta and warmth and consequent intolerance to warmth.
–    Correctly following the seasonal routine of sharad rtu – autumn season, varsha rtu – monsoon or wet season and Greeshma rtu – summer season season.
–    Addressing teekshnagni – irregular enhance of agni within the intestine and tissues. Â
–    Administering Virechana – therapeutic purgation and Vamana – therapeutic emesis for expelling from the physique the morbid pitta
–    Administering Vasti – to deliver vata to a state of stability and administer vata balancing medicines and food plan.
–    Vyadhi Pratyanika – treating these ailments promptly that are inflicting warmth intolerance – like jwara – fever and so on.
