Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants

 Ushna jala—(warm water)

       Hot (warm) water stimulates hunger, helps digestion, good for the throat, easily digestable, cleanses the urinary bladder, relieves hiccup, flatulence, aggravation of anila (vata) and slesma (kapha); is ideal on the days of purifictory therapy and for those suffering from nascent fevers, cough, ama (accumulation of undigested materials), running in the nose, and pain in the flanks.
 

               Water which has been boiled and then cooled is not going to increase the moisture inside the body, too much is easily digestable and ideal for the dosãs associated with pitta. Water which has beei kept overnight (so become static) causes (aggravation of) all the three dosãs.


Närikelodaka (Coconut water) :—is unctous, sweet, aphrodisiac, coolant, easily digestable, relieves thirst, (aggravation of) pitta and anila (vata), increases hunger and cleanses the urinary bladder