These clever, low-cost tricks
will help you keep your cool when the weather’s hot.
Peppermint
Tea Mist
Brew a pot of peppermint tea,
then stick it in the fridge. Once it’s nice and cold, Wonderhowto.com suggests
pouring some into a spray bottle and misting yourself with it. Better than
water, the menthol in the tea will give your skin a tingly, cool feeling.
Chrysanthemum
Tea
Whether it’s hot or cold,
chrysanthemum tea is served to lower body temperature, according to China
Daily. It’s also been said to soothe heat rash, experts told Natural Health.
Breathe Like
a Yogi
Next time you feel overheated, do
a few minutes of yogic breathing, recommends Art of Living. Curl your tongue by
pulling both sides upward toward the middle, then breathe in through your
mouth. Hold your breath, and slowly exhale through your nose. Repeat five to 10
times.
Chill Your
Mattress
Put soft gel ice packs on top of
the mattress and underneath the sheets; try under your legs, neck, or lower
back for maximum comfort. Real Simple also suggests freezing a cotton sock
filled with rice, then slipping it between the sheets. The rice will hold a
chill longer.
DIY Air-conditioning
Freeze a couple of water bottles
and place them in front of a floor or desk fan, and you’ll enjoy a much cooler
breeze with your makeshift air-conditioner. Wikihow.com advises adding salt to
the water first to beat the heat longer; Apartment
Therapy skips the bottles altogether in favor of a bowl of ice water.
You know aloe vera soothes
sunburn, and its cooling properties also work to help you beat the heat.
Blogger Crunchy Betty offers different recipes to make spray of it, combining
witch hazel and peppermint oil.
Spicy Food
If you’re already sweating, why
would you want to sweat more? Professor of food science at Penn State
University Luke LaBorde offers this answer: eating spicy food increases blood
circulation and makes you sweat, so you’ll feel cooler as the sweat dries. Dr.
Oz explains that the capsaicin in hot peppers encourages your body to sweat
more without raising your body temperature.
Pressure
Points
Lifehacker.com’s solution to
lower body temperature is to apply a bottle with ice-cold water on points like
your ankles, wrists, or behind the knees.
Ice-cold
Sheets
Chill your bed by folding sheets
and pillowcases, placing them in plastic bags, and sticking them in the freezer
for a few hours, according to Mother Nature Network. Then make up the bed just
before you go to sleep for sweet (and cool) dreams.
Take a Cool
Shower
When all else fails, take
frequent cool showers to keep your body temperature down and rinse off the
sweat. |
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