Beat the heat with this simple beverage. It is the best, and cheap concoction , that can be prepared at home in a few seconds.It suppresses dehydration, and rejuvenates the body .
A small quantity of tamarind has to be soaked in water for a few seconds. Then extract the juice ,to the full. Add powdered jaggery, and ginger extract . Flavour it with finely powdered cardamom. Chill it. If you do the preparation in a mud or clay pot, the effect will be superb.
The scorching heat, makes you mad. it drains you off of all your energy. It renders you waned and exhausted, The chronic perspiration will drive you out of tune. The fatigue compels you to sit at home. They induce you to utter grunts and grudges . The body starts aching for no reason whatsoever. The mind loses its repertoire. You become a sneaky snail, a spent buff, a lethargic entity, and a useless brat.
Such a kind of uncompassionate disintegration could be well brought into focus by takina asip of the prescribed drink. It soothens your dry throat, cools your tract, cleanses your intestines, kindles your kidneys, emulates the blood flow in the arteries and refills the lost water content in the body.
A wholesome consumption of the reverberating mixture will wrench wonders to the body and the soul. This is a grandmother’s recipe for summer . It is aptly called as Panakkam.The tamarind juice acts as a cathartic,astringent,laxative, and refrigerant . The ginger extract relieves nausea, vomiting,and mitigates arthritis pain.Jaggery is called as medicinal sugar.It clears lung and throat infection and is a rich source of iron.Flatulence and indigestion are expelled from the system., by consuming cardamom , which also acts as a stimulant.
Santhamu lethu, saukiyumu lethu . goes the maxim.
True , external factors like horrid weather sucks the body’s temper, which in turn forces you to act tangently, which leads to a sickness and unpleasantness. The permanent cure for such irritable syndrome is in this panakkam.
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