During the months of early summer (the Fire element of the acupuncture chart) hydration is critical. In the Fire months of April/May, drinking water is critical. As we move into June/July, the issue becomes keeping enough minerals to be able to retain water.
When a body becomes sluggish and lethargic during the day, the most common reason will be a lack of salts. Table salt is a source of salt if nothing else is available or if the dehydration has turned into heat exhaustion or heat stroke. However, the very best source of salts in a mild case of low salts or dehydration is a few tablets of Natrum Sulph 30X, Kali Mur. 30X, Natrum Mur 30X, and Kali Phos 30X. Most good health food stores will carry them. They are a must in my medicine cabinet.
One example of how critical salts and minerals are developed when I observed clients who had experienced a severe flu or heat exhaustion. In both cases, a fever developed and even after the person was through with the flu or out of the heat and both had drunk copious amounts of water, the fever became a low grade fever which did not go away. It persisted and occasionally would become serious once again. Finally, a good dose of sea salt w/minerals was give and in each case, recover began immediately. However, the fever had done damage. The salts and minerals had to be given, sparingly and with careful monitoring until the individuals had recovered.
There is something in this that links to Lung and Large Intestine which use minerals for endurance.
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