Using hot water on the head may aggravate a cough, cold and even your sinuses | Yoga of Eating

According to Ayurvedic* principles, one should avoid wetting the top of one’s head with hot or very warm water. It can be bad for your sinuses and may cause cold and cough. One should use mild, lukewarm water or room temperature water instead. Regular usage of very warm, hot water on the crown may manifest in the body as excess mucus, cough, asthma, sluggishness, laziness and perhaps even delirium.

According to Ayurvedic principles, the head are is the seast of the bio energy of Kapha ( Water and earth Elements ). Hot water creates an imbalance in the bioenergy of Kapha leading to imbalances in health.

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*Ayurveda is one of the oldest systems of traditional natyural healing in the world. Also known as the sister of Yoga, it stresses deeply on nutrition and lifestyle for optimal health

Originally published at https://www.yogaofeating.org on January 15, 2021.