Water is a vital component of all living cells and extracellular fluids. Water acts as a solvent, regulates body temperature, aids in food digestion and helps regulate the acid-base balance. The balance between water intake or loss and electrolytes is essential for a healthy adult . Water deprivation occurs when the balance between water intake and loss is disrupted and causes a state of dehydration.
Dehydration is caused by not drinking enough fluid or by losing more fluid than you take in. Fluid is lost through sweat, tears, vomiting, urine or diarrhoea. The severity of dehydration can depend on a number of factors, such as climate, level of physical activity and diet.
Common symptoms of dehydration are dry mouth/tongue, thirst, headache, and lethargy.
Rehydration blend recipe
Electrolytes are essential for the human body to function. These minerals regulate everything from blood pressure to pH levels to the fluid levels in your body. They also play a key role in contracting muscles, transmitting signals to nerves, building new tissue, and blood clotting.
When sweating (because of the heat) or when we have diarrhoea, we lose electrolytes and become dehydrated. Research shows electrolytes are useful when it comes to remedying the signs of dehydration. To prevent too much liquid being lost from the body, an effective oral rehydration solution can be made using ingredients found in almost every household.
About lemon essential oil : it can help purify the water in which you wash fruits and vegetables before peeling them. Lemon essential oil has stimulating, calming, astringent, detoxifying, antiseptic, disinfectant and anti-fungal properties. Ideal to treat your digestive system while hydrating.
Ingredients
6 tea spoon sugar
1/2 tea spoon salt
1 drop lemon Essential oil
Directions
- Combine sugar and salt in a small jar
- Add drop wise the lemon essential oil
- Close the jar and shake the mixture.
Application
Add to this mixture a liter of water (a pint). Drink this home made electrolyte to rehydrate. It should be given to every time a watery stool is passed.
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- Rehydration project.com
- Public knowledge of dehydration and fluid intake practices: variation by participants’ characteristics. BMC Public Health. 2018 Dec 5;18(1):1346
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