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—Swami Sivananda—
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Sunlight heals diseased bones and weakened muscles.
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Sunlight is like food. You can take this food by exposing your naked body to the sun. The skin and nerves will observe the energy of sunlight.
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Sunlight provides sufficient heat that is needed to sustain life.
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The sun’s ultraviolet rays kill the germs, increase your resistance to infection and stimulate the circulation of blood. They are useful in anaemia. They cure certain skin-diseases such as leprosy, ringworm and boils and also certain bone-diseases like rickets. They stimulate the healing of wounds and aid the union of fractured bones.
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Sunbath is highly beneficial. To take sunbath, expose your body to the rays of the sun for a short time. Lie down on a cot or on the ground on a blanket. Expose your back to the rays of the sun. If the rays are very hot, cover the back with a green plantain leaf or any green leaf or a peace of folded wet cloth. Remain thus for 15 to 30 minutes. After you get up from the bath, wipe the body with a dry and clean cloth. This will prove useful in lumbago, rheumatism and skin-diseases.
The best time for sunbath is the morning. Hot rays of the sun should be avoided. Too much exposure to the sun should also be avoided.
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The rays of the sun possess antiseptic and germicidal properties. Expose your clothing to the sun daily and your bedclothes once in a fortnight.
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You need plenty of sunlight so that you may grow into healthy and robust boys and girls. If you do not have enough sunlight, your growth will be interfered and you may get anaemia. You cannot have good health and nutrition without exposing your skin to the appropriate dose of sunlight.
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Let the sun’s rays fall on your eyes for two to three minutes everyday. This will improve your eyesight.
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Loose clothing of white fabrics allows freely permeation of the sun’s rays into the skin. Thick clothing shuts the sun’s rays from the skin. Use loose clothing of white fabrics and avoid thick clothing as far as possible.
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Avoid living in dark places where sunlight does not penetrate. Live in well-ventilated rooms where sunlight penetrates freely.
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In the rays of the sun you will find a cheap and easily available tonic, a disinfectant and an antiseptic and a potent germicide.
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