This month signifies the start of summer and few ingredients counter the heat as well as neem, being a pitta pacifier. It is also antibacterial and antifungal, and helps keep diseases and skin conditions at bay. This is the reason many Indian festivals in the month of Chaitra (such as Gudi Padva and Ugadi) involve an intake of neem in some form. Amla is another ingredient that is beneficial this time of the year. Apart from having it raw, pickled or in juice form, you can go for the more palatable amla jelly or candy.