Ayurveda by Nelly

By : Marquis Matson Mmmmm Turmeric smoothie. How dreamy. Turmeric has amazing health benefits. It can help prevent heart disease, Alzheimer's, and cancer. It's also anti-inflammatory! This turmeric smoothie is filling, creamy, and also packed with the good ole' benefits of turmeric. Ingredients 1 can coconut milk 3-4 frozen bananas 2 teaspoons turmeric powder 1 teaspoon ginger root powder 1 teaspoon ginseng powder 1/2 teaspoon vanilla Preparation Combine everything in a high-speed blender and blender until smooth. Dust with more turmeric Nutritional Information Total Calories: 1200 | Total Carbs: 120 g | Total Fat: 70 g | Total Protein: 17 g | Total Sodium: 105 g | Total Sugar: 62 g https://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-recipe/healing-turmeric-smoothie-vegan/

Most of us break the day into work time, our time, and sleep tie, with work time generally allotted the most number of hours. Ayurveda sees the day differently, breaking it into six four-hour zones—one day zone and one night zone for each of the three doshas. To live a balanced life—and enjoy the good health it brings—we need to keep our daily rhythms set to the age-old ayurvedic clock. According to this symbolic timepiece, the day starts at sunrise, with the cool, heavy, earthy kapha dosha holding sway from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. The middle of the day—from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.—belongs to pitta , the hot, sharp, and fiery “king of digestion” dosha. And light, dry, airy vata rules the afternoon, from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m., after which the cycle begins again. Rise and Shine To stay in sync, you should wake up before sunrise, when vata is transcendent. Once the sun is up, we begin to fall under kapha’s earth- and water-like spell. Hitting snooze when the alarm goes off at 6 a.m....

Cooked food has great importance in ayurveda. The food cooked with proper methods help to get digested more easily and hence produces more energy and strength for living. There are different cooking methods used for cooking food. According to the influence of cooked food over body we can select the method for each prakruti. Dry heat Methods Food being cooked does not use water to cook the food : Always good for all kind breads before using them. Good practice for vata, pitta and kapha type of personalities. One must have to use fats while using dry heat type of cooking method. Breakfast are prepared using dry heat are good. Baking Food is cooked using convection heating : Food prepared with baking method is always good for kapha type. For pitta and vata they must have to add fat in combination of baked food. Steaming The hot steam rising from the boiling water acts on the food and the food gets cooked : Food prepared with steaming is always ...

Part Used: fruit (seeds) Energetics: sweet, pungent/cooling (slightly)/sweet VPK= Tissues: plasma, blood, muscles, marrow Systems: digestive, nervous, urinary Actions: carminative, stomachic, stimulant, diuretic, antispasmodic                               Indications: indigestion, low agni, abdominal pain, cramps or gas, difficult or burning urination, children’s colic                                                                            ...

    Book : The Yoga of herbs by Dr. Vasant Lad & Dr. David Frawley   Part Used: root   Energetics: bitter, pungent/cooling/pungent PK-V+   Tissues: plasma, blood   Systems: circulatory, lymphatic, respiratory Actions: alterative, diaphoretic, antibacterial, antiviral, antiseptic, analgesic  Indication: toxic conditions of the blood, blood poisoning, gangrene, eczema, poisonous bites or stings, venereal diseases, prostatitis, infection, wounds, abscesses                 Precautions: anemia, vertigo, high Vata Preparation: infusion (hot or cold), powder (250 mg to 1 g), tincture ECHINACEA is probably the best detoxifying agent in western herbalism. It is a natural herbal antibiotic and counters the effects of most poisons in the body. It cleanses the blood and lymph systems, catalyzes the action of the white blood cells and helps arrest pus formation ...

Aromatherapy, the therapeutic use of essential oils , is one of the most popular techniques of natural medicine practiced today. It is widely available, pleasant, and easy to use. Everything in your kitchen and bathroom has an aroma that affects you in many ways. The smell of cinnamon can make your mouth water or bring back the memory of grandma's apple pie. Lavender bath salts calm your nervous system as you soak in the tub. Aromas are added to candles, soaps, lotions and massage oils, so oftentimes you are practicing aromatherapy even when you don't realize it. An Ancient Tradition The first form of aromatherapy utilized different kinds of burning woods, and the use of smoke in the form of incense has survived in almost all cultures. The Egyptians used aromatics 5,000 years ago for medicinal and cosmetic purposes. The Greeks used olive oil to absorb the odor from flower petals and herbs. Arab physicians perfected the method of distilling essentia...

Ayurveda is clear on this: all health — let’s repeat this — ALL good health starts with digestion; with the proper metabolism of food. Accordingly, one of the most important things we can do for our health every day of the year is to eat wisely. Food is considered just as powerful as medicine. In fact, there is a sloka (writings of the ancient texts of ayurveda) that says “food is medicine when consumed properly.” If we eat foods uniquely suited to our physiology, and follow a sattvic (life supporting) routine that enhances digestion, our bodies will reap the benefits and we will find that our days will be happier, healthier and filled with real vitality — at any age. Here are our top ten ayurvedic dietary must-dos: Eat naturally intelligent foods Did you know that close to three-quarters of the products sold by grocery stores in the United States contain genetically-modified ingredients, or synthetic (non-food) ingredients? Many of the chemicals a...