How Can This Ayurvedic Food Make You Feel Great?

AYURVEDIC ANALYSIS

Beet greens are bitter, astringent and heating. They stimulate peristalsis, getting things moving in the gut. Generally, beet greens have a laxative effect and soften stool, except in Vata individuals where the diuretic and astringent effect can causes mild constipation.

The bitter irritating quality of Beet greens stimulated or irritated the mind. One client says, "it made me feel light but really unsettled and ungrounded." Another reports spaciness and anxiety. However, at least one client reported, "it gave me some mid day inspiration to continue getting errands done."

The bitter taste acts as a cholagogue, cleansing the liver by draining bile. While eating, one client noted a " slight spasming in my liver area" every time I ate them. Altogether the bitterness, diuretic and cholagogue nature has a lightening effect on the body.

Several clients report that beet greens moves mucus in the upper respiratory tract.

Eaten raw, beet greens aggravate Vata and Pitta due to their high content of oxalic acid. Moderate consumption when using beet greens in vegetable juice concoctions. The oxalic acid is a kidney irritant but is destroyed by cooking.