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Recipes with Buckwheat: Buckwheat Tea Cake with Orange Zest & Raspberry
The substantial feel of buckwheat is like a cast iron pot on an open flame - warm, rustic, and comforting. It contains both warming and drying properties, making this a superfood for those who feel chronically weighed down, heavy and weak. It is a great substitute for rice, but more textured. Unlike rice, buckwheat's flavor boldly commands the plate. You won't forget the experience of eating this ingredient, and you'll crave it at the first sign of frost in the late-autumn air.
Strengthening & Circulating
Buckwheat, a hardy & versatile plant, may be ideal for chronic weakness due low metabolism associated with aging. A lack of metabolic function is at the core of most chronic disorders. Buckwheat's warmth comes with an ample dose of earth element. It is ideal among metabolism building foods because it is nutritious and strengthening as well. Its high iron content makes it a good blood tonic while magnesium nourishes and relaxes the muscles. According to Paul Pitchford in Healing with Whole Foods, "Buckwheat strengthens capillaries and blood vessels, inhibits haemorrhages, reduces blood pressure and increases circulation to the hands and feet."
Warm Yourself from Within
Buckwheat's popularity in northern climates and high altitudes is a testimony to its warming qualities. However, its warmth is unlike ginger or black pepper, whose pungency fans the flames of metabolism quickly. Rather, it improves metabolism without over stimulating the body. In macrobiotic language, buckwheat "activates yang reserves" much like salt - supporting your body's sustainable energy from deep within. Its warmth also comes in handy for balancing cold conditions, such as Vata type diarrhea in the intestines or undigested food in the stools.
Dry Out Excess Baggage
It is unique to find a drying astringent that also heating, but we've found it in buckwheat. It is ideal for watery kapha dosha due to its diuretic ability to reduce water weight and dry up mucus in the respiratory tract. It lowers blood sugar levels and has even been used for lowering blood pressure. Several studies have also shown that buckwheat improves insulin uptake in cells, which may be useful in insulin resistant diabetes.
Narrow Your Focus
Buckwheat is contracting according to macrobiotics - good for focused attention. Buckwheat's flavor, scent and qualities bring you right here, right now. Enough of other worries that cloud your mind - buckwheat will help you focus on what's really important.
Recipes with Buckwheat: Buckwheat Bran Muffin with Applesauce & Walnuts
About Buckwheat
Buckwheat's hearty warmth hits the spot on any damp cloudy day in November. Enjoy as you snuggle up with your loved ones, or while listening to crackling logs in a wood burning stove. Smoky, nutty and earthy, buckwheat is slightly demulcent like oatmeal but lighter on the stomach. Its rustic flavor is suitable for savory crepes and pastas. Its warming qualities make it one of the most commonly used grain-like foods in northern countries like Russia. It is also used in mountainous regions like Tibet where wheat cannot be grown.
The triangular shape of buckwheat and its hazel color make it resemble the nuts of the beech tree. This pseudo grain looks like rice, cooks like quinoa, but is really a fruit seed! Despite the name, buckwheat isn't related to wheat. Used as a grain or flour, the closest food relatives to this unique ingredient are rhubarb and sorrel.
Buying & Preparation
Buckwheat can be found in most whole food grocery stores next to the rice, oatmeal, and quinoa. Its unusual triangular shape makes it particularly easy to spot. The seeds are called buckwheat groats, and often you'll see them included in a breakfast porridge mix along with other well-loved hot cereals. Roasted buckwheat imparts an earthy, nutty flavor. Unroasted buckwheat tends to be more bland.
Cooking Buckwheat
Interested in buckwheat for breakfast? We prefer buckwheat crepes to wheat, especially for the savory kind (called gallettes in Brittany, France). Have you ever eaten Japanese food? Then you might have already eaten buckwheat without even knowing. The grain-like fruit seed is ground up to make Soba noodles, which are a favorite in stir-fry dishes.
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Constitutional nutrition is tailored to the individual.
In the kitchen, especially during your family’s formative years,
you shape your family's lifelong health.
Rooted in the insights curated from Ayurveda and Greek medicine,
constitutional medicine teaches you which foods match your body,
so you and your family have true vitality, strength, and balance.
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Medicinal Effects of Buckwheat
Constitutional nutrition systems use biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic nature of food, hebs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.
METABOLIC NATURE / BIOCHARACTERISTICS
Metabolic Nature / Biocharacteristics
Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics
(vital qualtiies).
Aggravating them weakens your body and causes imbalance.
By knowing which biocharacteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct metabolic imbalances before you get sick.
Every biocharacteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold).
You restore balance by favoring diet and lifestyle choices that increase the opposite biocharacteristic.
Taste is used to sense the most basic properties and effects of food.
Each taste has a specific medicinal effect on your body.
Cravings for food with certain tastes indicate your body is craving specific medicinal results from food.
Taste is experienced on the tongue and represents your body's reaction to foods.
Sweet taste causes physical satisfaction and attraction whereas bitter taste causes discomfort and aversion.
Kapha should use less sweet taste while Vata and Pitta would benefit from using more sweet taste.
One of the first signs of illness is that your taste and appetite for food changes.
The six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, and astringent.
Do you crave foods with any of the tastes below?
Ayurveda is a metabolic theory of medicine that explains individual health, tendencies, and disease patterns through the concept of doshas, which can be understood as your metabolic patterns and tendencies.
Each dosha reflects a distinct metabolic nature and describes strengths & weaknesses in bodily function, and how these affect energy levels, digestion, susceptibility to disease, and many other tendencies.
Your metabolic nature not only affects your physical characteristics, but also influences your mental thought patterns, confidence, and enthusiasm.
Ayurveda balances these metabolic strengths & weaknesses to support your body's vitality and prevent recurrent disease cycles. This support is a critical aid, especially in chronic or incurable disease conditions.
The 3 metabolic body types
(doshas),
are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).
Through dosha, Ayurveda empowers people to identify metabolic imbalances early, break repetitive patterns of disease, and cultivate habits that support long-term vitality and well-being.
Ultimately, these metabolic patterns also provide a framework for understanding yourself, including body, mind, and spiritual tendencies.
Ayurveda & Greek Medicine were the dominant form of medicine along the Silk Road from England to China and South Asia.
They work by assessing your metabolic type, patterns, and nature.
Greek medicine recognizes 4 metabolic temperaments, Melancholic, Choleric, Sanguine, and Phlegmatic.
A Phlegmatic has a cold and wet metabolic nature. The coldness implies a slow metabolism, the moisture that you are well-nourished. Phlegmatics tend towards sluggishness and thickened fluids, including mucus.
Has a hot and dry metabolic nature. Enthusiastic, vibrant and bright. In excess burns up fluids and ojas, irritable. Corresponds to high bilirubin in the blood that irritates and heats up the body and liver.
Cold and dry with a slow, variable or erratic metabolism. Colicky, tense. Withdrawn, pensive, anxious, and hesitant. Analytical, intelligent, detail oriented and creative. Prone to ojas depletion, dehydration, an overactive nervous system, and depression.
A hot and oily nature with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body makes Sanguine individuals vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.
Geriatric conditions typically involve low agni / metabolism, poor circulation, weakness & debility, muscle weakening, poor digestion, a drop in sex hormones, and connective tissue degradation in bones & skin.
Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Buckwheat
Experiences are Personal
Experiences vary according to the person and constitution. Individual results may vary.
The list of herbal-actions below has not be approved by the FDA and should not be used to treat a medical condition.
Encourages feelings of stability and heaviness. Makes you feel settled, mentally relaxed. Mildly sedates the nervous system to ease stress. Can bring a spacey or anxious person back to earth. Reduces agitation, irritation, stress and racing thoughts.
An herb that produces more blood cells in the body, or otherwise improves blood cell quality or hemoglobin content. Helpful for anemia and other types of deficiency.
Herbs that promote urine formation, thereby flushing the kidneys and urinary tract while eliminating any excess water retention. As diuretics reduce water retention, they are often used to reduce blood pressure.
STRONG RUTIN
Rutin is a flavonoid with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Commonly used to treat conditions such as varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and high blood pressure.
Flavonoids are a colorful type of polyphenol. As all polyphenols, they have a strong antioxidant effect. Many flavonoids have an anti-inflammatory, and/or antiallergen effect.
Phytates prevent absorption of nutrients. They are commonly found in all seeds, including nuts, grains, and beans. Sprouting greatly reduces phytate content, as well as long, slow cooking with vinegar.
The reports shared below are part of an educational assignment completed by students at
the Joyful Belly College of Natural Health Sciences.
These represent subjective experiences intended to help students explore principles of Ayurveda through personal observation.
In each report below, students ate the selected food for 3 days and self-reported these effects.
See other food & herb reports at Joyful Belly.
TEMPERATURE/CIRCULATION
How did Buckwheat affect your temperature?
15
12
9
6
3
0
1
2
8
10
4
Much colder
Slightly colder
Same
Slightly warmer
Much warmer
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your ear temperature?
25
20
15
10
5
0
2
22
1
Hotter
No Change
Cooler
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your sweat quantity?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
0
21
3
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the color of your skin?
20
16
12
8
4
0
1
2
4
0
18
Yellower/Greener
Paler
Redder
Grayer
No Change
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the color of your tongue body?
20
16
12
8
4
0
4
3
1
17
Paler
Redder
Bluer
No Change
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the swelling of your tongue body?
21
17
13
9
5
1
2
5
18
More Swelling
Less Swelling
No Change
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your appetite/hunger?
15
12
9
6
3
0
8
11
4
2
0
Much less hungry
Slightly less hungry
Same
Slightly hungrier
Much hungrier
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your digestion speed?
10
8
6
4
2
0
0
7
9
6
3
Much faster
Slightly faster
Same
Slightly slower
Much slower
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
TOXINS
How did Buckwheat affect the amount of gas & bloating?
15
12
9
6
3
0
2
11
7
4
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your stool smell?
20
16
12
8
4
0
1
4
16
4
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
Tongue: How did Buckwheat affect the thickness & size of your tongue coating?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
5
16
4
0
Much smaller
Slightly less
Same
Slightly larger coating
Much larger
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the color of your tongue coating?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
2
2
6
15
Yellower
Browner
Grayer
Whiter
No Change
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your throat soreness?
26
21
16
11
6
1
2
20
3
More sore
No Change
Less sore
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your urine smell?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
3
21
1
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
1
20
4
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Many more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your sweat smell?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
1
22
2
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your acne?
23
19
15
11
7
3
4
17
4
More acne
No Change
Less acne
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your freckles/moles?
30
24
18
12
6
0
1
23
1
Darker
No Change
Lighter
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
1
1
0
2
Redder/Bloodshot
Yellower
Grayer
Browner
Whiter
20
No Change
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the color of the lower eye lid?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
1
23
1
More green/dark green
More purple
No Change
Less green/purple
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
HYDRATION
How did Buckwheat affect your urine frequency/quantity?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
3
17
4
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the dryness of your skin?
20
16
12
8
4
0
6
1
18
Drier
Oilier
No Change
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the puffiness of lower eye lid?
21
17
13
9
5
1
4
19
2
Puffier
No Change
Less Puffy
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the cracks on your tongue?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
3
16
5
1
Larger/longer/more cracks
Slightly more
Same
Slightly less/smaller/shorter
Much less
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
FLUID-THICKNESS
How did Buckwheat affect your ear pressure?
30
24
18
12
6
0
1
23
1
More pressure
No Change
Less pressure
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your congestion?
15
12
9
6
3
0
1
13
11
More congestion
No Change
Less congestion
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?
15
12
9
6
3
0
1
12
12
More thick
No Change
Less thick
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
NERVOUS-SYSTEM
How did Buckwheat affect your energy levels?
10
8
6
4
2
0
2
7
8
7
1
Much less energy
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more energy
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your muscle tension?
20
16
12
8
4
0
2
7
15
1
0
Much less tension
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more tension
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your anxiety?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
13
7
5
0
Much less anxiety
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more anxiety
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the stillness of your tongue?
22
18
14
10
6
2
3
16
6
More still
No Change
More Trembling / Jittery
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
DIGESTION
How did Buckwheat affect your appetite/hunger?
15
12
9
6
3
0
8
11
4
2
0
Much less hungry
Slightly less hungry
Same
Slightly hungrier
Much hungrier
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your digestion speed?
10
8
6
4
2
0
0
7
9
6
3
Much faster
Slightly faster
Same
Slightly slower
Much slower
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the amount of gas & bloating?
15
12
9
6
3
0
2
11
7
4
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect burning sensations in digestive tract (do not include acid reflux)?
15
12
9
6
3
0
3
4
13
5
0
Much relief
Slight relief
Same
Slightly more burning
Much more burning
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
TONGUE
Tongue: How did Buckwheat affect the thickness & size of your tongue coating?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
5
16
4
0
Much smaller
Slightly less
Same
Slightly larger coating
Much larger
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the swelling of your tongue body?
21
17
13
9
5
1
2
5
18
More Swelling
Less Swelling
No Change
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the color of your tongue body?
20
16
12
8
4
0
4
3
1
17
Paler
Redder
Bluer
No Change
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the stillness of your tongue?
22
18
14
10
6
2
3
16
6
More still
No Change
More Trembling / Jittery
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the color of your tongue coating?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
2
2
6
15
Yellower
Browner
Grayer
Whiter
No Change
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the cracks on your tongue?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
3
16
5
1
Larger/longer/more cracks
Slightly more
Same
Slightly less/smaller/shorter
Much less
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
STOOL
How did Buckwheat affect your stool frequency/quantity?
10
8
6
4
2
0
1
7
8
7
2
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your stool color?
25
20
15
10
5
0
2
0
2
2
19
More yellow
More gray
More green
More orange
Same
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your stool lightness?
15
12
9
6
3
0
1
7
11
5
1
Much lighter
Slightly lighter
Same
Slightly darker
Much darker
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your stool smell?
20
16
12
8
4
0
1
4
16
4
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your stool consistency?
15
12
9
6
3
0
1
6
6
10
2
Much softer
Slightly softer
Same
Slightly harder
Much harder
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
URINE
How did Buckwheat affect your urine clarity?
21
17
13
9
5
1
2
18
5
More cloudy
Same
More clear
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your urine smell?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
3
21
1
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your urine lightness?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
6
16
3
0
Much lighter
Slightly lighter
Same
Slightly Darker
Much Darker
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your urine frequency/quantity?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
3
17
4
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
1
20
4
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Many more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
SWEAT
How did Buckwheat affect your sweat quantity?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
0
21
3
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your sweat smell?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
1
22
2
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
SKIN
How did Buckwheat affect your freckles/moles?
30
24
18
12
6
0
1
23
1
Darker
No Change
Lighter
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your acne?
23
19
15
11
7
3
4
17
4
More acne
No Change
Less acne
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the dryness of your skin?
20
16
12
8
4
0
6
1
18
Drier
Oilier
No Change
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the color of your skin?
20
16
12
8
4
0
1
2
4
0
18
Yellower/Greener
Paler
Redder
Grayer
No Change
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
EYE
How did Buckwheat affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
1
1
0
2
Redder/Bloodshot
Yellower
Grayer
Browner
Whiter
20
No Change
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the color of the lower eye lid?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
1
23
1
More green/dark green
More purple
No Change
Less green/purple
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect the puffiness of lower eye lid?
21
17
13
9
5
1
4
19
2
Puffier
No Change
Less Puffy
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
ENT
How did Buckwheat affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?
15
12
9
6
3
0
1
12
12
More thick
No Change
Less thick
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your ear temperature?
25
20
15
10
5
0
2
22
1
Hotter
No Change
Cooler
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your congestion?
15
12
9
6
3
0
1
13
11
More congestion
No Change
Less congestion
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your ear pressure?
30
24
18
12
6
0
1
23
1
More pressure
No Change
Less pressure
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your throat soreness?
26
21
16
11
6
1
2
20
3
More sore
No Change
Less sore
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
SYSTEMIC
How did Buckwheat affect your energy levels?
10
8
6
4
2
0
2
7
8
7
1
Much less energy
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more energy
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your muscle tension?
20
16
12
8
4
0
2
7
15
1
0
Much less tension
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more tension
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your anxiety?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
13
7
5
0
Much less anxiety
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more anxiety
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your temperature?
15
12
9
6
3
0
1
2
8
10
4
Much colder
Slightly colder
Same
Slightly warmer
Much warmer
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
HEART
How did Buckwheat affect your heart pain/pressure/cramping?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
1
24
0
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your heart rate?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
4
17
4
0
Much slower
Slightly slower
Same
Slightly faster
Much faster
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
How did Buckwheat affect your heart rhythm?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
21
3
More palpitations
Same
Less palpitations
Total Responses: 25 REPORT ID:59 (2021-10-25 - 2021-11-02)
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They are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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Buckwheat may temper these symptoms.
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CONTRAINDICATED FOR THESE SYMPTOMS
Buckwheat may be harmful or contraindicated for these symptoms.
Note this is not a complete list of all possible contraindications.
Please see your doctor before using this food to treat a medical condition.
Herb Drug Interaction Risk
Here are some potential herb drug interactions with Buckwheat. Please see your health care provider for more information.
Blood-thinner: Patients on warfarin (coumadin) and other anticoagulants, or who have clotting difficulties, should take special caution to only use blood thinners under the supervision of a medical doctor.
Diuretic: Diuretics may clear pharmaceutical drugs more quickly, lowering the effect. Avoid if taking water pills or pharmaceutical diuretics.
Hypotensive: Herbs that lower blood pressure can magnify the effect of blood pressure reducing pharmaceuticals.
Lowers-blood-sugar: Avoid if taking diabetes or other blood sugar lowering medication
Muscle-relaxant: Do not combine muscle relaxants with antihistamines.
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