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How Does This Ayurvedic Food Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Where other nightshades such as cayenne as noted for pungency, Goji berries are unusual among nightshades for their sweetness. The use of many nightshades, from tomatoes to eggplants, is controversial because so many members of this family are poisonous. The edible varieties general stimulate the liver, due to low grade toxicity, which has been used for medicinal benefit by many traditions.

The nightshade family includes several other tonics such as ashwagandha, and nutritives such as potato, but these tonics generally come from nightshade roots, not the fruits. As goji is a fruit, it is lighter and more stimulating than potato and ashwagandha. It's bright red color is a sign of beta-carotene, stimulating to the liver.

About Goji Berry

Goji berry is called wolfberry in Chinese medicine because it is a member of the nightshade family.

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AYURVEDA'S GUIDE TO VITALITY & WHOLESOME NOURISHMENT

Your Ayurvedic diet is tailored to your individual body and your specific imbalances. With an Ayurvedic diet you feel joy and satisfaction because what you are eating truly nourishes and balances you. Disease results from diets and lifestyles that are incompatible with your nature. By eating a personalized diet matched to your body, you experience optimal health. See How it Works.

Metabolic Nature of Goji Berry

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METABOLIC NATURE

Metabolic Nature

Ayurveda assesses metabolic imbalances through 20 main biocharacteristics (gunas). 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.

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.

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TASTES

The 6 Tastes

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?

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SWEET

ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sweet refers to anything builds tissue, including macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

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DOSHAS

The Three Doshas / Body Types

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.

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PACIFIES
Kapha pacifying Pitta pacifying Vata pacifying

GREEK MEDICINE / TEMPERAMENTS

The Four Temperaments / Humors

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.

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PACIFIES
CHOLERIC

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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.

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MELANCHOLIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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.

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PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Wet & cold. When out of balance becomes congested, stagnant, and overweight. Loving, trusting, and patient.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Hot and oily with a moderate metabolism and a well nourished body. Vigorous, vivacious, outgoing and generous, and prone to impulsivity and self indulgence. Bullish and intense when out of balance.

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Other

Family:
Solanaceae

Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Goji Berry
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.

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Mind, Stress & Sleep:
Nervine

NERVINE

Balances the nervous system. They can help with stress, memory, early alzheimer's, and even chronic pain. Often they are aromatic in nature.

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Energy Vitality:
Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Tonic

TONIC

A tonic herb restores function through strengthening tissue. This can happen through a combination of nourishing the tissue, and invigorating tissue metabolism. The tonic should not be withering, as in caffeine.

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Heart & Circulation:
Blood Tonic

BLOOD-TONIC

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.

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Rebuilds Fluids

REBUILDS-FLUIDS

Herbs or substances that create moisture in the body and increase fluids.

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Liver & Gallbladder:
Livotonic

LIVOTONIC

An herb that strengthens the liver. It is helpful for people with a history of substance abuse, chronic liver issues from hepatitis and hemolytic anemias. Generally, liver tonics are oily, cool, sweet, mildly sour, or contain beta-carotene.

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Constituents:
Calcium

CALCIUM

Calcium nourishes bones and muscles. A muscle cell is activated when calcium enters the cell. It relaxes when the calcium is secreted.

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, Melatonin, Polysaccharides

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    Nutritive, Blood-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Livotonic, Tonic

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  • Sesame Oil

    Sesame Oil has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Livotonic, Tonic, Nutritive

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    Almonds has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Nervine, Tonic, Nutritive

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    Saffron has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Livotonic, Stimulates-energy

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    Bone Marrow / Fat has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Blood-tonic, Tonic, Livotonic

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    Jaggery has these Actions in Common

    Rebuilds-fluids, Blood-tonic, Tonic, Nutritive

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  • Flower / Bee Pollen

    Flower / Bee Pollen has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Blood-tonic, Tonic

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Goji Berry

  • Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam

    Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common

    Rebuilds-fluids, Stimulates-energy, Tonic, Blood-tonic, Nutritive

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    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Nutritive, Rebuilds-fluids, Stimulates-energy, Tonic

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    Vata Massage Oil has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Nutritive, Rebuilds-fluids, Tonic

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  • Codonopsis (dang shen)

    Codonopsis (dang shen) has these Actions in Common

    Rebuilds-fluids, Tonic, Blood-tonic, Nervine

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  • Maca

    Maca has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Tonic, Nervine

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  • Bala

    Bala has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Nutritive, Stimulates-energy, Tonic

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  • Oats, Fresh Milky Seed

    Oats, Fresh Milky Seed has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Nervine, Nutritive, Tonic

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  • Schisandra

    Schisandra has these Actions in Common

    Livotonic, Rebuilds-fluids, Stimulates-energy, Tonic

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  • Bhringaraj

    Bhringaraj has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Livotonic, Nervine, Tonic

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  • Eleuthero Ginseng

    Eleuthero Ginseng has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Nervine, Stimulates-energy, Tonic

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  • Licorice Ghee (9oz)

    Licorice Ghee (9oz) has these Actions in Common

    Livotonic, Nervine, Nutritive, Rebuilds-fluids

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TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Goji Berry may be beneficial for these symptoms. The suitability of any food for a condition is highly dependent on the individual. Please see your doctor before using this food to treat a medical condition.

CONTRAINDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Goji Berry 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 Goji Berry. Please see your health care provider for more information.

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Goji Berry is recommended for Autumn-Winter. Check out these other Autumn-Winter foods here.
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HOW DOES EATING AYURVEDICALLY MAKE YOU FEEL?

Eating Ayurvedically makes you feel nourished and energized. Food digests with ease when right for your body type (dosha). Healthy digestion is seen as the cornerstone of well-being in Ayurveda. Healthy digestion generally prevents illness. If you do get sick, a strong digestive fire reduces the severity of illness and increases your resilience. It also improves your mood. Once you begin eating Ayurvedically, you will feel refreshed, vital and strong.
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John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle with Ayurveda. His approach to Ayurveda is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda, offering professional clinical training in Ayurveda for over 15 years.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, medieval Catholic philosophy, & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. His wife and family of 7 kids live in Asheville, NC.

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