Green Tea

How Does This Ayurvedic Food Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS

Recipes with Green Tea: Green tea rice

Green tea energizes your mind, but without the jitters of coffee. As you sip a cup of green tea, you feel clean and clear. Your mind doesn't race as it does does with coffee. Instead, you feel present and aware. Green tea is the very expression of the "metal element" of Chinese Medicine - pure, mathematical, austere.

Formalized rituals around green tea point to the stark elegance evoked by this herb. Green tea is orderly. It allows you to view life quietly. Unlike coffee, which is adorned with cream and sugar, green tea stripped to its bare essentials. It needs no ornament. This minimalist herb subscribes to the Zen principle, "Less is more."

It's pale green color has a mild herbal taste with a touch of earthy bitterness. It is otherwise mostly bland. The warmth in a cup of green tea calms the nerves as it warms up circulation. A cup of green tea, filled with antioxidants and an abundance of healing qualities, is an excellent substitute for coffee as your morning pick me up.

Green tea is an herb with an illustrious history, as the tea of Emperors and sages. According to legend, Prince Dharma travelled to China sharing Buddhism. He made a vow to remain awake for his entire nine year mission. Unfortunately, despite his best efforts he fell asleep. "Upon awakening, he was so disgusted with himself, he tore off his eyelids, to ensure that they would never inadvertently close again. The place where he threw them on the ground produced enchanted (tea) shrubs with leaves having the power to keep eyelids open. As you can see, in each story, green tea is the herb that helps Bodi Dhama remain austere, refined, true to his path.

Green Tea for Weight Loss

A cup of steaming, pleasantly bitter green tea helps you lose weight when combined with healthy diet and exercise. It's diuretic properties remove excess water from your system reducing puffiness, edema, and a feeling of heaviness. Swiss researchers have preliminary evidence that green tea accelerates the burning of fat calories in people who are overweight, reducing cholesterol, high lipids, and triglycerides.

The bitterness of green tea also helps you detoxify. Green Tea can help regulate your blood sugar and insulin levels, helpful in diabetes. Green tea can also help to prevent plaque buildup on the teeth, since the leaves contain a natural fluoride.

Heart Health

Green Tea helps you take care of your heart. It reduces blood clots through it's bitter, blood-thinning taste, as well as reducing cholesterol, lipids, and triglycerides. It's diuretic action lowers blood pressure. Studies show that green tea may actually lower the risk of arteriosclerosis (hardening of the blood vessels) through anti-oxidant action.

Brighten Your Mind

Green tea has a lower amount of caffeine than coffee, but still gives a nice pick-me-up. Instead of feeling jittery and agitated, green tea gives a softer lift that clears and focuses your mind in the midst of a long day. It is often used in China to soften the pain of migraine headaches.

Additional Health Benefits

Green tea's many health benefits include the healing of ulcers, curing bad breath, and encouraging healthy digestion. Unlike coffee which aggravates inflammation, green tea is an anti-inflammatory. Additionally, green tea boosts your immunity against both viral and bacterial colds and flus. These health benefits are ascribed to the high content of bioactive ingredients such as polyphenols. Due to its stimulating nature, bitter taste and drying effects, caffeine in all forms provokes Vata dosha. Find alternative stimulants such as ginger when energy is depleted due to Vata. However, green tea does one great thing for Vata- it can prevent osteoporosis.
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About Green Tea

Green Tea is a preparation using minimally processed leaves from the camellia sinensis plant. This is the same plant used in normal black tea. Black tea leaves, however, are more processed.

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Buying & Preparation

The world of green tea is greatly nuanced. Steeping times vary from 30 seconds to two minutes and can make a world of difference between light and clean to extremely bitter. Make sure you read the preparation instructions for your tea. The most common types of green tea are longjing and gunpowder which please novice to expert. Try different types like the extremely light macha and revered puh-er.

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SERVING SIZE: 1 tsp
FAMILY: Theaceae
SPECIES: Camellia sinensis
MEAL: DRINK
STYLE: ASIAN
PREPARATION: TEA
EAT IN: SPRING
FOR OCCASION: CLEANSE

Medicinal Effects of Green Tea

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.
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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.

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LIQUEFIED

ABOUT LIQUEFIED BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Substances that thin fluids (lower viscosity of blood plasma). These may include blood thinners or mucolytic herbs.

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DRY

ABOUT DRY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Dry is identified by lack of moisture, lack of fat, or anything that causes diuresis.

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LIGHT

ABOUT LIGHT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Lightness is identified by reduced weight.

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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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ASTRINGENT

ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Astringency is characterized by constriction, drawing together, or drying.

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BITTER

ABOUT BITTER BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Bitter taste has cholagogue action - it is cold, clear, light, and stimulating. It increases digestive enzymes and is laxative, and drying.

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AYURVEDA BODY TYPES (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

AGGRAVATES

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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PHLEGMATIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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.

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SANGUINE

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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.

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AGGRAVATES

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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Other Health Virtues

Subtaste:

Aromatic

AROMATIC

Herbs or spices with volatile essential oils that present strong aromas. Aromatic oils shock, refresh and numb tissue, with the end result of relaxing, opening and clearing stagnant fluids in tissues.

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, Bland Negative Calorie

Moves Energy:

Upward

UPWARD

Upward-moving substances (Urdvha Gati Marga) include anything stimulating or activating, or that move upward in the body.

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Tissue (dhatu):

Blood Plasma Lymph

BLOOD-PLASMA-LYMPH

Plasma (Rasa Dhatu) includes plasma, white blood cells, and lymph.

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Fat

FAT

Fat tissue (Meda Dhatu) includes adipose tissue and sebum (skin oil).

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Affinity:

Heart Circulation Blood,

Anti Aging

ANTI-AGING

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.

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Energy Vitality

ENERGY-VITALITY

Includes vitality improving foods, herbs, and exercises by dosha.

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, Weight Loss

Family:

Theaceae

Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Green Tea
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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Digestion:

Digestive

DIGESTIVE

Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.

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Spleen Tonic

SPLEEN-TONIC

An herb that strengthens spleen function by improving strength of the blood. Spleen tonics Builds agni, brighten the person's appearances & firms up tissues.

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Mind, Stress & Sleep:

Stimulates Crown

STIMULATES-CROWN

Creates a feeling of awareness or tension in the area at the top of the head.

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Stimulates Front Of Brain

STIMULATES-FRONT-OF-BRAIN

Creates a feeling of awareness or tension in the area in the forehead. Activates the frontal lobe - the area responsible for motor function, emotional expression, thinking, and decision making.

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Wakes You Up

WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

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Boosts Gaba

STRONG BOOSTS-GABA

GABA, or gamma-aminobutyric acid, reduces nerve excitability. It is the body's primary inhibitory neurotransmitter. Thus, it promotes relaxation, calm, and sleep.

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Antidepressant

ANTIDEPRESSANT

Herbs that lift feelings of depression, benefit the mind and improve mental function.

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Nerve Growth Tonic

NERVE-GROWTH-TONIC

Stimulate neurite / axon growth, promotes regeneration.

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Nerve Stimulant

NERVE-STIMULANT

Provide short lived stimulation of the nervous system.

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Neuroprotective

NEUROPROTECTIVE

Repairs / restores damaged nerves. Protects nerve health.

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Energy Vitality:

Refreshing

REFRESHING

Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

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Respiratory-Health:

Bronchodilator

MILD BRONCHODILATOR

An herb that encourages the widening or opening of the lung airways. They are helpful in wheezing and asthma.

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Immune System:

Anti Inflammatory

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.

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Antibacterial

ANTIBACTERIAL

Herbs that kill bacteria or slow their growth.

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Anticarcinogenic

ANTICARCINOGENIC

Herbs that inhibit or prevent the activity of a carcinogen or the development of cancer.

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Antiviral

ANTIVIRAL

Herbs that inhibit the development of viral infections. Antivirals also can be found in essential oils of some herbs, such as eucalyptus oil.

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Immune Calming

IMMUNE-CALMING

Herbs that interrupt an allergic reaction or calm the immune system, useful in allergies and autoimmune conditions.

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Heart & Circulation:

Cardiac Stimulant

CARDIAC-STIMULANT

Herbs that increase the heart rate. Useful in cardiovascular health, blood stagnation, and subjective feeling of heaviness in the chest area.

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Antioxidant

STRONG ANTIOXIDANT

An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibits oxidation. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that can produce free radicals that lead to a chain reaction causing damage or death to cells. Antioxidants terminate these oxidation reactions.

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Blood Thinner

BLOOD-THINNER

Herbs that thin the blood. Helpful for people with heart disease or clogged circulation.

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Kidney & Urinary:

Diuretic

DIURETIC

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.

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Weight Loss:

Lowers Thyroid

LOWERS-THYROID

Reduces thyroid function. Useful for people with hyperthyroid.

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Reproductive Health:

Antiandrogen

STRONG ANTIANDROGEN

Reduces androgen (testosterone), which can reduce excess growth, drive, and libido. Reduces skin oiliness. Helpful for prostate enlargement.

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Bone & Joint:

Chelates

CHELATES

Binds to toxins such as heavy metals making them more soluble for elimination by the body.

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Other:

Coumarin, Immune System, Quercitin

Constituents:

5a Reductase Inhibitor,

Catechins

STRONG CATECHINS

Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.

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, Tannins,

Caffeine Methylxanthines

CAFFEINE-METHYLXANTHINES

Methylxanthines are purine alkaloids that have a stimulant and bronchodilating effect.

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Flavonoids

FLAVONOIDS

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.

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Iron

IRON

Iron is necessary for the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.

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Polyphenols

POLYPHENOLS

Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.

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Salicylates

SALICYLATES

Salicylates relieve inflammation, are anti-cancer, and antidiabetic, but some are allergic to it.

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Foods with a Similar Nature to Green Tea

Basil (Fresh)

Basil (Fresh) has these Actions in Common
Antiandrogen, Bronchodilator, Diuretic, Spleen-tonic, Antibacterial, Cardiac-stimulant, Immune-calming, Anti-inflammatory, Antidepressant, Digestive, Nerve-stimulant
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Rosemary

Rosemary has these Actions in Common
Anticarcinogenic, Bronchodilator, Immune-calming, Spleen-tonic, Antidepressant, Cardiac-stimulant, Nerve-stimulant, Stimulates-energy, Antiviral, Digestive, Neuroprotective
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Turmeric

Turmeric has these Actions in Common
Antiandrogen, Antioxidant, Immune-calming, Spleen-tonic, Antibacterial, Blood-thinner, Nerve-growth-tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Anticarcinogenic, Digestive, Neuroprotective
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Daikon Radish

Daikon Radish has these Actions in Common
Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Blood-thinner, Digestive, Spleen-tonic, Bronchodilator, Diuretic, Stimulates-crown, Anti-inflammatory, Cardiac-stimulant
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Turmeric Root (Fresh)

Turmeric Root (Fresh) has these Actions in Common
Spleen-tonic, Antiandrogen, Antioxidant, Nerve-growth-tonic, Antibacterial, Digestive, Neuroprotective, Anti-inflammatory, Anticarcinogenic, Immune-calming
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Coffee

Coffee has these Actions in Common
Antidepressant, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Antioxidant, Lowers-thyroid, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Bronchodilator, Nerve-stimulant, Wakes-you-up
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Cilantro

Cilantro has these Actions in Common
Digestive, Refreshing, Blood-thinner, Diuretic, Spleen-tonic, Chelates, Immune-calming, Stimulates-energy, Anti-inflammatory
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Mint (Fresh)

Mint (Fresh) has these Actions in Common
Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Digestive, Spleen-tonic, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Immune-calming, Stimulates-crown, Wakes-you-up, Antidepressant
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Ginger (Fresh)

Ginger (Fresh) has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Anti-inflammatory, Digestive, Spleen-tonic, Blood-thinner, Neuroprotective, Stimulates-energy
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Ajwain

Ajwain has these Actions in Common
Antibacterial, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Digestive, Spleen-tonic
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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Green Tea

Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common
Bronchodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Diuretic, Immune-calming, Anti-inflammatory, Refreshing, Antibacterial, Stimulates-crown, Antidepressant, Stimulates-energy, Boosts-gaba, Stimulates-front-of-brain
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Ginkgo

Ginkgo has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Immune-calming, Anti-inflammatory, Nerve-growth-tonic, Antibacterial, Neuroprotective, Antidepressant, Antioxidant, Blood-thinner, Boosts-gaba, Bronchodilator
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Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common
Digestive, Diuretic, Immune-calming, Refreshing, Anti-inflammatory, Stimulates-energy, Antidepressant, Wakes-you-up, Bronchodilator, Cardiac-stimulant
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Dong Quai

Dong Quai has these Actions in Common
Bronchodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Anti-inflammatory, Immune-calming, Anticarcinogenic, Stimulates-energy, Antioxidant, Blood-thinner, Boosts-gaba
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Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)

Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
Antidepressant, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Nerve-stimulant, Refreshing, Stimulates-crown, Stimulates-energy, Stimulates-front-of-brain
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Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)

Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Nerve-stimulant, Refreshing, Stimulates-crown, Stimulates-energy, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Antidepressant, Wakes-you-up
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Ashwagandha

Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common
Diuretic, Immune-calming, Nerve-growth-tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Neuroprotective, Anticarcinogenic, Antidepressant, Antioxidant, Boosts-gaba
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Vacha (Calamus, Sweet Flag)

Vacha (Calamus, Sweet Flag) has these Actions in Common
Anti-inflammatory, Antidepressant, Cardiac-stimulant, Nerve-stimulant, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Wakes-you-up
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Ginseng, Chinese

Ginseng, Chinese has these Actions in Common
Nerve-growth-tonic, Nerve-stimulant, Neuroprotective, Stimulates-energy, Antiandrogen, Antidepressant, Digestive, Immune-calming
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Angelica

Angelica has these Actions in Common
Blood-thinner, Bronchodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Immune-calming, Stimulates-energy, Anticarcinogenic, Antioxidant
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Punarnava

Punarnava has these Actions in Common
Bronchodilator, Cardiac-stimulant, Digestive, Diuretic, Stimulates-energy, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Anti-inflammatory, Antioxidant
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Green Tea - Metabolic Impact Report

The reports shared below are part of an educational assignment completed by students at the Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda & Greek Medicine. 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.