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How Does This Ayurvedic Food Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS

Cold food, including ice cubes, cause capillary beds in the stomach to constrict, reducing blood flow. The loss of blood flow reduces secretions slowing down digestion.

A person with strong digestion can tolerate cold food. But a person with weak digestion may lose their appetite if they drink cold water, or experience indigestion.

For maxmimum digestive benefit, water should be served slightly hot. Heat increases blood flow in the digestive contract.

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Is Ice cube a Good Match for My Body?

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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.

Understanding your child's constitution is key to raising resilience, instead of wiring in disease. Study constitutional medicine to discover the keys to personalized nourishment.

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. See How it Works.

Medicinal Effects of Ice cube

Constitutional nutrition systems use biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic nature of food, herbs, 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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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold refers to anything that reduces body temperature, metabolism, and blood flow.

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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
Pitta pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha aggravating Vata aggravating

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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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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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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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Ice cube
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:
Quenches Thirst

QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

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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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Skin Care & Beauty:
Antipruritic

ANTIPRURITIC

Antipruritics are herbs that inhibit itching, often associated with skin conditions such as sunburns, allergic reactions, eczema, psoriasis, chickenpox, fungal infections, insect bites, or contact dermatitis (as in poison ivy rashes).

SEE ALL 'ANTIPRURITIC' FOODS / HERBS

Respiratory-Health:
Soothes Throat

SOOTHES-THROAT

Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.

SEE ALL 'SOOTHES-THROAT' FOODS / HERBS

Immune System:
Antipyretic

ANTIPYRETIC

Reduces a fever / febrifuge.

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Heart & Circulation:
Hemostatic

HEMOSTATIC

An herb that stops bleeding.

SEE ALL 'HEMOSTATIC' FOODS / HERBS

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Refrigerant

REFRIGERANT

An herb or substance that strongly cools the body. Can be helpful in cases of heat conditions.

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Styptic

STYPTIC

A herb that contracts tissue or blood vessels. Generally styptics are astringent. They are often used topically as a hemostatic to stop bleeding, or to reduce secretions.

SEE ALL 'STYPTIC' FOODS / HERBS

Foods with a Similar Nature to Ice cube

  • Cilantro

    Cilantro has these Actions in Common

    Antipyretic, Refrigerant, Hemostatic, Stimulates-energy, Refreshing, Styptic

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  • Honey

    Honey has these Actions in Common

    Hemostatic, Styptic, Soothes-throat, Stimulates-energy

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  • Rose Petals

    Rose Petals has these Actions in Common

    Antipyretic, Styptic, Hemostatic, Refrigerant

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  • Hibiscus

    Hibiscus has these Actions in Common

    Styptic, Refreshing, Refrigerant, Hemostatic

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  • Jackfruit

    Jackfruit has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Hemostatic, Refrigerant, Quenches-thirst

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  • Saffron

    Saffron has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Antipyretic, Styptic, Hemostatic

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  • Cinnamon

    Cinnamon has these Actions in Common

    Styptic, Soothes-throat, Stimulates-energy, Hemostatic

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  • Black Tea

    Black Tea has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-energy, Styptic, Hemostatic

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  • Grape Leaves

    Grape Leaves has these Actions in Common

    Styptic, Antipyretic, Hemostatic

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  • Rose Water

    Rose Water has these Actions in Common

    Hemostatic, Refrigerant, Styptic

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Ice cube

  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Hemostatic, Quenches-thirst, Refreshing, Refrigerant, Stimulates-energy, Styptic, Antipyretic

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  • Red Root

    Red Root has these Actions in Common

    Antipyretic, Hemostatic, Refrigerant, Styptic

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  • Plantain Leaf

    Plantain Leaf has these Actions in Common

    Antipruritic, Antipyretic, Hemostatic, Styptic

    LEARN MORE

  • Arjuna

    Arjuna has these Actions in Common

    Antipyretic, Hemostatic, Refrigerant, Styptic

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  • Borage Leaf

    Borage Leaf has these Actions in Common

    Antipyretic, Refrigerant, Soothes-throat

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  • Solomon's Seal

    Solomon's Seal has these Actions in Common

    Hemostatic, Quenches-thirst, Refreshing

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  • Mullein

    Mullein has these Actions in Common

    Hemostatic, Soothes-throat, Styptic

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  • Witch Hazel

    Witch Hazel has these Actions in Common

    Styptic, Hemostatic, Refrigerant

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  • California Poppy

    California Poppy has these Actions in Common

    Antipyretic, Hemostatic, Styptic

    LEARN MORE

  • Calendula, Marigold

    Calendula, Marigold has these Actions in Common

    Antipyretic, Hemostatic, Styptic

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  • Amritarishta (Amrutharishtam)

    Amritarishta (Amrutharishtam) has these Actions in Common

    Antipruritic, Antipyretic, Quenches-thirst

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Joyful Belly is a recognized college of biocharacteristics medicine.

TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Ice cube may temper these symptoms. The suitability of any food for a condition is highly dependent on the individual and constitution. Please see your doctor before using this food to treat a medical condition.

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Constitutional Nutrition: Strengthen Your Health Naturally

When your dietary choices align with your individual nature (constitution), it supports your metabolism, energy, and health naturally. A personalized diet, fitting to your constitution, leverages your natural strengths while gently supporting your body where it's vulnerable.

Constitutional nutrition is especially beneficial for digestion, a foundational pillar of health influencing your entire well-being. Balanced digestion fortifies your body's natural defenses against illness and enhances your resilience when illness does arise. A healthy digestive fire (*agni*) eases discomfort, speeds recovery, and naturally uplifts your mood.

By embracing constitutional nutrition, you will soon experience a profound sense of renewal, vitality, and inner strength.

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John Immel, the founder of Joyful Belly, teaches people personalized diet, lifestyle and herbs through Classical Metabolic Theory (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach is clinical, yet exudes an ease which many find enjoyable and insightful. John also directs the Joyful Belly College, offering professional clinical training for over 15 years.

John's hobbies & specialties include advanced digestive disorders, virtue psychology through classical & Christian philosophy, languages, cooking & botany. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University. John, his wife Natalie, and their 8 kids live in Asheville, NC.

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