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How Does This Ayurvedic Food Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Oysters are salty, watery, slimy, and fatty, all the qualities that are nurturing and soothing to Vata. Oysters are very Vata pacifying. In Chinese medicine (TCM) oysters are the number one food for reducing yin.

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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 Oyster

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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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GOOEY

ABOUT GOOEY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Gooey is identified by anything gelatinous (such as oatmeal), or by mucus congestion.

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OILY

ABOUT OILY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

In Ayurveda, oily refers to anything moistening. More specifically, oily refers to building substances that increases fat, or are themselves fatty. For example, sugar is Oily.

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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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SALTY

ABOUT SALTY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Salty refers to anything with salt, or high mineral content.

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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
Pitta pacifying Vata pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Kapha 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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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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AGGRAVATES
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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Moves Energy:
Downward

DOWNWARD

Downward-moving (Adho Gati Marga) substances move food downward in the GI tract, settle the nervous system, and relax muscles.

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Inward

INWARD

Inward moving substances promote introspection, self reflection, stillness, or slow the system down.

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Affinity:
Kidney Bladder Urinary

Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Oyster
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:
Nerve Relaxant Grounding

NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING

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.

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Energy Vitality:
Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Skin Care & Beauty:
Demulcent

DEMULCENT

Herbs that coat or form a soothing film over a mucous membrane, relieving minor pain and inflammation of the membrane.

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Heart & Circulation:
Rebuild Electrolytes

REBUILD-ELECTROLYTES

Substances that increase your electrolyte balance. Electrolytes help you retain water, keep your palate moist, and truly quench your thirst.

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Rebuilds Fluids

REBUILDS-FLUIDS

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

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Kidney & Urinary:
Kidney Tonic

KIDNEY-TONIC

An herb that strengthens the kidneys.

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Other:

Foods with a Similar Nature to Oyster

  • Jackfruit

    Jackfruit has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Demulcent, Rebuild-electrolytes, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Rebuilds-fluids

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  • Banana

    Banana has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Demulcent, Rebuild-electrolytes

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  • Cassava Root / Yuca

    Cassava Root / Yuca has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Rebuilds-fluids, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive

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  • Jaggery

    Jaggery has these Actions in Common

    Rebuild-electrolytes, Rebuilds-fluids, Nutritive

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  • Potato

    Potato has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Demulcent, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Coconut Water

    Coconut Water has these Actions in Common

    Rebuilds-fluids, Nutritive, Rebuild-electrolytes

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  • Shrimp

    Shrimp has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Kidney-tonic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Avocado

    Avocado has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Demulcent, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Milk

    Milk has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Demulcent, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Buffalo Milk

    Buffalo Milk has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Demulcent, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Oyster

  • Safed Musali

    Safed Musali has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Nutritive, Rebuilds-fluids

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  • Vata Shirodhara Oil

    Vata Shirodhara Oil has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive

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  • Red Clover

    Red Clover has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Nutritive, Rebuilds-fluids

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  • Shatavari

    Shatavari has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive

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  • Gokshura

    Gokshura has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Demulcent

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  • Vidari

    Vidari has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive

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  • Licorice Ghee (9oz)

    Licorice Ghee (9oz) has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Nutritive, Rebuilds-fluids

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  • Licorice Root (Yastimadhu)

    Licorice Root (Yastimadhu) has these Actions in Common

    Rebuilds-fluids, Demulcent, Nutritive

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  • Potassium Salt (Salt Substitute)

    Potassium Salt (Salt Substitute) has these Actions in Common

    Rebuild-electrolytes, Rebuilds-fluids

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  • Asparagus root

    Asparagus root has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Nutritive

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  • Slippery Elm

    Slippery Elm has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Nutritive

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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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About the Author

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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