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How Does This Ayurvedic Food Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS

Pomegranate molasses is an effective sour for all three doshas with less astringency than pomegranate juice.

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  • SERVING SIZE: 1/8 tsp
  • EAT IN: SUMMER

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Medicinal Effects of Pomegranate Molasses

Constitutional nutrition systems use biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic nature of food, herbs, lifestyle choices, your body, and disease.

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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SOUR

ABOUT SOUR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Sour refers to anything fermented or acidic.

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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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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 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

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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Other Health Virtues

Tissue (dhatu):
Red Blood

RED-BLOOD

Red blood (Rakta Dhatu) includes red blood cells and blood vessels.

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Pomegranate Molasses
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:
Sialogogue

STRONG SIALOGOGUE

A sialogogue increases saliva. Sour foods are often great sialogogues, and increase output of all exocrine glands. Salty taste is very moistening as well. Bitter, pungent and sweettastes also increase salivary output but to a lesser degree. Astringents.

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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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Bowel Health:
General Laxative

GENERAL-LAXATIVE

Promotes a bowel movement. General laxative is an umbrella term that refers to several different types of laxatives.

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Cleanse & Detox:
Internal Detoxicant

INTERNAL-DETOXICANT

Liquefies, dissolves, decongests or dislodges internal stagnant toxins. Decongests the lymphatic system.

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Energy Vitality:
Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Heart & Circulation:
Alterative

ALTERATIVE

Restores the proper function of the body by cleansing the blood and balancing blood chemistry. In Ayurveda terms, they pacify Pitta in rakta. They were traditionally used to revitalize and detoxify after a long winter.

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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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Liver & Gallbladder:
Cholagogue

CHOLAGOGUE

Cholagogues stimulate the production & release of bile from the liver & gallbladder. This refreshes and cleanses these organs, as well as increases bile in the small intestines.

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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:
Flavonoids

STRONG 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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Nitric Oxide

STRONG NITRIC-OXIDE

Improves circulation by dilating blood vessels. Protects blood vessels from damage. Improves athletic performance, libido, immunity, and brain health.

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Aromatase Inhibitor

AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

Blocks estrogen synthesis by inhibiting conversion of progesterone and testosterone into estrogen.

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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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Foods with a Similar Nature to Pomegranate Molasses

  • Pomegranate

    Pomegranate has these Actions in Common

    Internal-detoxicant, Spleen-tonic, Blood-tonic, Livotonic, Cholagogue, Nutritive, Alterative

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  • Carrot

    Carrot has these Actions in Common

    Livotonic, Alterative, General-laxative, Nutritive, Blood-tonic, Internal-detoxicant, Cholagogue

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  • Beets

    Beets has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, General-laxative, Nutritive, Blood-tonic, Internal-detoxicant, Cholagogue, Livotonic

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  • Burdock Root (Gobo)

    Burdock Root (Gobo) has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Nutritive, Alterative, Internal-detoxicant, Cholagogue, Livotonic

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  • Apple Cider Vinegar

    Apple Cider Vinegar has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Internal-detoxicant, Cholagogue, Livotonic, General-laxative, Sialogogue

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  • Red Wine Vinegar

    Red Wine Vinegar has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Sialogogue, Alterative, Internal-detoxicant, Cholagogue, Livotonic

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  • Salt (Mineral Salt)

    Salt (Mineral Salt) has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Spleen-tonic, Cholagogue, Internal-detoxicant, Digestive, Sialogogue

    LEARN MORE

  • White Vinegar

    White Vinegar has these Actions in Common

    Cholagogue, Livotonic, General-laxative, Sialogogue, Alterative, Internal-detoxicant

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  • Lime

    Lime has these Actions in Common

    Cholagogue, Internal-detoxicant, Digestive, Sialogogue, Alterative, General-laxative

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  • Dandelion Leaves

    Dandelion Leaves has these Actions in Common

    Cholagogue, Internal-detoxicant, Digestive, Livotonic, Alterative, General-laxative

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Pomegranate Molasses

  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Nutritive, Sialogogue, Alterative, Blood-tonic, Digestive

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  • Yellow Dock

    Yellow Dock has these Actions in Common

    General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Alterative, Blood-tonic, Cholagogue, Digestive

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  • Bhumyamalaki

    Bhumyamalaki has these Actions in Common

    Livotonic, Alterative, Cholagogue, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant

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  • Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam

    Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Nutritive, Alterative

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  • Triphala

    Triphala has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Sialogogue

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  • Draksha Digestive Tonic

    Draksha Digestive Tonic has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Digestive, Livotonic, Nutritive, Spleen-tonic

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  • Dandelion Root

    Dandelion Root has these Actions in Common

    Cholagogue, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Livotonic, Alterative

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  • Belly breathing

    Belly breathing has these Actions in Common

    Blood-tonic, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Alterative

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  • Breathing Exercises

    Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Blood-tonic, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant

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  • Haritaki

    Haritaki has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Sialogogue

    LEARN MORE

  • Goldenseal

    Goldenseal has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Cholagogue, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant

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TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Pomegranate Molasses 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.

CONTRAINDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Pomegranate Molasses 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 Pomegranate Molasses. Please see your health care provider for more information.

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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 how to have a healthy diet and lifestyle through constitutional nutrition (Ayurveda & Greek Medicine). His approach 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. John, his wife Natalie and their 8 kids live in Asheville, NC

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