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How Does This Ayurvedic Food Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS

Recipes with Potato: Tofu Coconut Curry with Asparagus & Basil
Recipes with Potato: Tofu Coconut Curry with Asparagus & Basil

Causes Weight Gain

The abundance of starch in potato and their high glycemic index cause weight gain.This heaviness puts you to sleep and can slow digestion.

Cools Inflammation

Potatoes, un-remedied by spices and cooking, cause gas and weight gain. They are naturally astringent, a unique quality among starches. Potatoes are also soothing and demulcent, making them useful for cooling inflammation in the GI tract.

Digestibility of Potatoes

The fiber content of potatoes aids regular elimination, while their astringency binds overly loose stools. The heaviness of potatoes, un-remedied by spices, makes them difficult to digest for Vata. In that case, add spices like turmeric, cumin or black pepper. Salt and lime juice can help, as well as pureeing potatoes with water for a thin potato soup. As with all members of the nightshade family, eat sparingly if you have a weak liver or arthritis.

Cooking Potato

For Ayurvedic mashed potatoes try mashing cooked potatoes with almond milk and ghee, instead of cream and butter. Asafoetida, otherwise known as hing, is a ideal spice for potato that improves both flavor and digestibility. Add some ghee and fresh green onion, and your dinner will be delicious and easy on your body.

Be sure to cook until slightly mushy all the way through. Undercooked potatoes are very difficult to digest.

Buying & Preparation

Watch out for mushy patches. The green color beneath the potato skin is poisonous - always peel your potatoes especially if you have a weak liver or arthritis. The skins are also difficult to digest. You'll still get plenty of vitimins if you eat a balanced diet.

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Medicinal Effects of Potato

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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DRY

ABOUT DRY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Heavy is identified by sedation, sluggishness, or increased 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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SWEET

ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

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ASTRINGENT

ABOUT ASTRINGENT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Astringency is characterized by constriction, drawing together, or 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
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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Other Health Virtues

Tissue (dhatu):
Blood Plasma Lymph

BLOOD-PLASMA-LYMPH

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

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Affinity:
Energy Vitality

ENERGY-VITALITY

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

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Family:
Solanaceae

Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Potato
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:
Makes You Tired

STRONG MAKES-YOU-TIRED

Induces drowsiness and promotes sound sleep.

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Nerve Relaxant Grounding

STRONG 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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Sedative

SEDATIVE

Sedative herbs create a sense of calm in the mind and body by specifically calming or quieting the nervous system. Excellent for anxiety, stress and chronic pain.

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Energy Vitality:
Satisfies Stomach

STRONG SATISFIES-STOMACH

Provides a sense of gratification and fullness in the stomach.

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Nutritive

NUTRITIVE

An herb that is strengthening and nourishing.

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Skin Care & Beauty:
Demulcent

MILD 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:
Antioxidant

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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Hemostatic

HEMOSTATIC

An herb that stops bleeding.

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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.

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Constituents:

Foods with a Similar Nature to Potato

  • Poppy Seed

    Poppy Seed has these Actions in Common

    Makes-you-tired, Styptic, Antioxidant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Hemostatic, Sedative

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  • Oat Flour

    Oat Flour has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Satisfies-stomach, Makes-you-tired, Sedative, Nutritive

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  • Spelt Flour

    Spelt Flour has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Demulcent, Satisfies-stomach, Makes-you-tired, Sedative

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  • White Flour (wheat)

    White Flour (wheat) has these Actions in Common

    Makes-you-tired, Sedative, Nutritive, Demulcent, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Cream of Wheat

    Cream of Wheat has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Demulcent, Satisfies-stomach, Makes-you-tired, Sedative

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  • Millet

    Millet has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Styptic, Nutritive, Hemostatic, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Whole Wheat Flour

    Whole Wheat Flour has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Satisfies-stomach, Makes-you-tired, Sedative, Nutritive

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  • Buffalo Milk

    Buffalo Milk has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Demulcent, Nutritive, Makes-you-tired, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Pumpkin

    Pumpkin has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Sedative, Nutritive, Makes-you-tired, Satisfies-stomach

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  • Hemp Seed

    Hemp Seed has these Actions in Common

    Sedative, Nutritive, Makes-you-tired, Satisfies-stomach, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Potato

  • California Poppy

    California Poppy has these Actions in Common

    Sedative, Styptic, Antioxidant, Hemostatic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Mullein

    Mullein has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Hemostatic, Sedative, Styptic

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  • Gokshura

    Gokshura has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Sedative

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  • Vidari

    Vidari has these Actions in Common

    Demulcent, Hemostatic, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive

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  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Hemostatic, Nutritive, Styptic

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  • Ashwagandha

    Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

    Nutritive, Sedative, Antioxidant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding

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  • Shirodhara Treatment

    Shirodhara Treatment has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Sedative

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  • Solomon's Seal

    Solomon's Seal has these Actions in Common

    Hemostatic, Nutritive, Demulcent

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  • Bala Taila

    Bala Taila has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive

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  • Agrimony

    Agrimony has these Actions in Common

    Antioxidant, Hemostatic, Styptic

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  • Self Massage

    Self Massage has these Actions in Common

    Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Nutritive, Sedative

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Potato - Metabolic Impact Report

The reports shared below are part of an educational assignment completed by students at the Joyful Belly College of Natural Health Sciences. 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.

TEMPERATURE/CIRCULATION

How did Potato affect your temperature?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your ear temperature?

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HotterNo ChangeCooler
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your sweat quantity?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the color of your skin?

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Yellower/GreenerPalerRedderGrayerNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the color of your tongue body?

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PalerRedderBluerNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the swelling of your tongue body?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your appetite/hunger?

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Much less hungrySlightly less hungrySameSlightly hungrierMuch hungrier
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your digestion speed?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

TOXINS

How did Potato affect the amount of gas & bloating?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your stool smell?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the thickness & size of your tongue coating?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the color of your tongue coating?

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YellowerBrownerGrayerWhiterNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your throat soreness?

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More soreNo ChangeLess sore
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your urine smell?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your sweat smell?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your acne?

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More acneNo ChangeLess acne
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your freckles/moles?

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DarkerNo ChangeLighter
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?

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Redder/BloodshotYellowerGrayerBrownerWhiter
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No Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the color of the lower eye lid?

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More green/dark greenMore purpleNo ChangeLess green/purple
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

HYDRATION

How did Potato affect your urine frequency/quantity?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the dryness of your skin?

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DrierOilierNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the puffiness of lower eye lid?

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PuffierNo ChangeLess Puffy
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the cracks on your tongue?

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Larger/longer/more cracksSlightly moreSameSlightly less/smaller/shorterMuch less
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

FLUID-THICKNESS

How did Potato affect your ear pressure?

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More pressureNo ChangeLess pressure
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your congestion?

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More congestionNo ChangeLess congestion
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?

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More thickNo ChangeLess thick
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

NERVOUS-SYSTEM

How did Potato affect your energy levels?

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Much less energySlightly lessSameSlightly more energyMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your muscle tension?

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Much less tensionSlightly lessSameSlightly more tensionMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your anxiety?

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Much less anxietySlightly lessSameSlightly more anxietyMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the stillness of your tongue?

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More stillNo ChangeMore Trembling / Jittery
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

DIGESTION

How did Potato affect your appetite/hunger?

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Much less hungrySlightly less hungrySameSlightly hungrierMuch hungrier
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect burning sensations in digestive tract (do not include acid reflux)?

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Much reliefSlight reliefSameSlightly more burningMuch more burning
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the amount of gas & bloating?

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Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your digestion speed?

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Much fasterSlightly fasterSameSlightly slowerMuch slower
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

TONGUE

How did Potato affect the color of your tongue body?

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PalerRedderBluerNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the color of your tongue coating?

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YellowerBrownerGrayerWhiterNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the thickness & size of your tongue coating?

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0
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Much smallerSlightly lessSameSlightly larger coatingMuch larger
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the cracks on your tongue?

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Larger/longer/more cracksSlightly moreSameSlightly less/smaller/shorterMuch less
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the stillness of your tongue?

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More stillNo ChangeMore Trembling / Jittery
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the swelling of your tongue body?

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More SwellingLess SwellingNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

STOOL

How did Potato affect your stool color?

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More yellowMore grayMore greenMore orangeSame
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your stool consistency?

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Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your stool lightness?

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Much lighterSlightly lighterSameSlightly darkerMuch darker
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your stool frequency/quantity?

10
8
6
4
2
0
1
 7
 9
 2
 1
Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your stool smell?

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16
12
8
4
0
0
 0
 15
 5
 0
Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

URINE

How did Potato affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?

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0
0
 0
 18
 2
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Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMany more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your urine lightness?

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8
4
0
0
 4
 14
 2
 0
Much lighterSlightly lighterSameSlightly DarkerMuch Darker
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your urine clarity?

21
17
13
9
5
1
2
 16
 2
More cloudySameMore clear
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your urine frequency/quantity?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
 3
 15
 2
 0
Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your urine smell?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
 0
 18
 2
 0
Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

SWEAT

How did Potato affect your sweat quantity?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
 2
 18
 0
 0
Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your sweat smell?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
 0
 16
 4
 0
Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

SKIN

How did Potato affect your acne?

20
16
12
8
4
0
3
 16
 1
More acneNo ChangeLess acne
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the color of your skin?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
 2
 1
 0
 17
Yellower/GreenerPalerRedderGrayerNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the dryness of your skin?

21
17
13
9
5
1
3
 2
 15
DrierOilierNo Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your freckles/moles?

25
20
15
10
5
0
0
 19
 1
DarkerNo ChangeLighter
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

EYE

How did Potato affect the color of the lower eye lid?

20
16
12
8
4
0
0
 1
 18
 1
More green/dark greenMore purpleNo ChangeLess green/purple
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the puffiness of lower eye lid?

21
17
13
9
5
1
2
 16
 2
PuffierNo ChangeLess Puffy
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?

25
20
15
10
5
0
0
 0
 0
 0
 0
Redder/BloodshotYellowerGrayerBrownerWhiter
20
No Change
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

ENT

How did Potato affect your congestion?

15
12
9
6
3
0
8
 12
 0
More congestionNo ChangeLess congestion
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?

20
16
12
8
4
0
6
 14
 0
More thickNo ChangeLess thick
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your ear pressure?

20
16
12
8
4
0
2
 17
 1
More pressureNo ChangeLess pressure
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your ear temperature?

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12
8
4
0
0
 18
 2
HotterNo ChangeCooler
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your throat soreness?

16
13
10
7
4
1
4
 14
 2
More soreNo ChangeLess sore
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

HEART

How did Potato affect your heart pain/pressure/cramping?

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0
0
 3
 17
 0
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Much lessSlightly lessSameSlightly moreMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your heart rhythm?

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12
8
4
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0
 18
 2
More palpitationsSameLess palpitations
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your heart rate?

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0
 2
 18
 0
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Much slowerSlightly slowerSameSlightly fasterMuch faster
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

SYSTEMIC

How did Potato affect your anxiety?

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12
9
6
3
0
1
 7
 11
 1
 0
Much less anxietySlightly lessSameSlightly more anxietyMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your energy levels?

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6
4
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0
 9
 7
 4
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Much less energySlightly lessSameSlightly more energyMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your temperature?

10
8
6
4
2
0
0
 9
 9
 2
 0
Much colderSlightly colderSameSlightly warmerMuch warmer
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

How did Potato affect your muscle tension?

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9
6
3
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0
 7
 13
 0
 0
Much less tensionSlightly lessSameSlightly more tensionMuch more
Total Responses: 20 REPORT ID:103 (2022-03-21 - 2022-06-23)

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TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Potato 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

Potato 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 Potato. 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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“I had an upset stomach today and without looking up anything I went straight for a baked potato with lots of freshly ground black pepper. Yay!!"
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