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Recipes with Sesame Seeds: Roasted Coconut Sesame Oatmeal
Those who fear winter and the bone-chilling drop in temperatures will find great comfort in this healing food and luxurious oil. If you can't shake your wintertime chill, if you feel tired and dry from autumn until spring, these Vata signs could mean your body is exhausted and depleted. Sesame may be the food medicine for you. The seeds' high oil content lubricates and protects tissues, stabilizing with richness. Sesame helps to contain body heat, reinforces blood, and strengthen your bones, muscles, and even willpower. A diet rich in sesame will moisturize your hair and skin, invigorate the eyes and liver, promote milk production in women, and energize the reproductive organs of all. Sesame also promotes beauty in the teeth: chewing one tablespoon of the seeds in the morning keeps your pearly whites clean.
Frazzled nerves, insomnia, cold extremities? Self-massaging with warmed sesame oil is another healthful application that will alleviate these conditions. Suffer from constipation, or dry, pellet-like stool? The warming nature of sesame will promote better digestion and help lubricate the intestines. However, as a heavy food, sesame must be chewed carefully to aid the body in assimilating its healthful qualities. If you tend toward inflammation, rashes, diarrhea, and nut allergies, sesame should be taken moderately, if at all. Its warming nature is not the perfect fix for all, but a great supplement for many.
Sesame is a survivor native to sub-Saharan Africa and India. The golden or black sesame seed can miraculously grow in drought conditions. Ayurvedic knowledge says that the sesame's survivor nature imparts a special strength to those who use it for medicine. Ayurveda knows sesame as a strengthener. Its luscious, unctuous nature fortifies immunity, protects those with debility, and deeply feeds bodily tissue.
About Sesame Seeds
"Open sesame" was the secret password in the medieval Arabic adventure tale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. These magic words revealed a cave rich with treasures secreted by thieves. Sesame seeds and oil are a food treasure rich with myriad health benefits and the secret ingredient of many delicious recipes, making it easy to see how sesame became the essential password. This nutty seed has its place in recipes both sweet and savory within a wide variety of cultures, whether in the mole of Mexico, in the dim sum of China, on the breads of Italy, or ubiquitously in the food of the Middle East.
History is rife with exultations of the sesame seed. Assyrian legend says that sesame wine inspired gods to create the Earth. Romans ate the seeds mixed with honey for valor in battle; the women of ancient Babylon ate the same mixture to preserve youth and beauty. After ghee, the oil of sesame seeds is the most prized in Ayurveda, used both in food and in many body treatments like massage.
Black sesame seeds are considered more potent than beige.
Cooking Sesame Seeds
Rich in vitamin E and A, high in calcium, iron, phosphorous, magnesium, and protein, there's so much to like about sesame. Linoleic acid (unsaturated Omega-6 fatty acid) actually helps lower cholesterol. As you get to know this valuable food, you may find many more things to like: the multitude of delicious foods with the seed as an essential ingredient. Hummus, halvah, Greek cakes, sushi, adobo sauce, bagels, and many more foods wouldn't be so delectable without the nutritious oomph of the sesame seed. "Open sesame" may become your own personal password on the path to your most healthful self.
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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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Sesame Seeds
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.
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.
A tonic herb restores function through strengthening tissue. This can happen through a combination of nourishing the tissue, and invigorating tissue metabolism. The tonic should not be withering, as in caffeine.
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.
An herb that promotes fertility. Generally used by women who wish to become pregnant. These herbs may also help with menstrual problems of deficiency, such as amenorrhea (lack of a period).
Phytates prevent absorption of nutrients. They are commonly found in all seeds, including nuts, grains, and beans. Sprouting greatly reduces phytate content, as well as long, slow cooking with vinegar.
In each study below, students from the
Joyful Belly College of Ayurveda ate the selected food for 3 days and reported the effects.
See other studies of food & herbs at Joyful Belly.
TEMPERATURE/CIRCULATION
How did Sesame Seeds affect your temperature?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
0
12
11
2
Much colder
Slightly colder
Same
Slightly warmer
Much warmer
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your ear temperature?
25
20
15
10
5
0
4
21
0
Hotter
No Change
Cooler
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your sweat quantity?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
1
16
7
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the color of your skin?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
0
5
0
20
Yellower/Greener
Paler
Redder
Grayer
No Change
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the color of your tongue body?
20
16
12
8
4
0
3
7
0
15
Paler
Redder
Bluer
No Change
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the swelling of your tongue body?
22
18
14
10
6
2
3
3
19
More Swelling
Less Swelling
No Change
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your appetite/hunger?
15
12
9
6
3
0
3
11
4
7
0
Much less hungry
Slightly less hungry
Same
Slightly hungrier
Much hungrier
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your digestion speed?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
12
11
2
0
Much faster
Slightly faster
Same
Slightly slower
Much slower
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
TOXINS
How did Sesame Seeds affect the amount of gas & bloating?
15
12
9
6
3
0
1
2
13
8
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your stool smell?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
3
17
5
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
Tongue: How did Sesame Seeds affect the thickness & size of your tongue coating?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
3
15
7
0
Much smaller
Slightly less
Same
Slightly larger coating
Much larger
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the color of your tongue coating?
20
16
12
8
4
0
1
0
0
6
18
Yellower
Browner
Grayer
Whiter
No Change
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your throat soreness?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
21
4
More sore
No Change
Less sore
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your urine smell?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
1
22
2
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?
25
20
15
10
5
0
2
1
21
1
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Many more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your sweat smell?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
2
19
4
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your acne?
26
21
16
11
6
1
3
20
2
More acne
No Change
Less acne
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your freckles/moles?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
25
0
Darker
No Change
Lighter
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?
25
20
15
10
5
0
3
0
0
0
2
Redder/Bloodshot
Yellower
Grayer
Browner
Whiter
20
No Change
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the color of the lower eye lid?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
0
23
2
More green/dark green
More purple
No Change
Less green/purple
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
HYDRATION
How did Sesame Seeds affect your urine frequency/quantity?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
1
21
3
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the dryness of your skin?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
12
13
Drier
Oilier
No Change
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the puffiness of lower eye lid?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
24
1
Puffier
No Change
Less Puffy
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the cracks on your tongue?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
2
12
11
0
Larger/longer/more cracks
Slightly more
Same
Slightly less/smaller/shorter
Much less
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
FLUID-THICKNESS
How did Sesame Seeds affect your ear pressure?
30
24
18
12
6
0
2
23
0
More pressure
No Change
Less pressure
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your congestion?
25
20
15
10
5
0
6
19
0
More congestion
No Change
Less congestion
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?
25
20
15
10
5
0
5
19
1
More thick
No Change
Less thick
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
NERVOUS-SYSTEM
How did Sesame Seeds affect your energy levels?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
5
11
9
0
Much less energy
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more energy
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your muscle tension?
15
12
9
6
3
0
1
9
12
3
0
Much less tension
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more tension
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your anxiety?
15
12
9
6
3
0
2
8
12
3
0
Much less anxiety
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more anxiety
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the stillness of your tongue?
25
20
15
10
5
0
5
20
0
More still
No Change
More Trembling / Jittery
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
DIGESTION
How did Sesame Seeds affect your digestion speed?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
12
11
2
0
Much faster
Slightly faster
Same
Slightly slower
Much slower
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the amount of gas & bloating?
15
12
9
6
3
0
1
2
13
8
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect burning sensations in digestive tract (do not include acid reflux)?
20
16
12
8
4
0
1
1
18
5
0
Much relief
Slight relief
Same
Slightly more burning
Much more burning
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your appetite/hunger?
15
12
9
6
3
0
3
11
4
7
0
Much less hungry
Slightly less hungry
Same
Slightly hungrier
Much hungrier
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
TONGUE
How did Sesame Seeds affect the color of your tongue body?
20
16
12
8
4
0
3
7
0
15
Paler
Redder
Bluer
No Change
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the stillness of your tongue?
25
20
15
10
5
0
5
20
0
More still
No Change
More Trembling / Jittery
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the color of your tongue coating?
20
16
12
8
4
0
1
0
0
6
18
Yellower
Browner
Grayer
Whiter
No Change
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the cracks on your tongue?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
2
12
11
0
Larger/longer/more cracks
Slightly more
Same
Slightly less/smaller/shorter
Much less
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
Tongue: How did Sesame Seeds affect the thickness & size of your tongue coating?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
3
15
7
0
Much smaller
Slightly less
Same
Slightly larger coating
Much larger
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the swelling of your tongue body?
22
18
14
10
6
2
3
3
19
More Swelling
Less Swelling
No Change
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
STOOL
How did Sesame Seeds affect your stool lightness?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
8
15
2
0
Much lighter
Slightly lighter
Same
Slightly darker
Much darker
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your stool smell?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
3
17
5
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your stool consistency?
15
12
9
6
3
0
2
13
8
2
0
Much softer
Slightly softer
Same
Slightly harder
Much harder
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your stool frequency/quantity?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
2
11
11
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your stool color?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
0
0
5
19
More yellow
More gray
More green
More orange
Same
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
URINE
How did Sesame Seeds affect your urine clarity?
26
21
16
11
6
1
2
20
3
More cloudy
Same
More clear
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your urine smell?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
1
22
2
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your urine lightness?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
3
20
2
0
Much lighter
Slightly lighter
Same
Slightly Darker
Much Darker
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your urine frequency/quantity?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
1
21
3
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the amount of bubbles in your urine?
25
20
15
10
5
0
2
1
21
1
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Many more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
SWEAT
How did Sesame Seeds affect your sweat quantity?
20
16
12
8
4
0
0
1
16
7
1
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your sweat smell?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
2
19
4
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
SKIN
How did Sesame Seeds affect the dryness of your skin?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
12
13
Drier
Oilier
No Change
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the color of your skin?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
0
5
0
20
Yellower/Greener
Paler
Redder
Grayer
No Change
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your freckles/moles?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
25
0
Darker
No Change
Lighter
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your acne?
26
21
16
11
6
1
3
20
2
More acne
No Change
Less acne
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
EYE
How did Sesame Seeds affect the color of the lower eye lid?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
0
23
2
More green/dark green
More purple
No Change
Less green/purple
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the puffiness of lower eye lid?
30
24
18
12
6
0
0
24
1
Puffier
No Change
Less Puffy
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the color of your sclera (white part of eye)?
25
20
15
10
5
0
3
0
0
0
2
Redder/Bloodshot
Yellower
Grayer
Browner
Whiter
20
No Change
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
ENT
How did Sesame Seeds affect your congestion?
25
20
15
10
5
0
6
19
0
More congestion
No Change
Less congestion
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your ear pressure?
30
24
18
12
6
0
2
23
0
More pressure
No Change
Less pressure
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your throat soreness?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
21
4
More sore
No Change
Less sore
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect the thickness of your mucous congestion?
25
20
15
10
5
0
5
19
1
More thick
No Change
Less thick
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your ear temperature?
25
20
15
10
5
0
4
21
0
Hotter
No Change
Cooler
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
HEART
How did Sesame Seeds affect your heart pain/pressure/cramping?
25
20
15
10
5
0
1
2
20
2
0
Much less
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your heart rate?
25
20
15
10
5
0
0
3
19
3
0
Much slower
Slightly slower
Same
Slightly faster
Much faster
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your heart rhythm?
26
21
16
11
6
1
2
21
2
More palpitations
Same
Less palpitations
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
SYSTEMIC
How did Sesame Seeds affect your energy levels?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
5
11
9
0
Much less energy
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more energy
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your muscle tension?
15
12
9
6
3
0
1
9
12
3
0
Much less tension
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more tension
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your anxiety?
15
12
9
6
3
0
2
8
12
3
0
Much less anxiety
Slightly less
Same
Slightly more anxiety
Much more
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
How did Sesame Seeds affect your temperature?
15
12
9
6
3
0
0
0
12
11
2
Much colder
Slightly colder
Same
Slightly warmer
Much warmer
Total Responses: 25 Study ID:78 (2021-09-12 - 2021-09-23)
Sesame Seeds may be beneficial for these symptoms.
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“Sesame also gives warmth and is rich in bio-available calcium and other bone minerals. It also calms and nourishes Vata. Dr. Shrestha always encourages toasting sesame to prevent ama accumulation (special enzyme inhibitor perhaps?) of raw sesame."
“Why is sesame oil used in Pitta massage formuations since sesame is warming/hot for Pitta? Does the coconut oil in Pitta formulations balance the hot from sesame seed oil?"
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