Codonopsis (dang Shen) Benefits, Uses, Side Effects According to Ayurveda

Metabolic Nature of Codonopsis (dang shen)

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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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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

AGGRAVATES

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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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

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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Family:

Campanulaceae

Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Codonopsis (dang shen)
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:

Nervine

NERVINE

Balances the nervous system. They can help with stress, memory, early alzheimer's, and even chronic pain. Often they are aromatic in nature.

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Energy Vitality:

Tonic

TONIC

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.

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Respiratory-Health:

Lung Tonic

LUNG-TONIC

Strengthens the lungs. Lung tonics include antifibrotic, vessel tonic, or nourishing herbs with an affinity for the lungs. They aid recovery in acute or chronic lung conditions.

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Immune System:

Adaptogen

ADAPTOGEN

Herbs that promote stabilization of physiological processes and homeostasis. Adaptogens increase the body's ability to resist the damaging effects of stress and promote or restore normal physiological functioning.

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Immune Stimulant

IMMUNE-STIMULANT

Stimulates and strengthens the immune system. Helpful when fighting off a cold or flu.

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Heart & Circulation:

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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Cardiac Tonic

CARDIAC-TONIC

Strengthens and tones the heart (heart-tonic). Cardiac tonics are used to treat a wide range of heart issues from arrhythmia, to cardiac insufficiency.

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Hypotensive

HYPOTENSIVE

An herb that lowers blood pressure.

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Rebuilds Fluids

REBUILDS-FLUIDS

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

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Reproductive Health:

Promotes Virility

PROMOTES-VIRILITY

Encourages virility and potency.

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Strength, Muscle Health:

Muscle Tonic

MUSCLE-TONIC

Herbs that strengthen and tone muscle tissue. Helpful for people recovering from long term illness and debility, or after a sprain.

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Constituents:

Polysaccharides

Foods with a Similar Nature to Codonopsis (dang shen)

Almonds

Almonds has these Actions in Common
Nervine, Blood-tonic, Promotes-virility, Muscle-tonic, Tonic
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Goji Berry

Goji Berry has these Actions in Common
Nervine, Rebuilds-fluids, Blood-tonic, Tonic
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Flower / Bee Pollen

Flower / Bee Pollen has these Actions in Common
Blood-tonic, Tonic, Immune-stimulant, Promotes-virility
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Pork

Pork has these Actions in Common
Blood-tonic, Tonic, Muscle-tonic, Promotes-virility
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Sesame Seeds

Sesame Seeds has these Actions in Common
Muscle-tonic, Promotes-virility, Blood-tonic, Tonic
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Tahini

Tahini has these Actions in Common
Promotes-virility, Blood-tonic, Tonic, Muscle-tonic
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Sesame Oil

Sesame Oil has these Actions in Common
Promotes-virility, Blood-tonic, Tonic, Muscle-tonic
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Carrot

Carrot has these Actions in Common
Lung-tonic, Blood-tonic, Tonic, Hypotensive
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Jackfruit

Jackfruit has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-tonic, Tonic, Muscle-tonic, Rebuilds-fluids
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Grape

Grape has these Actions in Common
Rebuilds-fluids, Blood-tonic, Tonic, Nervine
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Stinging Nettles

Stinging Nettles has these Actions in Common
Lung-tonic, Promotes-virility, Blood-tonic, Tonic
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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Codonopsis (dang shen)

Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam

Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common
Cardiac-tonic, Immune-stimulant, Muscle-tonic, Promotes-virility, Rebuilds-fluids, Tonic, Adaptogen, Blood-tonic
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Eleuthero Ginseng

Eleuthero Ginseng has these Actions in Common
Nervine, Tonic, Adaptogen, Blood-tonic, Hypotensive, Immune-stimulant, Muscle-tonic
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Belly breathing

Belly breathing has these Actions in Common
Adaptogen, Blood-tonic, Cardiac-tonic, Lung-tonic, Nervine, Promotes-virility
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Oats, Fresh Milky Seed

Oats, Fresh Milky Seed has these Actions in Common
Nervine, Promotes-virility, Tonic, Adaptogen, Blood-tonic, Muscle-tonic
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Breathing Exercises

Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common
Adaptogen, Blood-tonic, Cardiac-tonic, Lung-tonic, Nervine, Promotes-virility
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Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)

Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
Adaptogen, Blood-tonic, Cardiac-tonic, Lung-tonic, Nervine, Promotes-virility
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Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)

Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common
Promotes-virility, Adaptogen, Blood-tonic, Cardiac-tonic, Lung-tonic, Nervine
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Punarnava

Punarnava has these Actions in Common
Blood-tonic, Cardiac-tonic, Hypotensive, Lung-tonic, Promotes-virility, Tonic
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Amalaki

Amalaki has these Actions in Common
Blood-tonic, Cardiac-tonic, Promotes-virility, Rebuilds-fluids, Tonic, Adaptogen
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Ashwagandha

Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common
Nervine, Promotes-virility, Tonic, Adaptogen, Blood-tonic, Muscle-tonic
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AYURVEDIC HERB SUPPLEMENTS

Codonopsis (dang Shen) Herbal Powder (Codonopsis pilosula)

Table of Contents

How Does This Ayurvedic Herb Supplement Improve Wellness?

CLINICAL AYURVEDIC REVIEW

Metabolic Nature of Codonopsis (dang shen)

The 6 Tastes

ABOUT SWEET BIOCHARACTERISTIC

The Three Doshas / Body Types

The Four Temperaments / Humors

ABOUT CHOLERIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

ABOUT MELANCHOLIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

ABOUT SANGUINE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

ABOUT PHLEGMATIC BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Other

Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Codonopsis (dang shen) 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.

NERVINE

TONIC

LUNG-TONIC

ADAPTOGEN

IMMUNE-STIMULANT

BLOOD-TONIC

CARDIAC-TONIC

HYPOTENSIVE

REBUILDS-FLUIDS

PROMOTES-VIRILITY

MUSCLE-TONIC

Foods with a Similar Nature to Codonopsis (dang shen)

Almonds has these Actions in Common

Goji Berry has these Actions in Common

Flower / Bee Pollen has these Actions in Common

Pork has these Actions in Common

Sesame Seeds has these Actions in Common

Tahini has these Actions in Common

Sesame Oil has these Actions in Common

Carrot has these Actions in Common

Jackfruit has these Actions in Common

Grape has these Actions in Common

Stinging Nettles has these Actions in Common

Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Codonopsis (dang shen)

Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam has these Actions in Common

Eleuthero Ginseng has these Actions in Common

Belly breathing has these Actions in Common

Oats, Fresh Milky Seed has these Actions in Common

Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common

Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

Punarnava has these Actions in Common

Amalaki has these Actions in Common

Ashwagandha has these Actions in Common

Guidelines - Preparation & Dose

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Mind, Stress & Sleep

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Codonopsis (dang shen)
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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