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How Does This Ayurvedic Herb Supplement Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS

Protect your skin with nourishing shea butter. Nutty, earthy shea butter comes from the nut of the Karite Tree in Africa. It is a heavier, heartier oil that will seal in warmth and creates a protective barrier between you and the elements, perfect for windy days.

This nourishing, versatile butter calms a sunburn due to its cool nature. Shea Butter soothes irritated, inflamed skin due to rashes, bites and stings, combats dryness.

The oil also readily absorbs into your skin.

Anti-Aging Tonic

Shea butter strengthens and protects the delicate skin of the elderly, preventing thinning. Did your grandmother ever get a large, black bruise from bumping up against a table or chair? That is a sure sign that your skin has become fragile.

Drying of fats and oils is a natural process of aging that results in wrinkles and thin, delicate skin. Daily application of thick, hearty shea butter slows the appearance of wrinkles, and keeps skin strong well into old age.

Calms your Nerves

The rich, earthy-sweet scent of shea butter calms your nervous system. If you are anxious, the grounding protection of earthy shea butter on your skin will make you feel calm, and safe.

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Medicinal Effects of Shea Butter

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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HEAVY

ABOUT HEAVY BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Heavy is identified by sedation, sluggishness, or increased weight.

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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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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):
Blood Plasma Lymph

BLOOD-PLASMA-LYMPH

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

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Fat

FAT

Fat tissue (Meda Dhatu) includes adipose tissue and sebum (skin oil).

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Nerves

NERVES

Marrow tissue (Majja Dhatu) includes bone marrow and nervous tissue.

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Affinity:
Anti Aging

ANTI-AGING

Geriatric conditions typically involve low agni / metabolism, poor circulation, weakness & debility, muscle weakening, poor digestion, a drop in sex hormones, and connective tissue degradation in bones & skin.

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Skin Care

SKIN-CARE

Includes skin care, and anything that nourishes epithelial membranes (of digestive, respiratory, urinary tract, blood vessels, etc).

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Family:
Sapotaceae

Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Shea Butter
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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Skin Care & Beauty:
Emollient

EMOLLIENT

Soothes & softens the skin. Often a topical demulcent or oil.

SEE ALL 'EMOLLIENT' FOODS / HERBS

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Skin Tonic

SKIN-TONIC

An herb that strengthens and nourishes skin, improving tone, color, moisture and complexion.

SEE ALL 'SKIN-TONIC' FOODS / HERBS

Constituents:

Foods with a Similar Nature to Shea Butter

  • Eggs

    Eggs has these Actions in Common

    Skin-tonic, Emollient

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  • Avocado

    Avocado has these Actions in Common

    Emollient, Skin-tonic

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  • Coconut Oil

    Coconut Oil has these Actions in Common

    Emollient, Skin-tonic

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  • Sesame Oil

    Sesame Oil has these Actions in Common

    Skin-tonic, Emollient

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  • Aloe Vera Juice / Gel

    Aloe Vera Juice / Gel has these Actions in Common

    Skin-tonic, Emollient

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  • Sunflower Oil

    Sunflower Oil has these Actions in Common

    Emollient

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  • Flax Oil

    Flax Oil has these Actions in Common

    Emollient

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  • Safflower Oil

    Safflower Oil has these Actions in Common

    Emollient

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  • Canola Oil

    Canola Oil has these Actions in Common

    Emollient

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  • Corn Oil

    Corn Oil has these Actions in Common

    Emollient

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  • Grape Seed Oil

    Grape Seed Oil has these Actions in Common

    Emollient

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Shea Butter

  • Turmeric, Neem & Oatmeal Body Paste

    Turmeric, Neem & Oatmeal Body Paste has these Actions in Common

    Emollient, Skin-tonic

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  • Pitta Massage Oil

    Pitta Massage Oil has these Actions in Common

    Emollient, Skin-tonic

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  • Kapha Massage Oil

    Kapha Massage Oil has these Actions in Common

    Emollient, Skin-tonic

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  • Vata Massage Oil

    Vata Massage Oil has these Actions in Common

    Emollient, Skin-tonic

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  • Almond Oil

    Almond Oil has these Actions in Common

    Emollient, Skin-tonic

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  • Comfrey Root

    Comfrey Root has these Actions in Common

    Emollient, Skin-tonic

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  • Vata Shirodhara Oil

    Vata Shirodhara Oil has these Actions in Common

    Emollient, Skin-tonic

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  • Rose Water, Mint & Turmeric Toner for Oily Skin

    Rose Water, Mint & Turmeric Toner for Oily Skin has these Actions in Common

    Skin-tonic

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  • Vitamin A

    Vitamin A has these Actions in Common

    Skin-tonic

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  • Caffeine in Topical Creams

    Caffeine in Topical Creams has these Actions in Common

    Skin-tonic

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Joyful Belly is a recognized college of biocharacteristics medicine.

Guidelines - Preparation & Dose

See guidelines for massage oils

TRADITIONALLY INDICATED FOR
THESE SYMPTOMS

Shea Butter may temper these symptoms. The suitability of any herb supplement for a condition is highly dependent on the individual and constitution. Please see your doctor before using this herb supplement to treat a medical condition.

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