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AYURVEDIC RECIPES

Artichoke Heart & Dandelion Salad With Lemon & Cranberry


How to Make Artichoke Heart & Dandelion Salad with Lemon & Cranberry

  • SERVINGS: 1
  • PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES
  • COOK TIME: 0 MINUTES
  • SKILL LEVEL:
    EASY
  • PREPARATION: SALAD
  • EAT IN: SPRING
  • FOR OCCASION: CLEANSE

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
1 tsp
1 tsp
1 oz
1/2 whole
1/2 whole
1/4 lbs
2 pinch

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Use dried cranberries for sweeter effect.

1. Coarsely chop artichoke hearts. Zest the lemon then juice it. Mix all ingredients except cranberries.

2. Garnish with small handful of cranberries to taste.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL NUTRITION INSIGHTS

This recipe clears lymphatic congestion and has a strong liver detox effect.

Constitutional nutrition is tailored to the individual. In the kitchen, especially during your family’s formative years, you shape your family's lifelong health.

Understanding your child's constitution is key to raising resilience, instead of wiring in disease. Study constitutional medicine to discover the keys to personalized nourishment.

Rooted in the insights curated from Ayurveda and Greek medicine, constitutional medicine teaches you which foods match your body, so you and your family have true vitality, strength, and balance. See How it Works.

Is Artichoke Heart & Dandelion Salad with Lemon & Cranberry a Good Match for My Body?

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Medicinal Effects of Artichoke Heart & Dandelion Salad with Lemon & Cranberry

Constitutional nutrition systems use biocharacteristics to classify the metabolic nature of food, hebs, 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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LIQUEFIED

ABOUT LIQUEFIED BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Substances that thin fluids (lower viscosity of blood plasma). These may include blood thinners or mucolytic herbs.

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CLEAR

ABOUT CLEAR BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Clear refers to anything that cleanses or flushes out wastes, or that digests ama.

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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Mobile refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.

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LIGHT

ABOUT LIGHT BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Lightness is identified by reduced 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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BITTER

ABOUT BITTER BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Bitter taste has cholagogue action - it is cold, clear, light, and stimulating. It increases digestive enzymes and is laxative, and 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
Kapha pacifying
AGGRAVATES
Pitta 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
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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AGGRAVATES
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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Other Health Virtues

Aromatic

AROMATIC

Herbs or spices with volatile essential oils that present strong aromas. Aromatic oils shock, refresh and numb tissue, with the end result of relaxing, opening and clearing stagnant fluids in tissues.

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Blood Plasma Lymph

BLOOD-PLASMA-LYMPH

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

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Artichoke Heart & Dandelion Salad with Lemon & Cranberry
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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Stimulates Peristalsis

STIMULATES-PERISTALSIS

An herb that promotes involuntary smooth muscle contractions to facilitate the movement of food and waste through the digestive tract.

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Appetite Suppressant

APPETITE-SUPPRESSANT

Suppresses hunger without causing weight gain.

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Quenches Thirst

QUENCHES-THIRST

An herb or substance that relieves thirst.

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Digestive

DIGESTIVE

Herbs that encourage healthy digestion.

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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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Internal Detoxicant

INTERNAL-DETOXICANT

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

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Wakes You Up

WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

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Relaxes Eyes

RELAXES-EYES

Eases tension in eye muscles, so the eyes feel less strained, often by supporting the liver.

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Strengthens Resolve

STRENGTHENS-RESOLVE

Increases determination and courage by reducing stress and building strength.

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Refreshing

REFRESHING

Stimulates and wakes up the body, leaving it feeling cool, fresh, and energized.

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Stimulates Energy

STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

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Refreshes Skin

REFRESHES-SKIN

Flushes the lymphatic system to cool, awaken, and revive the skin.

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Diaphoretic

DIAPHORETIC

An herb that induces sweating, often by dilating blood vessels close to the skin.

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Soothes Throat

SOOTHES-THROAT

Soothes throat discomfort, including from a sore or ticklish throat.

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Flushes Sinuses

FLUSHES-SINUSES

An herb that relieves sinus congestion by flushing out mucus.

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Anti Inflammatory

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY

Reduces inflammation in the body. Different herbs and carriers target different body systems.

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Calms Heart

CALMS-HEART

An herb that literally calms the heart. These herbs are helpful in the treatment of anxiety, sadness, depression, or other emotional imbalances in the heart. Related to the Chinese Herbal Category 'calms spirit.'

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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 Thinner

BLOOD-THINNER

Herbs that thin the blood. Helpful for people with heart disease or clogged circulation.

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Diuretic

DIURETIC

Herbs that promote urine formation, thereby flushing the kidneys and urinary tract while eliminating any excess water retention. As diuretics reduce water retention, they are often used to reduce blood pressure.

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Irritates Kidney

IRRITATES-KIDNEY

Tight, sharp pain just below ribs in the back.

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Hepatoprotective

HEPATOPROTECTIVE

An herb that is capable of preventing liver damage. Many hepatoprotectives work via antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

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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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Hypolipidemic

HYPOLIPIDEMIC

Scrapes fats / cleanses blood vessels by 1) purging bile, 2) strengthening the liver's ability to metabolize fats, 3) by increasing uptake of cholesterol in the liver, and 4) by inhibiting fat cells.

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Lowers Blood Sugar

LOWERS-BLOOD-SUGAR

An herb that lowers blood sugar.

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Constituents:
Aromatase Inhibitor

AROMATASE-INHIBITOR

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

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Flavonoids

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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Polyphenols

POLYPHENOLS

Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants seen in many fruits and vegetables. There are more than 8,000 types.

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, Vitamin C,
Rutin

RUTIN

Rutin is a flavonoid with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Commonly used to treat conditions such as varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and high blood pressure.

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, Potassium,
Iron

IRON

Iron is necessary for the transport of oxygen in red blood cells.

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, Vitamin A,
Inositol

INOSITOL

Inositol is an alcohol sugar made naturally in the human body from glucose. It is lipotropic (aiding fat metabilism in the liver). It affects a variety of hormones, neurotransmitters, steroid, growth factors and water.

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, Tannins,
Catechins

CATECHINS

Antioxidant that reduces cancer and blood clots, dilates blood vessels, and is antimicrobial.

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, Soluble Fiber, Vitamin E, Sodium,
Resveratrol

RESVERATROL

Antioxidant frequently used for anti-aging. Protects airways and blood vessels. Anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic.

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Foods with a Similar Nature to Artichoke Heart & Dandelion Salad with Lemon & Cranberry

  • Dandelion Leaves

    Dandelion Leaves has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Blood-thinner, Diuretic, Hypolipidemic, Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Cholagogue, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy, Appetite-suppressant, Digestive, Hepatoprotective, Irritates-kidney, Stimulates-peristalsis

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  • Lemon

    Lemon has these Actions in Common

    Cholagogue, General-laxative, Refreshes-skin, Wakes-you-up, Alterative, Diaphoretic, Internal-detoxicant, Refreshing, Calms-heart, Digestive, Quenches-thirst, Relaxes-eyes

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  • Aloe Vera Juice / Gel

    Aloe Vera Juice / Gel has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Cholagogue, Internal-detoxicant, Soothes-throat, Appetite-suppressant, General-laxative, Lowers-blood-sugar, Alterative, Blood-thinner, Hypolipidemic, Refreshes-skin

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  • Cilantro

    Cilantro has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Cholagogue, Hypolipidemic, Stimulates-energy, Anti-inflammatory, Digestive, Internal-detoxicant, Blood-thinner, Diuretic, Refreshing

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  • Daikon Radish

    Daikon Radish has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Diaphoretic, Flushes-sinuses, Stimulates-energy, Blood-thinner, Digestive, General-laxative, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Refreshing

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  • Beets

    Beets has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Cholagogue, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-energy, Anti-inflammatory, General-laxative, Irritates-kidney, Blood-thinner, Hepatoprotective, Relaxes-eyes

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  • Turmeric

    Turmeric has these Actions in Common

    Flushes-sinuses, Internal-detoxicant, Alterative, Cholagogue, Hepatoprotective, Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Digestive, Hypolipidemic, Blood-thinner

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  • Kale

    Kale has these Actions in Common

    Appetite-suppressant, Internal-detoxicant, Stimulates-peristalsis, Alterative, Cholagogue, Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Hypolipidemic, Stimulates-energy

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  • Red Leaf Lettuce

    Red Leaf Lettuce has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, General-laxative, Stimulates-energy, Blood-thinner, Hypolipidemic, Stimulates-peristalsis, Cholagogue, Lowers-blood-sugar, Wakes-you-up

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  • Mustard Greens

    Mustard Greens has these Actions in Common

    Appetite-suppressant, General-laxative, Lowers-blood-sugar, Blood-thinner, Hypolipidemic, Stimulates-peristalsis, Cholagogue, Internal-detoxicant, Wakes-you-up

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  • Burdock Root (Gobo)

    Burdock Root (Gobo) has these Actions in Common

    Anti-inflammatory, Diuretic, Internal-detoxicant, Cholagogue, General-laxative, Lowers-blood-sugar, Alterative, Diaphoretic, Hypolipidemic

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Artichoke Heart & Dandelion Salad with Lemon & Cranberry

  • Amalaki

    Amalaki has these Actions in Common

    Quenches-thirst, Alterative, Refreshing, Anti-inflammatory, Relaxes-eyes, Digestive, Stimulates-energy, General-laxative, Wakes-you-up, Hepatoprotective, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar

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  • Punarnava

    Punarnava has these Actions in Common

    Hepatoprotective, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant, Alterative, Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Stimulates-energy, Cholagogue, Digestive, Diuretic

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  • Bhumyamalaki

    Bhumyamalaki has these Actions in Common

    Cholagogue, Digestive, Diuretic, General-laxative, Hepatoprotective, Hypolipidemic, Alterative, Internal-detoxicant, Anti-inflammatory

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  • Dandelion Root

    Dandelion Root has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Hepatoprotective, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant, Alterative, Lowers-blood-sugar, Anti-inflammatory, Cholagogue, Digestive

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  • Shilajit Tonic

    Shilajit Tonic has these Actions in Common

    Diuretic, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Alterative

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  • Breathing Exercises

    Breathing Exercises has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Alterative

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  • Neem Leaf

    Neem Leaf has these Actions in Common

    Blood-thinner, Cholagogue, Diuretic, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Alterative, Anti-inflammatory

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  • Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)

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

    Alterative, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)

    Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Alterative, Digestive, General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Eleuthero Ginseng

    Eleuthero Ginseng has these Actions in Common

    Digestive, Hepatoprotective, Hypolipidemic, Internal-detoxicant, Lowers-blood-sugar, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Anti-inflammatory

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  • Vidari

    Vidari has these Actions in Common

    Lowers-blood-sugar, Soothes-throat, Alterative, Blood-thinner, Calms-heart, Diuretic, Hepatoprotective, Hypolipidemic

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About the Author

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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