BEETS & GREENS WITH COCONUT |
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How to Make Beets & Greens with CoconutSERVINGS: 2 PREP TIME: 5 MINUTES COOK TIME: 30 MINUTES
INGREDIENTS
1/2 lbs | |
1 c | |
1/4 tsp | |
1/4 c | |
2 tbsp | |
1/2 inch | |
1 tsp | |
1/4 tsp | |
PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE
Chop the beets and greens. Add remaining ingredients, 2c water and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for until beets are soft. Remove cover and cook on medium high until liquid reduces to a 1/4" in the bottom of the pot.
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Aggravating these characteristics weakens your body and causes imbalance.
By knowing which characteristics are habitually imbalanced in your body, you will be able to identify and correct imbalances before you get sick.
Every characteristic has an opposite which balances it (i.e. hot balances cold).
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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 refers to anything that stimulates the nervous system, muscles, or activity.
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Easy refers to anything easy to digest, or digests quickly.
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Substances that thin fluids (lower viscosity of blood plasma). These may include blood thinners or mucolytic herbs.
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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.
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Astringency is characterized by constriction, drawing together, or drying.
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The Three Doshas / Body Types
According to the biocharacteristic theory of medicine,
people tend to get sick, over and over again, due to habitual causes and imbalances that are unique to the person.
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Your body type identifies physical and mental characteristics as well as your personal strengths and weaknesses.
The calculation of your body type is based on your medical history.
The 3 functional body types
(doshas),
are Catabolic (Vata), Metabolic (Pitta), and Anabolic (Kapha).
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Metabolic individuals tend to burn or use energy. They tend to be rosy-cheeked, easily irritated, focused, driven, and easily inflamed.
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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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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Beets & Greens with Coconut 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.
, , , Stomachic STOMACHIC
An herb that increases appetite or settles a nauseas or nervous stomach. These generally increase the digestive fire, therefore relieving symptoms of sluggish or difficult digestion.
SEE ALL 'STOMACHIC' FOODS / HERBS , Sialogogue SIALOGOGUE
A sialogogue increases saliva. Sour foods are often great sialogogues, and increase output of all exocrine glands. Salty taste is very moistening as well. Bitter, pungent and sweettastes also increase salivary output but to a
lesser degree. Astringents.
SEE ALL 'SIALOGOGUE' FOODS / HERBS , , Stool Softener STOOL-SOFTENER
Softens hard and difficult to eliminate stool. Stool softeners are the safest and most gentle type of laxative. Examples include warm milk with ghee.
SEE ALL 'STOOL-SOFTENER' FOODS / HERBS , , Makes Jittery, , Nerve Relaxant Grounding 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.
SEE ALL 'NERVE-RELAXANT-GROUNDING' FOODS / HERBS , , 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.
SEE ALL 'BLOOD-TONIC' FOODS / HERBS , Vasodilator VASODILATOR
A vasodilator is an herb that widens the blood vessels by the relaxation of smooth muscle cells within the vessel walls, thereby increasing circulation systemically or to a local area.
SEE ALL 'VASODILATOR' FOODS / HERBS , 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.
SEE ALL 'DIURETIC' FOODS / HERBS Livotonic LIVOTONIC
An herb that strengthens the liver. It is helpful for people with a history of substance abuse, chronic liver issues from hepatitis and hemolytic anemias. Generally, liver tonics are oily, cool, sweet, mildly sour, or contain beta-carotene.
SEE ALL 'LIVOTONIC' FOODS / HERBS , 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.
SEE ALL 'CHOLAGOGUE' FOODS / HERBS Constituents: Soluble Fiber, Potassium, Fats, Beta Carotene, Sodium, Carbohydrate, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Folate, , Manganese, Calcium CALCIUM
Calcium nourishes bones and muscles. A muscle cell is activated when calcium enters the cell. It relaxes when the calcium is secreted.
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General-laxative, Livotonic, Relaxes-eyes, Stimulates-energy, Warms-abdomen, Blood-tonic, Internal-detoxicant, Muscle-relaxant, Satisfies-stomach, Stool-softener, Cholagogue, Irritates-kidney, Nerve-relaxant-grounding, Skin-tonic, Vasodilator, Anti-inflammatory
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Allspice has these Actions in Common
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Garlic (raw) has these Actions in Common
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Wasabi has these Actions in Common
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Saffron
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Horseradish
Horseradish has these Actions in Common
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Lemon
Lemon has these Actions in Common
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Amalaki has these Actions in Common
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Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)
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Punarnava
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Belly breathing
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General-laxative, Internal-detoxicant, Muscle-relaxant, Raises-thyroid, Blood-tonic, Stimulates-energy, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Digestive
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Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)
Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common
Vasodilator, Anti-inflammatory, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Digestive, Diuretic, Muscle-relaxant, Stimulates-energy
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Bhumyamalaki
Bhumyamalaki has these Actions in Common
Internal-detoxicant, Livotonic, Skin-tonic, Anti-inflammatory, Cholagogue, Digestive, Diuretic, General-laxative
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Bitter Orange Peel
Bitter Orange Peel has these Actions in Common
Stimulates-energy, Stimulates-peristalsis, Stomachic, Wakes-you-up, Cardiac-stimulant, Decongestant, Digestive, Raises-thyroid
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Chyavanprash Nutritive Jam
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What is the impact, if any, of using golden beets rather than red beets? Thank you!
- Meg Morris, Seattle, WA , 03-10-18 ( Reply)
Red foods generally have the following health benefits:anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, cell protection, gastrointestinal health, heart health, hormone health, liver health and are more alkaline than yellow beets. Yellow foods generally have the following health benefits:anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, cell protection, cognition, eye health, heart health, skin health, vascular health and are more acidic.
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