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Bottle Gourd Juice With Mint


How to Make Bottle Gourd Juice with Mint

INGREDIENTS


SKILL LEVEL: EASY
1 tbsp
1/2 tsp
1/2 c

PREPARATION OF THIS HEALTHY RECIPE

Make a broth of the bottle gourd by boiling them. Strain. Add sugar and mint and cover to prevent evaporation of essential oils. Serve lukewarm.

How Does This Ayurvedic Recipe Improve Wellness?

CONSTITUTIONAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS

Mint would pacify Kapha if bottle gourd weren't so heavy. Bottle gourd an alien fruit to our western palate. Mint balances the tamasic quality.

WHAT IS BOTTLE GOURD JUICE WITH MINT?

Cool mint, open mind (yang type). Soft, jelly-like bottle gourd is ground and nourishes yin. Like milk but vegetarian.

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Medicinal Effects of Bottle Gourd Juice with Mint

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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MOBILE

ABOUT MOBILE BIOCHARACTERISTIC

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

Active Ingredients: Raw Sugar, Mint

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COLD

ABOUT COLD BIOCHARACTERISTIC

Cold refers to anything that reduces body temperature, metabolism, and blood flow.

Active Ingredients: Bottle Gourd, Raw Sugar

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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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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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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.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Medicinal Benefits, Uses & Herbal Actions of Bottle Gourd Juice with Mint
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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Stomachic

MILD 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.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Appetizer

MILD APPETIZER

Herbs that cleanse the palate & stimulate hunger or desire to eat.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Carminative

MILD CARMINATIVE

Stimulates the release of gas. Helpful for bloating or cramping abdominal pain. Propels food downward. Carminatives typically expel gas by relaxing the muscles of the intestines.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Wakes You Up

MILD WAKES-YOU-UP

Invigorates the body and nervous system, increases energy.

Active Ingredients: Mint, Raw Sugar

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Stimulates Crown

MILD STIMULATES-CROWN

Creates a feeling of awareness or tension in the area at the top of the head.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Stimulates Front Of Brain

MILD STIMULATES-FRONT-OF-BRAIN

Creates a feeling of awareness or tension in the area in the forehead. Activates the frontal lobe - the area responsible for motor function, emotional expression, thinking, and decision making.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Dopaminergic

MILD DOPAMINERGIC

Dopamine lifts mood, but also reduces prolactin, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and lutenizing hormone (LH).

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Nervine

MILD NERVINE

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

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Refreshing

MILD REFRESHING

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

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Stimulates Energy

MILD STIMULATES-ENERGY

This category groups thyroid and adrenal stimulating herbs.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Refreshes Skin

MILD REFRESHES-SKIN

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

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Diaphoretic

MILD DIAPHORETIC

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

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Antipruritic

MILD ANTIPRURITIC

Antipruritics are herbs that inhibit itching, often associated with skin conditions such as sunburns, allergic reactions, eczema, psoriasis, chickenpox, fungal infections, insect bites, or contact dermatitis (as in poison ivy rashes).

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Vasodilator

MILD 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.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Antispasmodic

MILD ANTISPASMODIC

Herbs that reduce or inhibit muscle spasms or cramping, such as in asthma, menstruation, heart palpitations, migraine, or IBS.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Constituents:
Coumarin

MILD COUMARIN

Moderately toxic, vascular tonic, hypotensive, and anti-inflammatory.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Rosmarinic Acid

MILD ROSMARINIC-ACID

Inhibits autoantibodies from binding to TSH receptors in the thyroid.

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Iron

MILD IRON

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

Active Ingredients: Mint

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Foods with a Similar Nature to Bottle Gourd Juice with Mint

  • Mint (Fresh)

    Mint (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-front-of-brain, Wakes-you-up, Antipruritic, Carminative, Nervine, Stimulates-crown, Stomachic, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Refreshes-skin, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator, Appetizer, Dopaminergic, Refreshing

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  • Ginger (Fresh)

    Ginger (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Antispasmodic, Nervine, Stomachic, Appetizer, Refreshing, Vasodilator

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  • Dill (Fresh)

    Dill (Fresh) has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Stomachic, Appetizer, Nervine, Vasodilator, Carminative, Stimulates-energy

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  • Dill (Dried)

    Dill (Dried) has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Stimulates-energy, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Stomachic, Appetizer, Nervine, Vasodilator

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  • Lemon

    Lemon has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Diaphoretic, Stimulates-energy, Appetizer, Refreshes-skin, Vasodilator

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  • Allspice

    Allspice has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Nervine, Stomachic, Appetizer, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator, Carminative, Stimulates-front-of-brain

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  • Mustard Powder

    Mustard Powder has these Actions in Common

    Carminative, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Antipruritic, Diaphoretic, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up

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  • Mustard Seed

    Mustard Seed has these Actions in Common

    Stimulates-front-of-brain, Antipruritic, Diaphoretic, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Carminative

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  • Mustard

    Mustard has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Stimulates-energy, Wakes-you-up, Carminative, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Antipruritic, Diaphoretic, Vasodilator

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  • Lemon Zest

    Lemon Zest has these Actions in Common

    Appetizer, Refreshing, Carminative, Stomachic, Antispasmodic, Nervine, Wakes-you-up

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  • Ajwain

    Ajwain has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Refreshing, Wakes-you-up, Carminative, Stimulates-energy

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Herbs & Supplements with a Similar Nature to Bottle Gourd Juice with Mint

  • Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi)

    Holy Basil Leaf (Tulsi) has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-crown, Stimulates-energy, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Antispasmodic, Stomachic, Appetizer, Vasodilator, Diaphoretic, Nervine

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  • Bitter Orange Peel

    Bitter Orange Peel has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, Appetizer, Carminative, Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Stomachic

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  • Pennyroyal

    Pennyroyal has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Nervine, Stimulates-crown, Vasodilator, Antispasmodic, Appetizer, Carminative

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  • Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru)

    Deodar (Himalayan Cedar, Devadaru) has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Carminative, Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator, Wakes-you-up

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  • Lemon Balm

    Lemon Balm has these Actions in Common

    Antispasmodic, Carminative, Diaphoretic, Dopaminergic, Nervine, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator

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  • Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama)

    Bellows Breath (Bhastrika Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-crown, Stimulates-energy, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Wakes-you-up, Antispasmodic

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  • Breath of Fire / Shining Skull (Kapalbhati Pranayama)

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

    Antispasmodic, Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-crown, Stimulates-energy, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Wakes-you-up

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  • Vacha (Calamus, Sweet Flag)

    Vacha (Calamus, Sweet Flag) has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, Antispasmodic, Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Stimulates-front-of-brain

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  • External Breath (Bahya Pranayama)

    External Breath (Bahya Pranayama) has these Actions in Common

    Refreshing, Stimulates-crown, Stimulates-energy, Stimulates-front-of-brain, Wakes-you-up, Nervine

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  • Eucalyptus Essential Oil

    Eucalyptus Essential Oil has these Actions in Common

    Wakes-you-up, Antispasmodic, Diaphoretic, Nervine, Refreshing, Vasodilator

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  • Hyssop Powder

    Hyssop Powder has these Actions in Common

    Diaphoretic, Nervine, Refreshing, Stimulates-energy, Vasodilator, Carminative

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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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